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.
Timor-Leste, Macedo Family — Washed (Organic)
Origin: Lequidoe, Aileu, Timor-Leste Expression: Sweet Variety: Hibredo de Timor Processing: Washed
Plum · Caramel · Cola · Jammy
This is a genuinely exciting milestone for Blume, and for me personally.
After years of searching for high-quality coffee from Timor-Leste, our closest neighbour and trading partner, we finally found some. And not just any lot — this one won the washed category at this year's Best of Timor competition.
I was fortunate enough to be on the judging panel this year and had flagged this as one of two coffees I'd want to buy once the process was over. All I had to go on was a numerical lot number, so I reached out to Daniel at the Asosiasaun Café Timor to enquire. Not only was the lot still available, it had been the winner. We bought all 35kg of it.
Produced by the Macedo Brothers and the smallholder farmers of the Manucassa Suco in Aileu, central highlands. Suco means village in Tetum, and with farming being small-scale, the community forms a co-op to process and sell their coffees together, with support from the Quinta Portugal Project. Coffee farming in this region dates back to the 19th century and is deeply woven into the culture and economy of the highlands.
The variety is Hibredo de Timor — a spontaneous cross between Arabica and Robusta that occurred here in the early 20th century, a textbook genetic impossibility. The farmers of Manucassa grow their trees in the shade of indigenous canopy, completely organically, using only debris from the agroforest as compost and fertiliser. It's hard to imagine a coffee that speaks more completely of place.
In the cup: exceptionally sweet, balanced and jammy — stone fruit and plum up front with a cola finish that sparkles. We love this coffee.
Exporter/Importer: Orijem de Timor
Ethiopia, Bookkisa — Washed (Organic)
Origin: Bookkisa, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia Expression: Fruity Varieties: Gibirinna 74110 & Serto 74112 Processing: Washed
Pineapple · Stonefruit · Melon · Fruity
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.
Exporter: Sookoo Coffee; Ture, "the king of Guji", and Assefa Waji Importer: Osito
Guatemala, Finca Quejina — Washed
Origin: Concepción Huista, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Expression: Comforting Varieties: Red & Yellow Bourbon Processing: Washed
Red Apple · Caramel Fudge · Cherry
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 — bright fruit balanced against caramel sweetness, with a clean, lingering finish. Classic, classy, memorable.
Exporter: K-finos
Importer: Cafe Imports
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.
Timor-Leste, Macedo Family — Washed (Organic)
Origin: Lequidoe, Aileu, Timor-Leste Expression: Sweet Variety: Hibredo de Timor Processing: Washed
Plum · Caramel · Cola · Jammy
This is a genuinely exciting milestone for Blume, and for me personally.
After years of searching for high-quality coffee from Timor-Leste, our closest neighbour and trading partner, we finally found some. And not just any lot — this one won the washed category at this year's Best of Timor competition.
I was fortunate enough to be on the judging panel this year and had flagged this as one of two coffees I'd want to buy once the process was over. All I had to go on was a numerical lot number, so I reached out to Daniel at the Asosiasaun Café Timor to enquire. Not only was the lot still available, it had been the winner. We bought all 35kg of it.
Produced by the Macedo Brothers and the smallholder farmers of the Manucassa Suco in Aileu, central highlands. Suco means village in Tetum, and with farming being small-scale, the community forms a co-op to process and sell their coffees together, with support from the Quinta Portugal Project. Coffee farming in this region dates back to the 19th century and is deeply woven into the culture and economy of the highlands.
The variety is Hibredo de Timor — a spontaneous cross between Arabica and Robusta that occurred here in the early 20th century, a textbook genetic impossibility. The farmers of Manucassa grow their trees in the shade of indigenous canopy, completely organically, using only debris from the agroforest as compost and fertiliser. It's hard to imagine a coffee that speaks more completely of place.
In the cup: exceptionally sweet, balanced and jammy — stone fruit and plum up front with a cola finish that sparkles. We love this coffee.
Exporter/Importer: Orijem de Timor
Ethiopia, Bookkisa — Washed (Organic)
Origin: Bookkisa, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia Expression: Fruity Varieties: Gibirinna 74110 & Serto 74112 Processing: Washed
Pineapple · Stonefruit · Melon · Fruity
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.
Exporter: Sookoo Coffee; Ture, "the king of Guji", and Assefa Waji Importer: Osito
Guatemala, Finca Quejina — Washed
Origin: Concepción Huista, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Expression: Comforting Varieties: Red & Yellow Bourbon Processing: Washed
Red Apple · Caramel Fudge · Cherry
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 — bright fruit balanced against caramel sweetness, with a clean, lingering finish. Classic, classy, memorable.
Exporter: K-finos
Importer: Cafe Imports
