The Cat’s Ski Jacket

While this coffee tastes awesome in every device, our favourites are an espresso machine, Aeropress & moka pot.

If you want to know more, see our brew guides for making coffee.

In the centre of Cauca, in Piendamó, you’ll find the non-profit organisation Asociacion de Caficultores del Centro del Cauca por la Paz (ACC). Established in 2016, ACC is dedicated to growing superior coffee, focusing on all aspects of the bean-to-cup journey. Their main goal is to improve the livelihoods of the farming communities and create a sustainable environment for the future of the coffee industry.

ACC’s coffee varieties include Castillo, Cenicafé, Tabi, Bourbon, Caturra, and Colombia. They dry their coffee mainly through parabolic and mechanical silos. Based in a rented facility in Piendamó, the association has its own coffee laboratory, which contains all the relevant tools for coffee selection and cupping, which is undertaken by a certified Q-Grader.

The ACC supports a collaborative environment with 77 associates who each cultivate an average of 1.5 hectares of land between 1,700 and 2,100 meters above sea level. They continue to work diligently to relieve poverty and social conflicts, driving strategies and improving the supply of crop-related technology. In 2023, the ACC purchased 900,000 kg of parchment coffee, with 20,000 kg scoring a whopping 86+. This is quite an achievement; keep up the good work, guys!

Cupping is the process used to find the ‘quality’ score of a coffee. Because we only source and roast speciality coffee, it must get a score of 80 points or higher to be granted speciality status. If it doesn’t get this score, it’s not good enough for us. To find out more about cupping, take a look at our step by step guide to coffee cupping at home.

When roasting, we never ‘over roast’ any of our coffees, simply because we don’t need to. The process of roasting is a great way to highlight some of the natural flavours and aromas of the coffee. Roasting a coffee too dark can result in these flavours being hidden and, instead, can produce a bitter and burnt coffee. The coffee we source is of very high quality. This allows us to bring out the flavours when roasting, rather than trying to hide them. Instead of having a burnt or bitter taste, our coffees have a natural sweetness.

Every coffee we hand roast is completely unique. Some coffees we roast have lighter notes, like citrus fruit, whilst others have a slightly darker note of chocolate or nut for example. We source our coffee from small farms and cooperatives around the world. These farmers and their workers work incredibly hard to produce an excellent product. We feel it’s only fair that we produce an equally amazing product.

You might not realise it, but by purchasing speciality coffee from us, you are supporting farmers across the globe. We pay between 30 and 150% more than the ‘going rate’ for our green coffee. This way, the farmers are paid more for their crops. This gives the opportunity for better living conditions, and revenue to invest into a great harvest, year after year.

We like to keep the supply chain short. With less in the chain, we can be sure that more makes it back to the farm and its workers.

It’s people like you who are helping to make a difference. Well done.

This was the winning name from an avid Two Chimps Coffee drinker in a competition in April 2024 – What a WICKED nae – it’s right up our street!