Our house espresso blend - eighth iteration
Bear Blend is the one we keep coming back to. Big body, rich chocolate, sweetness throughout, and a pop of red plum that catches you on the way through.
It's built from two coffees right now. Baixao da Serra from Brazil - grown by Abner and Vanessa Carvalho at 1150m - gives it the deep body and chocolate base. Karambi from Rwanda brings the brightness and the fruit. Together they do what a good blend should: each one making the other better.
Works well with milk. Worth trying black, where the plum really shows up.
More about this coffee
Tasting notes: Chocolate, Caramel, Red Plum
Roast: Espresso
Baixao da Serra, Brazil — 70% Producers: Abner and Vanessa Carvalho, Variety: Catucaí, Process: Natural, Elevation: 1150m
Karambi, Rwanda — 30% Producers: Smallholders, Variety: Red Bourbon Process: Washed, Elevation: 1700–2000m
Bear Blend isn't fixed. As the crops rotate, so do the coffees inside it, chosen each time for the same character: big body, chocolate-led, with fruit underneath. The components change. The quality doesn't.
This is the eighth iteration. We think it's the best one yet.
Best for
Espresso machine, French Press
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