TROPICAL SAVANNA

Tropical Savanna – Blend

Tasting Notes: Chocolate, Hazelnut, Strawberry Jam
Roast Degree: Medium
Process: Washed/ Natural
Producer: Afonso Donizetti Silva – Small holder producers from Adame Village, Yirgacheffe
Varietal: Red Catuai – Hairloom
Elevation: 1100m – 2350m

Our new blend, Tropical Savana, is named after the Cerrado region in Brazil. With this blend, we wanted to create a coffee that was chocolate-forward, naturally sweet and syrupy, but also had a hint of fruit. To create this, we have blended 66% of our Natural Brazil from Afonso Donizetti Silva and 34% of our washed Ethiopia from the smallholder producers located in Adame Village, Yirgacheffe. This is perfect for those who love chocolaty coffee but also enjoy a subtle floral and fruity hint that tastes great however you brew it.

The Ethiopia

This coffee was produced by smallholder producers in the Buku kebele, or village, and was processed at the Buku washing station operated by Esayas Bareso. The Buku Abel village, where the washing station is located within the West Guji zone, sits 2350 meters above sea level, representing one of the highest coffee producing altitudes we’ve come across.

Local farmers grow locally selected varieties 74110, 74112, and 74158, which were developed by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC) in the 1970s. Cherries are manually harvested before being taken to the processing station where they are handsorted before being processed. The sorted cherries are then dried on raised beds where they are turned frequently until reaching their ideal humidity. All coffee is hand sorted a final time after drying before being prepared for export.

The Brazil

We’ve been bringing over coffee from our friends at Dbarbosa for a long time now and its amazing to see over that time how the family have moved into the top 10 coffees in Brazil. They were recently awarded the CUP OF EXCELLENCE 2024 – the best of the best,

We visited a couple of years ago, it’s a very long drive from Sao Paulo (very!) and on arrival much drinking ensued!  Danilo set up the business which is now run between him and his sons and they have their beautiful ‘waterfall’ farm with three principal growing areas in the Minas Gerais area (General Mines).  A small loyal workforce bring in the harvest each year and they have an incredible crop, really indicative of the area and we have tasted and shipped the finest lots.  We highly recommend this coffee, if you are looking for a great specialty Brazilian at AN INCREDIBLE PRICE then this is the one.