Our house espresso blend - eleventh iteration Bear Blend is the one we keep coming back to. Big body, rich chocolate, sweetness throughout, and a pop of red plum that catches you on the way through. It's built from two coffees right now. Bela Vista from Brazil - grown by Isabela and Antônio Reis at 1000m - gives it the deep body and chocolate base. Cajamarca from Peru brings the brightness and the fruit. Together they do what a good blend should: each one making the other better. Works well with milk. Worth trying black, where the plum really shows up. More about this coffee Tasting notes: Chocolate, Caramel, Red Plum Roast: Espresso Bela Vista, Brazil — 80% Producers: Isabela and Antônio Reis, Variety: Mundo Novo & Catuaí, Process: Natural, Elevation: 1000m Cajamarca, Peru — 20% Producers: Various smallholders, Variety: Catimore, Caturra, Bourbon, Typica, Process: Washed, Elevation: 1600–1900m Bear Blend isn't fixed. As the crops rotate, so do the coffees inside it, chosen each time for the same character: big body, chocolate-led, with fruit underneath. The components change. The quality doesn't. This is the eleventh iteration. We think it's the best one yet. Best for Espresso machine, French Press
