If You Know You Know…

Ethiopia Ardent Guji Natural (60%) & Peru Aprysa (40%)

This blend is designed for those looking for something a little different from their everyday brew.

If You Know You Know features one of our staple offerings, Peru Aprysa and is paired with other single-origin components rotating seasonally, leading to a unique cup profile. Though optimised for espresso, this blend benefits from all brewing methods, either black or with milk.

This blend features two coffees that are close to our hearts for a number of reasons

We've been buying coffee from Ashenafi Argaw of Ardent for a number of years now. The reasons are twofold. His coffees are outstanding. There aren't many producers who have had their coffees scored at 97 points by Coffee Review. Ashenafi has.
Another reason for buying from Ardent are Ashenafi's principles. Ethiopia has been a war torn country for a number of years. One of the obvious outcomes of this is to leave many children without parents. To help with this, Ashenafi opened the Ardent Children's Centre to look after these kids and provide them with a future. There are now two centres looking after 70 children between them. This year we donated $5000 toward this. In October of this year, Ashenafi built and opened a school in Wicho, Sidama, a place where his grandparents still live. We're really proud to support such work.
We began our relationship with the Aprysa Women's Organic Committee this year. We pay a social premium on every pound of coffee we buy from this co op. Which this year has seen us donate in excess of $4000.

60% Ethiopia Ardent Guji Natural
Process: Natural
Varietal: Heirloom
Altitude: 1800-2000 MASL

40% Peru Aprysa 
Process: Washed
Varietal: Mixed
Altitude: 1400-1900 MASL

Our tasting/cupping notes for this second coffee come from our Q Grader, Monika. She'll always find at least 7 or 8 aromas, taste notes etc and then select the three she finds most pronounced to put on our bags. For this coffee she selected  Cranberry, Toffee and Sultana.