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Luis Calderon - Colombia
£16.00
| Origin | Luis Anibal Calderon, Finca Villa Betulia, Acevedo, Huila, Colombia |
| Altitude | 1,500-1,600 MASL |
| Process | Extended Fermentation |
| Variety | Pink Bourbon |
| Notes | Blood-Orange, Passion Fruit, Strawberry Coulis |
Luis Anibal Calderon grows over 20 different varieties of coffee on his 20 hectare farm, Finca Villa Betulia, including coveted varieties such as Gesha, Red Wush Wush, Red Java, Yellow Bourbon, Papayo, Sidra, Tabi, Red Tip, Chilli Bourbon, Caturron, Striped Bourbon... and this delicious Pink Bourbon!
Luis hand-picks only the ripest cherries, which then undergo a dry anaerobic fermentation in GrainPro bags for 48 hours. The coffee is then pulped and fermented for a further 18 hours inside ceramic tanks. It is then washed and sun-dried on raised beds until it reaches a moisture content of 10.5%.
The reward is a stunning coffee that is clean and crisp in the cup, with notes of blood-orange, passion fruit and strawberry coulis.
It is Luis's dream that his coffees gain international recognition for their quality, and that he is one day able to travel to the countries where it is sold, and to see how it is prepared. On this evidence it won't be long at all before he is able to realise his dream.
In the meantime, you can keep up to date with the latest news from Finca Villa Betulia on Instagram.
Kilimbi, Natural - Rwanda
£12.00
| Origin | Kilimbi Washing Station, Nyamasheke District, Western Province, Rwanda |
| Altitude | 1,650-1,850 MASL |
| Variety | Bourbon |
| Process | Natural |
| Notes | Sour Cherry, Raspberry Jam, Nectarine |
The Kilimbi Washing Station is located spectacularly on the eastern shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda’s Western Province. It was the first washing station to be established by the young and innovative Muraho Trading Company (MTC) whose focus is on quality, and showcasing Rwanda’s great potential for high-grade speciality coffee.
Since building Kilimbi in March 2016, MTC has gone on to establish the Gisheke, Rugali, Shyira, Vunga and Bumbogo washing stations, and we look forward to exploring all that they have to offer with you over the coming months and years. But right now, it’s time for Kilimbi to take the spotlight with this stunning natural bourbon.
Kilimbi was the first washing station in Rwanda to be granted approval to produce natural and honey processed coffees, and its has set the bar in this respect. This year 1078 farmers in the surrounding area delivered their coffee to Kilimbi. The coffee is hand sorted, then floated to separate out under-ripe or damaged cherries. It is then pulped, and hand-sorted again to remove any visually under-ripe cherries before being laid out to dry on raised beds.
The quality of the processing is evident in the cup. The coffee is is incredibly clean and bursting with fruit flavour. We think it tastes like sour cherry, raspberry jam and nectarine - in short, lip-smackingly delicious.
Suke Quto (2020) - Ethiopia
£12.00
| Origin | Suke Quto Farm, Shakiso, Guji, Oromia, Ethiopia |
| Altitude | 1,800-2,200 MASL |
| Variety | Kurume, Welicho |
| Process | Washed |
| Certification | EU Organic, Rainforest Alliance |
| Notes | Black Tea, Cola, Honeydew Melon |
| Journey | Follow Suke Quto's journey here |
Suke Quto, one of our favourite and most-loved coffees, is back... but not as you know it! Over the course of the last couple of years, huge efforts have been made by our importing partner Trabocca, in collaboration with Fairfood, to improve the traceability of this coffee.
The Suke Quto farm was set up by Tesfaye Bekele following a bushfire in the area. In order to conserve the remaining forest he distributed coffee and shade-tree seedlings amongst the local community, and recruited out-growers to replant the forest. The out-growers harvest the coffee each year, and deliver it to the Suke Quto Farm for processing.
This year we are able to tell you the name of each of the 278 contributing out-growers, how much coffee each of them delivered to the farm, and how much they were paid for it. You can also see details of the coffee's subsequent journey to Trabocca's storage facility in Holland, its last port of call before onward shipment to ourselves.
Follow Suke Quto's journey here.
With a background in agronomy, horticulture and quality-control, producing sustainable, high-quality coffee is at the heart of Tesfaye's operation. The coffee is EU Organic and Rainforest Alliance certified, and the farm participates in Trabocca’s “Cherry Red” scheme that rewards farmers for hard work and innovation.
As always, the coffee itself is absolutely delicious. In the cup it is super clean, and reminds us of black tea, cola, and honeydew melon. When it comes to meeting our guiding principles of quality, traceability and sustainability, it doesn't get much better than this!
