Coffee

Coorie

£16.00

Coorie

£16.00

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Chocolate

Orange

Malt

It's back! Named after the Scots word meaning to nestle or snuggle, this limited edition blend has been created specifically for those quiet moments of calm on an autumn day. Coorie will be available to purchase until November 2024.

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250g

1 kilo refill bag

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Description

As the late summer begins slowly to fade, our minds wander to our favourite of the seasons.

Walking through the woods on a clear day, the air spiced with woodsmoke and the green light fading for another year, the sun filters though the rusted leaves, bathing the understory in a golden glow. Overhead, red squirrels forage for winter stores whilst, underfoot, fallen leaves crackle and crunch amongst the carpet of amber needles.

And once we’re back home, smelling of fresh air and with heads full of adventure, it’s time to coorie in as the light fades outside.

This blend has been created specifically for those quiet moments of calm on an autumn day. Take your time to prepare a cup, and snuggle down to enjoy fragrant notes of chocolate, orange and malt.

In a world that can all too often be hectic, it's pure comfort in a cup.

Available in our 250g reusable tins, Coorie makes a perfect gift.

Farm:

Finca Guadalupe Zaju

Processing:

Washed

Owner:

Teddy Esteve & Family

Region:

Chiapas

Varietal(s):

Marsellesa, Hybrids, Starmaya

Altitude:

900 to 1,400 metres above sea level

Town:

Toquian Grande & Pavencul, Soconusco Region

Beautiful Finca Guadalupe Zaju occupies 310 hectares right on Chiapas, Mexico’s famed ‘Ruta de Cafe’, the ‘Route of Coffee’ which rides along the Guatemalan border, north from the border town of Tapachula through Mexico’s famed Soconusco region. The route flows past some of Mexico’s most famous farms. A neighbour of these farms, Guadalupe Zaju is well on its way to helping carry on the region’s reputation as a location for high quality coffee. When Guadalupe Zaju’s current owner, Eduardo Esteve, purchased the farm in 2004, it was a true act of faith and commitment to making the formerly great farm into a bastion of quality again, after the coffee crisis sent the farm into decline. The coffee at Guadalupe Zaju is 100% shade grown, and the farm is Rainforest Alliance, UTZ and Cafe Practices certified. It is selectively hand harvested and pulped using a Penagos 7500 ecopulper, which separates ripe and underripe/underweight cherries again, along with removing any debris remaining with the cherries. The coffee then goes through a demucilaginator, removing the sticky mucilage attached to the bean. After pulping, coffee is sorted by density and delivered to separate piles to ferment. The region experiences insufficient sun to dry the entirety of the farm’s production on patios, so all of the export quality coffee is dried using the farm’s 10 guardiolas, or mechanical steel drums. Temperatures of these wood fired driers are carefully monitored, and coffee is dried at a slow and constant temperature of 40 degrees until they reach between 11-12% humidity. All coffees contributing to this lot are Marsellesa or Hybrid varietals. Marsellesa is a variety obtained from the hybridization of Sarchimor and Caturra. It is sought after for its superior cup quality and its resistance to leaf rust. Mundo Maya (H16 / EC16) is an F1 hybrid from a cross between T5296, a rust-resistant descendant of the Timor Hybrid, and a wild Ethiopian accession “ET01". The variety is high yielding when planted in healthy soil, with very good quality at elevations above 1,300 metres above sea level. Evaluna (H18 / EC18) is an F1 hybrid from a cross between rust-resistant Naryelis (a Catimor-type variety) and an Ethiopian landrace accession “ET06“. It is a very high yielding variety at high altitudes. Both Hybrids were developed and distributed by CIRAD & ECOM in the mid-2000s and compose a significant portion of Guadalupe Zaju’s plantations, as they are rust resistant while also displaying exceptional cup profiles.

Farm:

Finca Los Nogales

Processing:

Washed

Owner:

Maria Rosa Oidor

Region:

Inzá, Cauca

Varietal(s):

Tabi, Typica, Caturra

Altitude:

2,000 metres above sea level

Town:

San Antonio

It just got personal. This is the very first smallholder coffee producer that our Operations Manager, Michael, met during his tour of Colombia in January this year. The insight and generosity of spirit that Maria Rosa demonstrated have been fundamental in our understanding of speciality coffee, so there's no way we could end the year without showcasing her crop! Maria Rosa Oidor runs her farm, Los Nogales, with her husband Antonio Pillimué and their four children. The farm is situated a thirty minute walk from the small town of San Antonio. Hiking up the mountain every day to organize pickers and schedule the work for the day, Maria Rosa is a deeply impressive woman; a symbol of the female coffee farmer in Colombia, who often does not received as much recognition as their "Juan Valdez" counterpart. Despite the small size of the farm, Maria and Antonio decided to plant three different varietals in the high hills upon which their land lies: Tabi, Typica and Caturra. The coffee trees are fertilized three times a year depending on the state and quantity of coffee on the tree, and seeds for new trees are collected and germinated on the farm itself. During the harvest, up to fifteen workers help with picking, and the family employees one permanent worker who helps maintain the crop throughout the year. To offer upmarket access more widely in the region and to put more control in the hands of local people, the family (who has long supplied coffee to Pergamino from their various family member farms) has opened a small warehouse and cupping lab with funding from Pergamino. They act as logistics and sourcing partners and can provide quality assessment services for nearly 150 families in the area, which is far more impactful than any other regional association, reaching not just San Antonio, but now also the towns of Belen, La Palmera, Aguablanca, Pedregal, Palmichal, San Jose and Santa Teresa. Most importantly, the Pillimue/Pergamino partnership enables more families than ever before to access higher prices by placing coffee on the specialty market.

Roasters Notes Coorie

This blend is a special one for us, as it includes coffee from a farmer that Michael stayed with during his Colombian adventure earlier this year, along with our first non-decaffeinated Mexican for a long while.

About Mexico

The Mexican revolution saw profound change in how coffee was grown, shifting from large estates back to indigenous smallholdings.

Following a decline of quality in the '80s, Mexico is back, throwing itself into Fair Trade and Organic certifications, with Bourbon, Typica, Caturra and Maragogype varieties harvested, mainly for the US market, between November and March.

About Colombia

Colombia is the third largest coffee-producing country in the world. Mountainous and fertile, it has multiple tropical microclimates which result in incredibly diverse, quality coffee harvested from October to February, with a second, fly crop several months later, varying by region and microclimate.

There is a huge variety of coffee produced in Colombia, but the country’s coffee is generally associated with tasting notes of chocolate, nut and a moderate, citrusy acidity.