Discover our seasonal tasting pack trio highlighting our favourites of the season. Each coffee presents in one of three expressions: Fruity, Sweet, or Classic. These are perfect coffees for those crisp winter mornings.
Ethiopia, Bookkisa , Natural (Organic)
Origin: Bookkisa, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia
Expression: Sweet
Varieties: Gibirinna 74110 and Serto 74112
Processing: Natural – Dried inside the cherry
Mango · Vanilla Icecream · Melon · Sweet
The birthplace, the motherland ; not just of us meddling humans, but also coffee. The plant, the fruit, the drink, the culture all begins in the wild and fertile hills of Ethiopia.
Every year we choose to showcase two coffees representing the past, present and future of Ethiopian coffee. After years of delicious and expressive offerings, we've found a favourite region: the village of Bookkisa in the Guji Highlands. For the second year we're excited to offer two distinctly different coffees from the producers of this remarkable region.
This coffee is processed in the most traditional and authentic way – naturally dried whole fruit on raised beds. This is the manner in which all coffee was processed until some point in the 18th century. The fruit dries around the seed, leaving concentrated sugars and byproducts of fermentation. When done with care, the results are astounding: big, sweet, fruity and floral.
Exporter: Sookoo Coffee; Ture, "the king of Guji", and Assefa Waji
Importer: Osito
Gautemala, Finca Quejina, Washed
Red apple · Caramel fudge · Cherry
Varieties: Red & Yellow Bourbon
Process: Washed
Region: Concepción Huista, Huehuetenango
It's back. After six years, we are beyond thrilled to have coffee from Nicolas Ramirez in our lineup again.
In the highest reaches of Huehuetenango lies Concepción Huista, a remote micro-region where the towering mountains of western Guatemala produce some of Central America's most exceptional coffees. We adore coffees from here, and especially from Nicolas.
Finca Quejina has been in the Ramirez family for generations. What was once forest is now home to carefully cultivated coffee, grown at extreme altitude where cool nights and warm days slow cherry development, concentrating sugars and complexity.
For years before Blume existed, we sought out Quejina from roasters around the globe. Once we realised his coffee was coming to Melbourne, we jumped on the small volume we could afford. This is the first time we've been able to secure a lot in quite some time.
High-grown, carefully farmed, and processed with extended fermentation creates bright fruit balanced against caramel sweetness, with a clean, lingering finish.
Classic, classy, memorable.
Kenya, Muhathi Estate AA , Washed
Expression: Fruity
Processing: Washed
Variety: SL28, SL34 & Batian
Blackberry · Rhubarb · Floral · Creamy
Kenyan coffees are revered around the world for their quality and complexity. Some bright and floral, some rich and creamy, and others jammy and full of fruit. Each coffee roaster has a preference—we're picky and want it all in one cup. Bring on all the complexity Kenya has to offer. Every year the coffees from Peris at Muhathi Estate fit this bill and are highly sought after. This year is no exception.
Muhathi is one of three family lots—remember Dagitu?—from an estate that Peris' parents planted in the land reforms that followed the 1952 Mau Mau uprising against British control of stolen farmland, deliberately excluding African participation.
After her father's passing, Peris left her career as a nurse in the UK to return home and care for her ailing mother. Since taking the reins at Muhathi, she has rejuvenated the estate to be one of the highest quality producers of fruit we have seen in Kenya.
Learn more about Peris and Muhathi here.
Learn more about the Mau Mau uprising here.
*all photos are courtesy of Melbourne Coffee Merchants
Discover our seasonal tasting pack trio highlighting our favourites of the season. Each coffee presents in one of three expressions: Fruity, Sweet, or Classic. These are perfect coffees for those crisp winter mornings.
Ethiopia, Bookkisa , Natural (Organic)
Origin: Bookkisa, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia
Expression: Sweet
Varieties: Gibirinna 74110 and Serto 74112
Processing: Natural – Dried inside the cherry
Mango · Vanilla Icecream · Melon · Sweet
The birthplace, the motherland ; not just of us meddling humans, but also coffee. The plant, the fruit, the drink, the culture all begins in the wild and fertile hills of Ethiopia.
Every year we choose to showcase two coffees representing the past, present and future of Ethiopian coffee. After years of delicious and expressive offerings, we've found a favourite region: the village of Bookkisa in the Guji Highlands. For the second year we're excited to offer two distinctly different coffees from the producers of this remarkable region.
This coffee is processed in the most traditional and authentic way – naturally dried whole fruit on raised beds. This is the manner in which all coffee was processed until some point in the 18th century. The fruit dries around the seed, leaving concentrated sugars and byproducts of fermentation. When done with care, the results are astounding: big, sweet, fruity and floral.
Exporter: Sookoo Coffee; Ture, "the king of Guji", and Assefa Waji
Importer: Osito
Gautemala, Finca Quejina, Washed
Red apple · Caramel fudge · Cherry
Varieties: Red & Yellow Bourbon
Process: Washed
Region: Concepción Huista, Huehuetenango
It's back. After six years, we are beyond thrilled to have coffee from Nicolas Ramirez in our lineup again.
In the highest reaches of Huehuetenango lies Concepción Huista, a remote micro-region where the towering mountains of western Guatemala produce some of Central America's most exceptional coffees. We adore coffees from here, and especially from Nicolas.
Finca Quejina has been in the Ramirez family for generations. What was once forest is now home to carefully cultivated coffee, grown at extreme altitude where cool nights and warm days slow cherry development, concentrating sugars and complexity.
For years before Blume existed, we sought out Quejina from roasters around the globe. Once we realised his coffee was coming to Melbourne, we jumped on the small volume we could afford. This is the first time we've been able to secure a lot in quite some time.
High-grown, carefully farmed, and processed with extended fermentation creates bright fruit balanced against caramel sweetness, with a clean, lingering finish.
Classic, classy, memorable.
Kenya, Muhathi Estate AA , Washed
Expression: Fruity
Processing: Washed
Variety: SL28, SL34 & Batian
Blackberry · Rhubarb · Floral · Creamy
Kenyan coffees are revered around the world for their quality and complexity. Some bright and floral, some rich and creamy, and others jammy and full of fruit. Each coffee roaster has a preference—we're picky and want it all in one cup. Bring on all the complexity Kenya has to offer. Every year the coffees from Peris at Muhathi Estate fit this bill and are highly sought after. This year is no exception.
Muhathi is one of three family lots—remember Dagitu?—from an estate that Peris' parents planted in the land reforms that followed the 1952 Mau Mau uprising against British control of stolen farmland, deliberately excluding African participation.
After her father's passing, Peris left her career as a nurse in the UK to return home and care for her ailing mother. Since taking the reins at Muhathi, she has rejuvenated the estate to be one of the highest quality producers of fruit we have seen in Kenya.
Learn more about Peris and Muhathi here.
Learn more about the Mau Mau uprising here.
*all photos are courtesy of Melbourne Coffee Merchants