Sweet Valley - Colombia
£11.00
| Origin | Finca Potosi, Granja La Esperanza, Caicedonia, Valle De Cauca, Colombia |
| Altitude | 1,400-1,860 MASL |
| Process | Natural |
| Variety | Colombia |
| Notes | White Grape, Mango, Retsina |
Colombia's Granja La Esperanza is renowned worldwide for its experimental and competition winning coffees. Sweet Valley, a natural-processed colombia variety from Finca Potosi, was one of our favourite coffees last year, so we are delighted to be able to offer it to you for a second year running. If possible, it is even tastier this year - clean, syrupy, and absolutely bursting with fruit flavour. In the cup it reminds us of white grape, mango and retsina.
Finca Potosi started life in 1930 when Israel Correa and Carmen Rosa Vega arrived in Caicedonia by mule from Armenia in the neighbouring department of Quindio seeking unoccupied land. They acquired the land on which Finca Potosi now stands for 4,000 Pesos (about $1.15 USD at the time), and started to plant arabica coffee. Israel and Carmen had fourteen children, and of those children it was their daughter Blanca and her husband Juan Antonio Herrera that were assigned to work on the farm in 1945. Today, Rigoberto Herrera continues the family tradition. Finca Potosi now has 188,725 coffees trees spread over 52 hectares. The farm is split into 10 lots and grows sidra, mandela, san juan, castillo and colombia varieties.
In Don Rigoberto's own words, "I see Café Granja La Esperanza contributing to what we all want in Colombia and the world. The contribution to peace, creating jobs, giving support and good treatment to the people who work in the countryside... That is the future of Café Granja La Esperanza, sowing peace, development and education for people".
Sweet Collection - Daterra, Brazil
£10.00
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Origin |
Daterra, Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| GPS | 18°42'04.79"S 46°53'12.35"W (Plot TB 10/19) |
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Altitude |
1,149m |
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Process |
Pulped-Natural |
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Variety |
Red Catuai |
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Notes |
Mandarin, Vanilla, Creme Brulee |
Daterra is synonymous with quality, sustainability, and innovation, and we are proud to have coffees from this incredible farm frequently underpinning our offering.
Sweet Collection is our latest release from their Collection range of coffees, representing the highest scoring lots that are grown on the farm.
This particular lot is a pulped-natural red catuai grown on plot TB 10/19, and harvested using selective mechanical picking. Daterra coffee harvesters are custom-built on the farm (you can see Tom taking a ride on one above). They are designed to shake the trees gently such that only the ripest cherries that detach easily from the branch get collected, whilst unripe cherries remain on the tree to complete their maturation.
In the cup this coffee reminds us of an orange creme brulee, with a sweet mandarin acidity, underpinned by notes of vanilla and burnt caramel.
You can learn more about our relationship with Daterra, and what makes it such a special farm here.
Sugar Cane Decaf - Colombia
£9.00
| Origin | 8 Smallholder Farmers of Pitalito, Huila, Colombia |
| Altitude | 1,500-1,750 MASL |
| Process | Washed, Natural Sugar Cane EA Decaffeination |
| Variety | Caturra, Castillo, Colombia |
| Notes | Milk-Chocolate, Honeycomb, Berries |
Our current decaf is comprised of nine lots from eight smallholder farmers located in the Pitalito area of Colombia's Huila Department. The coffee is hand-sorted and processed on each farm before being sent to Descafecol in Manizales for decaffeination by way of the Natural Sugar Cane EA Process. This process involves placing the coffee in a solution of water and ethyl acetate, a naturally occuring compound derived through the fermentation of sugar cane. Aside from resulting in the tastiest decaf coffee we have tried to date, this process also has the best sustainability credentials in comparison to other decaffeination processes that we are aware of. The carbon footprint is kept to a minimum, with the solvent being derived from the domestic sugar cane industry, and the process occuring within Colombia (as opposed to Europe or North America). This also benefits the domestic economy.
In the cup the coffee is clean and sweet with notes of milk-chocolate, honeycomb and delicate berries.
Mountain Rescue - El Carmen, Colombia
£8.00
| Origin | Smallholder Farmers of El Carmen, Acevedo, Huila, Colombia |
| Altitude | 1,400-2,160 MASL |
| Process | Washed |
| Variety | Caturra, Castillo |
| Notes | Milk-Chocolate, Cherry Jam, Frangipane |
Supporting the Lake District Search & Mountain Rescue Association *
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We select Mountain Rescue from seasonal crop to deliver a classic, clean and balanced profile that works equally well on espresso and filter. Our latest iteration is grown by 350 smallholder farmers in the hills surrounding El Carmen de Acevedo, and represented by the cooperative Asociación Agropecuaria El Carmen de Acevedo.
