This coffee is from Lake Ayarza in the Santa Rosa region of Guatemala, grown at 1400-2000 meters altitude by smallholder farmers. It is a washed coffee made from a blend of Anacafe 14, Bourbon, Catuai, Pache, and San Ramon varieties. The cup offers notes of stewed plums and vanilla sweetness with a rich, creamy body of toasted hazelnut and milk chocolate.
Pharmacie Coffee Roasters was founded by Rick Curtis, who spent over five years running specialty coffee shops in Brighton and Hove before opening the roastery in Lewes, East Sussex, in 2021. The name was inspired by a 1970s French pharmacie sign Rick kept behind his couch and the "drugs" signage at Stumptown in Portland, which had shaped his coffee thinking. The move to Lewes came at the suggestion of Danny Tapper from Beak Brewery, who pointed Rick to an old warehouse at the Cliffe Industrial Estate. Rick roasts on a Giesen W15 and also offers a co roasting service, hiring out the equipment to other coffee professionals. The space hosts a seven day brew bar, social bike rides, live music, art exhibitions, and training sessions.
