We're really proud of our new sow blend. It's a blend with a lot of body, a creamy texture, and warm flavours- think brown spices and dark sugar. 

This is perfect for someone who loves a strong European style coffee- its great as an espresso and with milk. We've been having flat whites with this blend at the roastery for a while now, and its proving hugely popular. 

Where the coffee comes from: 

The Brazilian coffee component of the blend is produced by Fazenda Caxambu. The farm is owned by the Chaves de Brito, a family that has been producing coffee in the Sul de Minas region for over a century. This specific lot is 100% Arara, a hybrid variety that has been making making a name for itself in Brazil in recent years for it's good productivity, resistance and remarkable sensory characteristics. Naturally processed, this coffee provides a lot of toffee sweetness to the blend.  

The second coffee in the blend, Luoka, is from Papua New Guinea. It takes its name form the two districts in which the coffee is grown, Lufa and Okapa. Both districts are know for being some of the remotest parts of the Eastern Highlands and are well know for the quality of their coffees. Over a hundred small scale farmers are contributing to this lot, with a farm size average of just two hectares. After harvesting, the cherries are typically pulped, washed and dried at the farm and then sold to Mr Peno Kavori, a local entrepreneur who's collecting the coffees (paying premium prices for high quality coffees) and prepare them for export at his dry mill. This coffee is bringing spicy, herbal and nutty characteristics to the blend.       
 
varietal: Arara + Typica + Arusha
origin: Brazil (Fazenda Caxambu), Papua New Guinea (Luoka)
location: Minas Gerias + Eastern Highlands

Sow Blend (May 2021)

At Perky Blenders, we like to think of ourselves as one big family. That’s because family is in the very foundations of our business: we were family-formed back in 2015 by brothers Tom and Adam Cozens, along with Adam’s wife, Victoria. And even back then, operating as a humble little coffee cart outside St James’ Street station, we had the same aims as we do now: to be responsible, friendly and accessible to all. It’s still us here. Hello. And though we’ve since stretched our latte-fuelled legs beyond that converted three-wheeled Piaggio Ape, we’re the same coffee up-and-comers waxing lyrical about single origin beans to the good people of Waltham Forest. A few years on, we now have four shops within the borough, and we supply our coffee to over 50 stores – including Wholefoods, the award-winning Eat17 Spar shops and big chill. In the last few years, we’ve been featured in the Indy Best’s ‘Best Coffee Subscription Services,’ and have recently won two Time Out Awards as the ‘Best Coffee Place’ within three London Postcodes. And we’ve opened our second roastery, with a state-of-the-art 20kg Petrocini Specialty Roaster that we’re pretty proud of, and plenty more space to swing cats/coffee sacks. When all this is over, we’d love you to drop by for a visit. These are strange times, but one bonus is that we’re meeting lots of friendly new (virtual) faces via the subscription side of our business.

Sow Blend (May 2021)

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Sow Blend (May 2021)

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