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Espresso Coffee:
Nyeri

This month’s featured espresso, Nyeri, leaves its mark in more ways than one. Sourced from Kenya’s highlands, Nyeri supports more than a thousand smallholder farmers in its origin country of Kenya, where over a third of the farmers are women. Each brew contributes to vital programs tackling agricultural challenges and initiatives that uplift women and empower young people. A bold, bright cup doing bold, bright things.

Coffee Origin:
Kenya

Tasting Notes:
Notes of sweet jaffa cakes, fresh sencha, bold blackcurrant and tangy grapefruit

Suggested Recipe for Espresso:
Dose: 21g
Yield: 47g
Temp: 94.5 degrees
Time: 26-28 seconds
Ratio: 1:2.24

Filter Coffee:
Mando

Meet the filter coffee as impressive as the man behind it. Keremba Warioba discovered specialty coffee in Melbourne, and now produces remarkable  lots in Tanzania through his company, Communal Shamba. His work mirrors Commonfolk’s ethos: quality rooted in community. This partnership supports farmers operating their own Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society, giving them independence and fairer returns. The result is a light, clean cup with bright citrus and rounded sweetness. A coffee that speaks for itself.

Coffee Origins:
Tanzania

Tasting Notes:
A lively blend of bright citrus and soft stone fruit, with a smooth, rounded finish

Suggested Recipe for Filter:
Dose: 20g
Bloom: 60g for 30 seconds
Water: 300ml
Temp: 96 degrees
Time: 2:30-3:00 minutes
Ratio: 1:15