Steeped

Gift box

Our three selections for Steeped, all three from this years harvest, is available as a gift box.

The Gift box contains 14 Steeped bags, a simple and elegant way for us to present a selection of the coffees we find most exciting, removing many brewing variables, and allowing quality and character to shine.

Kenya

Gakuyuini

The Gakuyuini factory is located just outside the small town of Ngariama, in the eastern Kirinyaga region. Like much of the excellent coffee we find in Kenya, Gakuyuini is located on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya, home to fertile volcanic soils and plentiful high altitude. Most farmers here have coffee as their only main cash crop, so the cooperative is encouraging them to grow more coffee to benefit from these high prices, supporting them with seedlings and agronomic advice to maintain quality. This work passes through into the cup, with a ripe and rich character of forest berries and caramel.

Colombia

Cerro Azul

Café Granja La Esperanza’s iconic Cerro Azul Geisha; showcasing soft floral aromatics, followed by a rich berry jam character in the cup. This incredible quality of raw material has to be treated with great care at each further stage, in order to preserve the potential created in the field. Luckily the team at Cafe Granja La Esperanza consistently take care of these stages of the process with aplomb. This lot first goes through 36 hours of fermentation in open tanks, often in cool conditions high on the farm, before being transported down the mountain to the La Esperanza farm for drying, first in mechanical driers for 48 hours, then finishing slowly and evenly on raised beds over approximately 4 weeks. This leads to a flavour profile with enhanced sweetness and soft fruit notes, while maintaining the floral character of the varietal. This lot has soft violet florals, followed by complex berry jam in the cup.