Our feature coffee of Spring 2021 is Prodigal's 'Peru Chirinos'.

This single origin coffee surprised us, as we haven't brought in Peruvian coffee in years. With a flavour profile of vanilla, hazelnut and peach, it drinks wonderfully black or with milk. It is also particularly lovely paired with alternative milk, with our morning coffee consisting of oat milk and working so well with the Peruvian. 

Prodigal Coffee Roasters is our newest roaster, established in 2019, and their coffees walk off our shelves week after week. Based in Somerville, we get deliveries weekly so that we can provide the fresh stuff. Besides the Peruvian, other sell out coffees from Prodigal are the Colombian Finca Buena Vista and their seasonal blends, such as the Spring blend at the moment. 

ORGANIC BOLIVIAN 

Grown by Mauricio Mamani Camecho and his wife Lorenzo Mamani Huanca on their small family run farm in Uchumachi.

In the cup: Full bodied and creamy, with a hint of caramel sweetness, and notes of red fruits, vanilla and cinnamon.

Mauricio and Lorenzo have eight hectares dedicated to coffee. The rest of the farm is planted out with citrus trees. The coffee grows at high altitude (500-1700m) in the shade of native trees and is fully organic. They have worked in coffee for more than 15 years.

Mauricio and Lorenza work closely with the extended Mamani family who neighbour their property. Together the family share a small nursery and wet mill. Living so close to each other allows them support each other during the harvest, and share best practice.