We’ve not had Indonesia for a long time. Often associated with the big chains, due to its full bodied flavour, this is a beautifully balanced coffee which we medium/light roast.

Flores boasts breathtaking scenery, spectacular volcanoes, hot springs, clear blue skies and pristine beaches with black, white or even pink sand.

Bajawa is the hometown of the Da’Gabo family. Located in the Ngada District, on the slopes of Volcano Irenie, Bakawa offers very fertile soils to its population. In addition to coffee, rice, maize and coconut are the main crops of the island.

Founded by about 200 coffee farmers - primarily from the Da’Gabo family; Aurelia Da’Gabo is a coffee farmer association based in Bakawa, Flores. Their focus: producing speciality coffee sustainably to ensure the future of the farmers.

FARM: 200 smallholders
REGION: Flores Bajawa
PRODUCER: Aurelia Da’Gabo (farmer association)
PROCESSING: Gilling Basah (wet hulled)
CARIETALS: Red and Yellow Caturra, Typica

Flores Kasa'o

Coffee cared for from plant to cup is hard to come by. We're committed to delivering you a significant coffee drinking experience to be remembered.

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Also known as Los Santos, this southwestern region is a sanctuary to incredible birds and forests and also produces the country’s highest-quality coffees.

Sheltered by the Pacific Basin range, coffee is mostly shade grown in small valleys and on mountain slopes at altitudes of 1,500 to 1,900 meters. Tarrazu’s combination of altitude, climate and variety help to create coffees with good body, bright acidity, excellent aromas and intense chocolate flavours.

REGION: Tarrazu, San Jose
PRODUCER: Cafe Capris

Costa Rica | Colibri Tarrazu

This wonderful microlot coffee is produced by William Maldonado Ordonez.

William is from the village of La Flor (the flower in Spanish), near Jaen. He is a second generation coffee farmer. His farm has about 15,000 coffee trees of different varieties including Typical, Caturra, Red Bourbon & Catimor.

Like many farms in Peru, they use only organic farming practices throughout.

Peru | Cajamarca Microlot

This medium-bodied coffee from Mexico gives you a beautifully rounded drink every time.

Huatusco is the perfect region to grow coffee thanks to its abundant Rainfall.

Processing coffee in Huatusco is slightly more complicated than in other Mexican regions during coffee harvest season due to the rainy days and very cold nights (which delay the fermentation process). Due to this complexity, farmers tend to sell coffee cherry. This is then bought and processed by the central wet mill. (for those familiar with our Uganda coffee videos. this is a very similar process).

One farmer tells us “we focus on what we are good at, producing excellent coffee in our traditional ways, through innovative methods which contribute to creating perfect coffee for people who appreciate it”.

Mexico | Seleccion Huatusco

Uganda is well and truly on the speciality map these days, and producing some of the best coffee in the world. We loved it so much we went to visit the farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains in West Uganda.

This is our 3rd season from this region, and the quality gets better and better. This coffee comes specifically from the Kalingwe area, high up in the Rwenzori Mountains.

An incredible coffee washing station was opened to help process the quality coffee that is being grown in hundreds of people’s back gardens. They agreed to pay farmers in cash, when they deliver their ripe crop. Farmers are now being paid better than ever before, and the coffee from the region tastes better than ever. Win win. Meet the farmer on our YouTube channel.

Uganda Season III Kalingwe

The THRESHOLD  is the place of welcome. A point of entry or beginning. The level at which one starts to feel or react to something.

Allow yourself time to cross the threshold into your moment. Whether that be a moment of pause in your day, investing in your relationships, or a moment’s break which may spark some creative thinking. 

We’ve created this medium roast blend from two of our favourite coffee farming communities; Uganda and Brazil.

This blend is made up of Brazil Portal De Serra & Uganda Kalingwe III.

Threshold Blend | Medium Roast

Drink what you know - a strong black coffee - but make it special. Strong black coffee drinks deserve better!

Its easy to hide cheap and tasteless low-grade beans in a dark roast coffee, especially when topped with milk. Often a cup of that coffee is drunk and forgotten fast.

Now imagine drinking a long, strong, black, speciality coffee that warms your hands and your heart, whatever the weather…. The Fireside Blend.

This blend is made up of 100% arabica beans from Brazil Portal De Serra, Guatemala & Nicaragua.

Fireside Blend | Dark Roast

East gate is the name of our Cielo house blend. We aim to bring you a blend of some of our favourite coffees of the season. We grasp the opportunity to bring out some more fruity flavours and sweetness and bring you the best of the beans that have been produced by hard work from the farmers.

Perfect for Espresso.

Current seasonal blend is made up of:
Brazil Monte Carmelo 60%
Uganda Kisinga Washing Station 20%
Colombia Las Brisas 20%.

East Gate Blend | Light Roast

A Smooth, full flavoured single origin from south Brazil in Southern America. We roast this medium to bring a deeper cup.

Perfect for Espresso or a bold, punchy filter.
Producer: Caio Silvestre Moscardini
Region: Alta Mogiana (High Mogiana)
Farm: Fazenda Portal da Serra

This coffee employs a natural process. After harvesting, the cherries are floated in a water tank to separate by density. The highest quality cherries sink to the bottom and are separated to process this top lot. The cherries are then dried in the sun on a patio. For the first period they are clustered together to start a fermentation process, then they are spread out on the patio to dry them out over time. Once the coffee has dried sufficiently it is rested for upwards of 30 days before being hulled, graded and carefully selected for export.

