These unusual times continue. Judging by our online store’s activity throughout April, your coffee drinking habits have not been dented by this pandemic. We’ve been particularly thrilled at the volume of emails we’ve received from people extolling our coffees, or rather, the coffees of the farmers we choose to work with, so thank you!

We really wanted to bring you something special for May, and our coffees that Simon selected in Colombia at the end of 2019 landed with us just in time.

One of the coffees on the May menu is from Juan Saldarriaga’s farm - El Encanto - in Antioquia. This is a washed pink bourbon and is a special as the varietal name suggests. On filter, expect apricot jam in the cup with some tropical lychee notes coming through.

Our second coffee is a naturally produced Caturra from Hernan Prieto’s farm - Villa Clabelina. It’s a typically boozy natural with a big body and plenty of that funky sweetness. On filter and through espresso, it’s very reminiscent of lemon tea, and again some tropical fruit coming through.

Finally, we’ve decided to continue our 20% discount on our subscriptions through May. Not only does this help you drink good coffee during quarantine, but it keeps our coffee pipeline moving along and enables us to continue to buy coffee from farmers who are now experiencing a bottleneck owing to the global closure of coffee shops. If you sign up now, you’ll continue to be on our subscription plan at this discounted price until you cancel it, so make the most of it!

We hope you are all well and thanks for supporting us as we all adapt to this ’new normal’.