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Saravan.

Saravan.

Watchhouse

About This Coffee

This Yellow Caturra lot comes from Lao Ngam, a remote cluster of 17 smallholder farms in Saravan Province, southern Laos. Grown at 1,100-1,200 meters altitude under shade, with manual harvesting during the short seasonal window. Natural processing is done on raised beds with careful hand-sorting, regular turning, and slow, even drying under tarpaulin covers. Quality partners have helped local producers refine fermentation and drying protocols. The result is a sweet and floral coffee, part of a new wave of high-quality coffee from Laos.

Origin

Saravan Province (Laos)

Flavor Notes

Roast Level

Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica
Yellow Caturra
W

Watchhouse

Watchhouse was founded in 2014 by Roland Horne in a 19th century former watch house on Bermondsey Street, London. The roastery sits beneath a repurposed railway arch on Maltby Street, where the team roasts on a refurbished 1959 Probat UG22 under the direction of Head Roaster Nikol Novotná. Rather than selling wholesale, the company made a deliberate decision to channel all its energy into sourcing and roasting for its own outlets and online shop. That focus now spans 17 locations across London, with an expansion into New York in 2024. Coffees are sourced seasonally from producers worldwide and organised into three ranges: the 1829 Espresso blend designed for milk drinks, the Rituals range for comfort, and the Horizons range for more experimental offerings. All packaging uses compostable plant based materials, and their decaf is processed using ethyl acetate in Nariño, Colombia.

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