This award-winning coffee is produced by Galo and Alexandra Morales at the Cruz Loma farm in the Pichincha region of Ecuador. It is a Caturra variety coffee processed using the honey method, involving a brief fermentation followed by slow drying on raised beds. The cup offers a balanced profile with notes of lemon tea, caramel, and stone fruit, characterized by sweetness, structure, and clarity.
NewGround Coffee was founded in 2018 in Oxford by Joel Grates and Dickon Morris with a social mission at its core: providing work and training opportunities for ex offenders. The roastery is B Corp certified and pays growers four times the Fairtrade standard. Head roaster James learned his craft at Redemption Roasters while in prison and now runs the Loring S15 Falcon day to day. The original café opened in 2019 in the same Headington building as the roastery, and a second location, a café and wine bar on Ship Street in central Oxford, followed in 2023. The inspiration for the business traces back to the Zukuka Bora project in Uganda, where coffee farming transformed lives in communities affected by civil war.
