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The Yard

The Yard

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  • Nicaragua
  • Burundi

Red Apple, Caramel

This edition of The Yard features coffee from Nicaragua and Burundi. As espresso you will find this coffee is incredibly juicy, yet with milk you will be getting notes of brown sugar and a honey mouthfeel.

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Nueva SegoviaCatuaí1300-1600 maslDonald Efrain RoqueWashed

Kayanza ProvinceRed Bourbon1500 - 1700 maslProducers local to Izuba Community Washing StationWashed

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This blend hits one of our sourcing pillars: Sustainable Initiatives

This edition of The Yard features coffee from Nicaragua and Burundi. As espresso you will find this coffee is incredibly juicy, yet with milk you will be getting notes of brown sugar and a honey mouthfeel.

The Nicaraguan component - San Ramon - sits within the Dipilto mountain range, a Nicaraguan nature reserve located close to the border with Honduras. The farm is run by Donald Efrain Roque, who is the third generation of coffee producers in the Roque Family. Both his grandfather and father were dedicated to coffee, and he is continuing with this beautiful legacy. For his entire life, he has worked with coffee and over this time he has acquired a very special affection and passion for it.

In 2006, Donald Efrain found out about the Cup of Excellence in Nicaragua and he decided to participate in the contest to see how much potential his coffee had. After performing well, he became more motivated than ever to continue improving the quality of his coffee and participated again in COE in 2009 and 2011, where he achieved great results. For him, the biggest change from being a conventional farmer to a specialty coffee farmer was having to train and educate his workers to change their harvesting and processing practices.

Donald has been working with our sourcing partners Caravela for five years now and his point of view on coffee has completely changed since he started producing specialty coffee. Now he is consistently seeking to improve and to become a better farmer. He strongly believes in the potential of specialty coffee in Dipilto, Nueva Segovia and he recommends every single farmer in the region to focus solely on producing a high-quality product.

While we have been purchasing coffee from Donald for four years, in 2024 we committed on purchasing increasing volumes every year up until 2027. This comittment to volumes is one way we can make the coffee industry fairer.

The Burundian component is sourced from the Izuba Community Washing Station, where Muharo Trading Company operates. They collaborate closely with the community, purchasing coffee cherries directly from local farmers. This direct relationship ensures quality control and a fair return to the farmers. We work with their exporters, Raw Material, who operate as a CIC and reinvest all profits into the communities they operate in.

Supporting this community hits one of our key sourcing pillars: Sustainable Initiatives.

Brew guide

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V60

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30g

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3:30

YIELD

YIELD

500ml

METHOD

Brewing this coffee on a V60 highlights clean juicy berry notes upfront, whilst maintaining a delicate, balanced cup profile.
On espresso, a recipe of 17.5g 40y 25s gives a shot packed full of blueberry and blackcurrant with notes of pear and orange blossom coming through on the finish.

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ETHICAL COFFEE SOURCING

Just like our approach to roasting and training, we source coffee in such a way that prioritises empowering people who are disadvantaged or disenfranchised.

Every sourcing decision is made intentionally in order to maximise the impact for the producers. We are proud to say that 94% of all the coffee we sold last year hit at least 1 of these 3 key sourcing principles, our goal for 2025 is to increase this to 100%.

REHABILITATION

In line with our mission in the UK, we support the rehabilitation of coffee producers previously involved in conflict, crime or the drug trade.

We’ve been working with a project in Colombia which supports farmers who were previously members of paramilitary groups, and want to move away from growing illegal plants for the drugs industry and instead produce coffee. This allows them to have a steady, sustainable income which provides for their family and creates stability within their community.

12%

of our purchased coffee

Sustainable Initiatives

Economic and environmental sustainability are important issues at every stage of the coffee supply chain.

We work with Caravela, who on top of paying farmers up front, have an on-the-ground team to work with farmers improving their farm yield and reduce carbon emissions.

We also work closely with Raw Material CIC, who reinvest all profits at origin.

52%

of our purchased coffee

Female Economic Empowerment

We support the promotion of female coffee producers to improve gender equality in the industry. Women do most of the coffee field labour but rarely hold positions of power and we want to reset the balance.

We’ve built a relationship with Patricia Coelho, a female producer in Brazil, to create our house espresso blend, The Block. Now one of our bestsellers, the volume of coffee we’re purchasing from Patricia is helping her to invest resources into quality and processing to focus her efforts on the speciality market.

31%

of our purchased coffee