The coffee is sourced by our friends Sabcomeed from a collective of 150 farmers around Shaia’an village, in the Al-Qafr region of Ibb. We take annual supplies of their Shaia’an sun-dried natural, but this is an anaerobically processed lot that has extra fruitiness and complexity. We’ll be running this coffee as our “house” Yemeni Mokha through 2021-2022.

The mountainous area in and around Shaia’an, in Al-Qafr, provides perfect conditions for the cultivation and processing of coffee – the region has dryer, and more temperature stable conditions which are suited to natural (dry) processing, and drying the coffee cherries evenly on raised beds. Classic heirloom varietals of arabica, such as Odaini and Typica, thrive here. The coffee cherries here are sourced from around 150 small farmers.

Yemen - Shaia'an Collective

Nestling in the West Yorkshire Pennines, we are surrounded by dramatic moorland, dry-stone walls and ancient woods. We see reminders of the area's heritage, shaped by the Industrial Revolution; from the 18th Century canal locks to the remnants of old mills and weirs. It was this that gave birth to our river-side Victorian textile mill, where we roast our coffee on a vintage Probat drum roaster.

Dark Woods use specialty grade coffees, which have cleaner more distinctive flavours than cheaper commercial coffees and are traceable to skilled farmers and their farms across the world. Carefully roasted to produce an array of flavours to suit a wide range of styles and tastes - which may be why Dark Woods gained another 13 awards in 2020's Great Taste Awards.

Yemen - Shaia'an Collective

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