This single varietal Yellow Bourbon coffee comes from Sertaozinho Village in the Serra da Mantiqueira region of Brazil. Grown by around 100 mainly female smallholder farmers at family-owned farms of one to two hectares, this is a UK exclusive in partnership with Ascarive, the Fairtrade exporter. The coffee features classic chocolate and nut notes with gentle stone fruit acidity, lots of sweetness and body. Coffee cherries mature slower under the shade of banana plants, contributing to increased sweetness and complexity. The coffee is grown collectively with families helping each other, and Fairtrade premiums are spent on village-wide projects.
Wood Street Coffee began in 2013 when Clare and Gareth Reid started a weekly stall at Wood Street Indoor Market in Walthamstow, London. The move into roasting came in April 2018, initially through slot roasting at The Tate, before the team purchased a second hand 5kg Probat a year later. Head roaster Tim brings over 14 years of coffee experience to the operation, which now supplies cafés, pubs, hotels, delis, and farm shops across the UK. The roastery handles local deliveries in person each week across London, Essex, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire, alongside wholesale, subscriptions, and barista training services.