The Producer

Caio Moscardini has a passion for quality, and his desire to challenge traditional views of Brazilian coffee. Caio convinced his family to sell their farm and buy Portal De Serra, not far from the family home. The farm has some of the best conditions for arabica production in the region.

Brazil Portal Da Serra

Cundinamarca has 15 provinces and 116 municipalities mainly situated within the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. The coffee here is picked by the smallholders and generally washed and dried on the farm, often at high altitudes on steep slopes, or brought to a nearby beneficiary for processing. It will then be collected at the dry mill or cooperative headquarters for cupping, scoring and sorting for export. 

Due to the many microclimates and changing weather patterns, there is often fresh coffee cropping throughout the year, though generally this is split across the main and mitaca (or ‘fly’) crops. Global warming has seen a significant change across Colombia, bringing challenges to some areas and opportunities to others. Earthquakes and landslides have featured in the coffee areas, but the commitment to quality there remains high. 

The 'Swiss Water' decaffeination process (SWD) is 100% chemical free, and removes approximately 99.9% of the coffee beans's caffeine content but preserves much of the beans original character.

Decaf Colombia

This coffee is from three neighbouring coffee farms in the Kiambu county. They are located just outside of Nairobi City. The region has a long history of coffee production and is famous for its large estates.

This coffee is lightly Roasted and naturally processed on raised African beds. Natural processing is a rarity in Kenya which is well known for its exceptional coffee. This drying process is the same as the process featured in the Uganda coffee films on the CLO YouTube channel. 

Kenya | Kiambu

This is a punchy South American coffee which is great both as a filter or light single origin espresso.

Part of our Produced and Roasted by Women Range

Grown near the Brazilian town of Monte Carmelo. The Café Delas project was created to help women farmers access the resources, knowledge, and voice they need to grow their operations to the fullest potential.

The concept of Café Delas can be summed up in one word, “empowerment”. Coupled with ongoing training for women on agronomy and improving coffee quality, as well as workshops and events focused on empowerment, Café Delas is bringing women’s specialty coffee to market.

For every Café Delas sale, a portion of the profit is reinvested in programs that promote gender equality and empower women in the field.

Brazil Monte Carmelo

A delicious coffee from Colombia produced by Ruben Garcia who is part of ASOPCAFA.

ASOPCAFA is an association of 78 producers based around the town of Santa Rita, in the Aipe municipality in Hulia, Colombia.

ASOPCAFA’s members hail from 13 villages in Colombia’s central Andes. The rolling mountains, altitude & climactic conditions provide excellent conditions for high quality coffee cultivation, with the flip side being the logistical challenges for the region’s producers. The remote location makes access a challenge, being a 2-hour drive from Planadas, the major town in the region, itself an 8-hour drive from Bogota.

The status of the area as ‘post conflict’ leads to some of the opportunity in the region, much underdeveloped potential remains in these coffee lands.

Colombia Las Brisas | Ruben Garcia

From the birthplace of Arabica coffee - Ethiopia - comes this fine coffee from a single farmer lot. Processed in the Chelchelie Mill in the Yirgacheffe region. Lightly Roasted.

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe | Chelchelie

An outstanding coffee from the Women-led Twongerekawa Coko Cooperative in Rwanda. A group of around 134 smallholder farmers in the highest parts of the Gakenke District in the Northern Province.

This is a cooperative with a history of investing in women, development and ways to mitigate poverty, it’s members have not only seen the quality of their coffee improve, but their local communities as well.

We have an incredible Rwandan called Theo Ndagijimana to thank for connecting us to this coffee. He is a 30 year old Rwnadan who lost both parents and 6 siblings in the Genocide 26 years ago. He invests his time in life-changing projects, like founding a project aimed at supporting single teen mothers and children at risk in Kigali. And working in another project promoting entrepreneurship and agribusiness amongst women in Rwanda.

Theo has big dreams for equility and equal opportunities in Rwanda and its a delight that he has connected us to this great coffee you are drinking.

PRODUCER: Twongerekawa Coko Cooperative
REGION: Gakenke District
FARMERS: 134 smallholders
VARIETAL: Bourbon

Rwanda | Twongerekawa Coko

This seasonal, medium/light coffee blend for the holidays. Whether you are camping or retreating, holidaying or stay-cation-ing, alone of with friends, this is the coffee blend you need to complete your experience.

We’ve used a couple of our favourite coffees from this season, which work great in a blend for whichever way you like to brew it.

Let CLO be a regular part of your holiday feeling.

This blend is made up of 50% Peru Micro-Lot & 50% Nicaragua Anaerobic

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Coffee Roasts

Brazil Monte Carmelo

Brazil Portal Da Serra

Camping Blend | Medium/Light Roast

Colombia Las Brisas | Ruben Garcia

Costa Rica | Colibri Tarrazu

Decaf Colombia

East Gate Blend | Light Roast

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe | Chelchelie

Fireside Blend | Dark Roast

Flores Kasa'o

Nicaragua Peralta Estates | Anaerobic Honey

Peru | Cajamarca Microlot

Rwanda | Twongerekawa Coko

Threshold Blend | Medium Roast

Uganda Season III Kalingwe

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Kenya | Kiambu

Mexico | Seleccion Huatusco

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