Israel was born into a coffee family and at the age of 15, he started working with his father. Working on the family farm in Tolima, Isreal learnt every aspect of production from fertilisation, to the post-harvest processes. In 2005 Isreal decided to leave the family plot and purchase some land of his own. In 2016 he decided to make a big improvement of his yield. After some research into speciality bought 1200 gesha trees and invested in some training on how to grow and process this variety. His dedication and hard work paying off with this delicious coffee.

Believe Bob Lazar

Dark Arts Coffee is a coffee roastery started by friends in East London with twisted visions of using alchemy to combine fire, water and magic beans into a divine elixir. We had visions of funnelling the profits into a cult based on our love of the occult, bikes and all things unholy.

Dark Arts Coffee

In the shadow of Nevado del Huila, Colombia’s highest volcano lies Gaitania a small town with 100 coffee-producing smallholders. Taking full advantage of the fertile soil and micro-climates created by this active volcano alongside a passion and drive for improvements to farming and processing has led to an incredible and unique coffee.

Falling Down

Some of Rodolfo Santizo’s fondest early memories are of planting seedlings and looking up at the older trees already grown, knowing that what he planted will follow these up to the sky. He knew at this young age he wanted to continue the family tradition becoming a 3rd generation coffee farmer. His son Marcos is currently preparing to be the 4th in the family, learning how to grow healthy tres without using any chemical fertilisers just like how his grandparents taught Rodolfo.

Day Trippin'

This coffee is grown in the southeastern state of Brazil, Minas Gerais and aside from being the birthplace of great musicians like Milton Nascimento, Sepultura, mutilator and Sarcófago, It is also famous for its coffee production. The state of Minas Gerais is the same size as France and is the biggest coffee-producing state in all of Brazil which is also the largest coffee producing country in the world. Brazil produces up for 30% of global coffee production.

Varietal: Bourbon, Yellow Bourbon, Typica

Lost Highway

In the Southwest of Honduras, about 100 kilometres west of the Capital, Tegucigalpa and in the Department of la Paz lies Marcala. Here the indigenous Lenca people have long made their livelihood from coffee production. Community is at the heart of the Lenca traditions. This is still a key concept in production today, where land is communal and all members of the community participate in aiding the production of the coffee.

Varietal: Catuai

Lonesome Town

Sitting in the south of the Minas Gerais region Mogiana has a long history in coffee production. In fact, the region is named after a railway system that was built in 1872 to transport the high volumes of coffee being grown there. This coffee is a blend from smallholders from Mogiana and a little further north in the ecoregion of Cerrado which despite being better known for beef production also is home to some great coffee. Sweet subtle lime acidity, milk chocolate, caramel body and nutty.

Varietal: Mundo Nuovo, Catuai

Wolverine Blues

This coffee comes from the highlands of Chiapas which is home to the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, the most diverse evergreen cloud forest in Mexico, and one of the most important sites for bird migration. One of these birds, a small green parrot, is known for preferring to nest in ‘coffee lands’ and is a local symbol of freedom. 300 smallholders process this coffee on their farm before taking to Jaltenango to sell.
A creamy mouthfeel with berry acidity and notes of chocolate.

Varietal: Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Mundo Novo

Apocalypse Now?

Our latest offering of decaf is a washed coffee from San Augustin region in Huila , Colombia. This coffee is decaffeinated by sugar cane process, this means a by-product of sugar cane is used to extract the caffeine from the coffee which is called ethyl acetate. Look for notes of dark chocolate, nuts and a silky smooth mouthfeel to round it off.

Varietal: Caturra, Castilla

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