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Christmas Blend

Christmas Blend

Kiss the Hippo Coffee

About This Coffee

This blend combines 80% Honduras and 20% Colombia beans from producers Nancy Hernandez and Jairo Arcila. The Honduras component comes from Finca Jazmin, while the Colombia portion is from Santa Monica farm, located in Marcala and Armenia regions respectively. The coffee is grown at altitudes between 1400-1800 meters. Processing includes washed, natural, and co-fermentation methods, with mixed cultivars. Flavor notes include cinnamon, strawberry, and milk chocolate. The blend features Nancy Hernandez's washed and natural lots providing milk chocolate and strawberry sweetness, complemented by Jairo Arcila's cinnamon co-ferment adding warm, mulled spice character.

Origin

Marcala (Honduras)
Armenia (Colombia)

Flavor Notes

Strawberry, Cinnamon, Milk Chocolate

Roast Level

Processing

Washed, Natural, Co-Fermentation

Typology

KT

Kiss the Hippo Coffee

Kiss the Hippo launched in 2018 as London's first carbon negative coffee roastery. Every coffee they sell is certified organic by the Soil Association and certified carbon negative, with reforestation projects in Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and Nepal through a partnership with Swiss nonprofit On A Mission. They pay farmers at least 50% above Fair Trade prices, often double. The roastery has won the UK Barista Championships three times, with victories by Joshua Tarlo in 2018, Paul Ross in 2019, and Paul Ross again in 2020 and now supplies seven London café locations. Sustainability extends to fully compostable pods, recyclable packaging, a Living Wage commitment, and a partnership with bio bean that turns used grounds into biofuels.

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