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George Street Blend
ACIDITY
BODY
Components:
60% Colombia - Huila, Washed
40% Peru - Montaña, Washed
Expect notes of Chocolate, Berries, Butterscotch.
Recommended for espresso.
Certified Organic by the Soil Association, George Street Blend is our go-to house coffee. Strong enough to shine through milk, George Street is carefully roasted to highlight the coffee’s robust, natural flavours while also pushing through a deep sweetness that helps create a syrupy body. This version of our mainstay blend was created by combining two coffees, one from our Colombian direct trade partner Agricultural Producers Tolima Grande and a new addition from Peru - La Montaña These coffee’s combine to bring flavours of sweet butterscotch, chocolate and red berry acidity. Perfectly balanced and perfect for all brew methods.
The Asociación de Productores Tolima Grande is a collective of 119 certified organic and Fairtrade coffee producers in Tolima, Colombia. They plan to expand to Caquetá and Quindío, adding 80 new producers, with the goal of becoming direct exporters while maintaining high quality and positive market impact. Founded in 2019 as the Asociación Productora de Cafés Especiales San Agustín Planadas, the group initially included 80 producers committed to chemical-free farming. As they grew to include members from Tolima and Huila, they adopted the name Tolima Grande. Now, they operate across 33 veredas with diverse coffee varieties and sustainable practices.
La Montaña is a regional lot sourced from a co-operative produced by small-scale coffee farmers from San Ignacio, located in the province of San Ignacio, Cajamarca department, at 1.700 m above sea level. In San Ignacio summers are cloudy and winters are long, a combination that has proved to be ideal for coffee as it secures a wide window without rain for drying.
They have an adequate climate, which allows us to express the maximum potential of our varieties such as Typica, Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Catuai, Caturra Rojo and Amarillo.
The farms of these coffee farmers are at an average altitude of 1400-1700 m.a.s.l. They primarily cultivate Catimor, Pache, and Typica varieties. This coffee is harvested following strict ripeness criteria, then floated and hand-sorted to eliminate any defects. The coffee cherries are de-pulped and undergo 20 to 30 hours of fermentation. Following this, the parchment is gently washed and placed in a shaded area for drying, a process that takes 15 to 20 days until the ideal moisture content is achieved.
We don’t label our coffee as espresso or filter. Instead, for each coffee we create a unique roasting profile, designed to bring out the best flavours from its origin, farm and milling method. That’s why, instead, we label our coffee based on the experience it brings to the cup.
COFFEE EXPERIENCES
HOUSE BLEND: Our fan-favourite coffee is smooth, mellow and easy to drink.
Coffee however you choose. Available in 250g or 1kg bags.
Our selection of coffees: George Street Blend, Donna Blend, Roaster's Choice Single Origin or Decaf. In Whole Bean or Ground.
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Every single one of our coffees is ethically sourced from trusted producers, then sustainably roasted at London’s first carbon negative coffee roastery.
We pay over twice the fair trade price for our coffee, then give back by contributing to a number of international initiatives – not to mention by planting trees to ensure we soak up more carbon than we produce.
Learn more about how we give back, and download our inaugural impact report, here.
All of our coffees are tested weekly by our professional tasters to ensure quality and delicious flavour. They’re our Quality Control team, and they taste, evaluate, and refine every single one of our coffees, every single day.
Our coffee is roasted and packaged in state-of-the-art nitrogen gas-flushed bags, to help keep it at peak quality for over a month. Your coffee order will come from the freshest possible roast, and will always have weeks’ worth of peak freshness left in it.
We dispatch Monday to Friday from our roastery. You will receive the most recent roast.
UK Orders:
For UK orders, we offer the following shipping options to choose from.
Orders under £50:
Standard Carbon Neutral Delivery (Packfleet) 2-3 working days: £3.90
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Kiss the Hippo at home
Organic and delicious coffees and coffee pods, sustainably sourced and roasted. Dispatched fresh after roasting and delivered straight through your letterbox. You’re in full control of your deliveries - delay or cancel anytime.
Kiss the Hippo at home
Organic and delicious coffees and coffee pods, sustainably sourced and roasted. Dispatched fresh after roasting and delivered straight through your letterbox. You’re in full control of your deliveries - delay or cancel anytime.
KISS THE HIPPO CARES
We believe that coffee can be a powerful force for good. That’s why we’re proud to source ethically, roast responsibly, and to be a totally carbon negative coffee company, with all of our coffees, coffee pods and coffee products certified carbon negative.
And that’s not the only thing we’re doing to protect our planet, and our people.
KISS THE HIPPO CARES
We believe that coffee can be a powerful force for good. That’s why we’re proud to source ethically, roast responsibly, and to be a totally carbon negative coffee company, with all of our coffees, coffee pods and coffee products certified carbon negative.
And that’s not the only thing we’re doing to protect our planet, and our people.
Testimonials
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– Matt
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– Ricarda and Frank
I’m no longer drinking caffeine due to health issues, and had resigned myself to the fact that coffee will never taste the same again – your decaf actually regained my faith in coffee!
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