This coffee is sourced from carefully selected growers in Carmo de Minas, Brazil. Samba Reserve is a naturally processed coffee grown at altitudes between 1000 and 1300 metres above sea level. Only the ripest cherries are handpicked, carefully screened and then dried—first under the sun and then finished in mechanical driers—to achieve the perfect balance of body and sweetness. The coffee features notes of caramel, apricot, nut and chocolate.
Jolly Bean Roastery operates from an old mill in Sowerby Bridge, in West Yorkshire's Calder Valley. It started on a 1kg roaster, graduated to a 2.5kg machine nicknamed Tony that the team drove from Portsmouth wedged into a hatchback, and now runs a 10kg Besca. They source ethically and work to keep overheads low enough to make rare and experimental coffees accessible, including lots processed with anaerobic and maceration techniques from Colombian producers. The roastery also runs Giddy Arts, a sister café in Saltaire opposite Salts Mill, which doubles as a general store with a plastic free refill section where customers can bring old coffee bags for freshly roasted beans.