Our importing partner Raw Material met with the cooperative members in 2017 to understand what was preventing them from accessing the speciality coffee market. Despite good production levels, income from coffee had dropped to unsustainable levels over the previous few years, and the smallholder families were faced with the prospect of having to find alternative income outside of coffee. The volatility of the commodity coffee market prohibited farmers from investing in the infrastructure improvements required to improve the quality of their coffee. Raw Material also noticed a huge gap between the way coffee quality is evaluated at farm level compared with at the roasting end of the value chain.
On the back of these meetings Raw Material launched the Red Associations with the goal of achieving stable and sustainable prices for the cooperative’s lots through improved quality-control, knowledge-sharing, and a connection to the specialty coffee market. The cooperative now offers extra drying tables to allow the farmers to dry the coffee themselves, as opposed to selling them to local intermediaries at a cheap price. There is also a lab where the farmers can get real time feedback on the quality of their coffee.
With the new infrastructure in place Raw Material is able to offer a minimum fixed price of 1 million Colombian Pesos per “carga” of dry “parchment” coffee. This represents double the household income of the typical producing family in the region, compared with the average income from the regular coffee market over the past five years. On top of this they receive a second payment from Raw Material once the coffee is sold for export.
The hope is that this system of guaranteed payment on the day the coffee is delivered (as opposed to waiting on credit terms or payment on export only), plus the possibility of a top-up payment on export, will give the farmers a sustainable income, and the confidence and certainty required to invest in improving the quality of their coffee.
In the cup the coffee is clean, sweet and beautifully balanced, with notes of milk-chocolate, cherry jam and frangipane.
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* The Lake District Search & Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA) provides a vital service helping injured and stricken hikers to safety from some of the most remote and precarious places in the country. The vast majority of incidents are safely resolved, but there are inevitably a number of fatalities, and without the help of LDSAMRA this number would be much higher.
In order to carry out their work LDSAMRA rely on a team of brave and highly trained volunteers. We are friends with a number of them so are well aware of the great work that they do, and the importance of donations to provide them with the kit necessary to do their job safely and effectively.
With this in mind, we donate £1 per kilo of Mountain Rescue sold to LDSAMRA. **
** For the time being we will be splitting the £1 per kilo raised between LDSAMRA and the Rwanda Landslides Appeal more information about which can be found here.
Penny Rock - Brazil
£8.00
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Origin |
Daterra, Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Altitude |
1,150 MASL |
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Process |
Tree Dried Natural |
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Variety |
Red Bourbon |
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Notes |
Dark Chocolate, Double Cream, Walnut |
Penny Rock is our Great Taste Award winning coffee from Daterra, one of the most pioneering and inspirational farms in the world. Named in homage to a beauty spot on the shores of Grasmere, our spiritual home, we select Penny Rock from seasonal crop to deliver a cup of coffee that bears all the classic hallmarks of coffee from the Cerrado Mineiro region of Brazil. The coffee is well-developed during the roast to accentuate body and sweetness, but is tempered to allow its character room to shine through and express itself in the cup.
You can learn more about what makes Daterra so special here.
Moonshine - Lucky Dip
£7.00
Moonshine is something of a lucky dip. It may be an experimental blend that we are keen to get feedback on. It may be a coffee that we contracted a little too much of and we need a bit of help getting through. It may be a coffee that is more than ten days past roast date, but in reality is still perfectly delicious, and arguably still to hit its prime. Whatever it is, it will always be speciality grade coffee sourced in adherence with all of our usual principles. We keep a record of each batch, so if you really like the batch you receive, and want to know what it is, just drop us a line and we'll be happy to tell you.
Camp Mug
£15.00
We scoured the market to find the best looking, highest quality enamel mugs we could find, and we think the results speak for themselves. A damn fine vessel worthy of holding damn fine coffee!
Monthly Subscription
£11.00
PRICE INCLUDES POSTAGE & PACKING
Our monthly subscription is the best way to explore our range of coffees without having to lift a finger. We select and roast a new coffee for our subscribers the first week of every month and post it to you that week. You just need to choose how much you need to see you through to the next instalment!
We aim to make the selection as diverse and interesting as possible in terms of origin, process and flavour profile.
If you want to amend or cancel your subscription at any time you just need to email us at info@redbankcoffee.com and we'll sort it right away.
Please note that the first instalment will be delivered the first week of the month following the month in which you setup your subscription - so you may want to buy a bag of something else just to tide you over!
Penny Rock Subscription
£9.00
PRICE INCLUDES POSTAGE & PACKING
Get our signature Great Taste Award winning Penny Rock delivered to your door in a bag size, and at a frequency that suits you.
We select Penny Rock from seasonal crop to deliver a cup of coffee that bears all the classic hallmarks of coffee from the Cerrado Mineiro region of Brazil - great body, deep chocolate notes, and stone-fruit sweetness. The coffee is well-developed during the roast to accentuate body and sweetness, but is tempered to allow its character room to shine through and express itself in the cup.
For more information about our latest iteration of Penny Rock please click here.
If you want to amend or cancel your subscription at any time please email us at info@redbankcoffee.com and we'll sort it right away.
Seasonal Decaf Subscription
£10.00
PRICE INCLUDES POSTAGE & PACKING
Get our Seasonal Decaf delivered to your door in a bag size, and at a frequency that suits you.
If you want to amend or cancel your subscription at any time please email us at info@redbankcoffee.com and we'll sort it right away.
Gift Card
£10.00
Brighten someone's day with a Red Bank Gift Card, redeemable against all products on our webshop.
Checkout as usual and the Gift Card will be delivered to you as an email link. You can then forward the link to the lucky recipient.
Sage Smart Grinder Pro
Out of Stock - £199.00
The brewing equipment that we offer is either kit that we use ourselves at home or at the roastery, or from manufacturers that we have grown to trust for producing consistently high-quality products. This usually means a harmonious balance between function, aesthetic and ease of use.
FREE 250G BAG OF COFFEE OF YOUR CHOICE WITH EVERY PURCHASE. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH COFFEE YOU WOULD LIKE IN THE NOTES SECTION AT CHECKOUT.
WHAT WE SAY
The Sage Smart Grinder Pro has been the grinder we use at home for a number of years now. We love it for its grind quality, robust design, ease of use and consistency, and for the little touches that elevate it above other grinders in its class - such as the magnetic grounds tray that is easily removed and emptied to help maintain a tidy worktop.
Moccamaster
£190.00
The brewing equipment that we offer is either kit that we use ourselves at home or at the roastery, or from manufacturers that we have grown to trust for producing consistently high-quality products. This usually means a harmonious balance between function, aesthetic and ease of use.
FREE 250G BAG OF COFFEE OF YOUR CHOICE WITH EVERY PURCHASE. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHICH COFFEE YOU WOULD LIKE IN THE NOTES SECTION AT CHECKOUT.
WHAT WE SAY
First released in 1969, the Moccamaster has become the go-to brewer for households, offices and small volume cafes. Add coffee to the filter, fill the water reservoir and off you go - the Moccamaster does the rest. We love it for its consistency and ease of use, and because it just looks so cool!
Hario V60 Dripper - Recycled Plastic
£6.00
The V60 has become and iconic and timeless method for brewing beautiful, clean filter coffee at home. This version is made from recycled plastic and is dishwasher safe.
We use the '01' one cup version to brew up to 300ml of coffee (one large mug), and the '02' two cup version to brew up to 600ml.
Hario V60 Filter Papers
£7.00
100 x "Misarashi" unbleached natural filter papers for Hario V60 '01' and '02' Drippers.
Hario V60 Drip Scale
£50.00
The V60 Drip Scale is another classic product from Japanese brew masters Hario. We have been using it for our manual brews since we first started brewing coffee. It has a clean, minimal aesthetic, but its real beauty lies in its durability and ease of use, and its ability to do the job required of it day after day.
It reads in 0.1g increments for the first 200g, 0.5g increments up to 500g, and 1g increments up to the maximum load of 2kg. The scale also has an in-built timer that allows you to monitor the consistency of your brews.
It is powered by 2 AAA batteries, and switches off automatically after five minutes when not in use. The matte-black ABS resin body is durable and water-resistant.
Dimensions:
Height 3cm; Width 12cm; Depth 19cm
AeroPress
£30.00
The versatility of the Aeropress is what gives it such a cult following the world over and has spawned international championships, independent competitions, events, and even dedicated recipe books. Approachable and fun, it’s a multipurpose brewing product that will meet the expectations of both beginners and advanced coffee lovers.
This product combines the best of other established methods of brewing, such as the French Press and the pour over - this flexibility gives you the freedom to be creative and play with other variables, like brew time, water temperature and even grind size. With a maximum capacity of 250ml and an average brew time of minutes (and sometimes down to even seconds), the Aeropress is a quick, easy way to guarantee good coffee.
