Soil association-certified, our Organic Espresso comes from an organic coffee farm in Honduras and an organic cooperative in Peru. This coffee is the epitome of nature-friendly: after processing, the pulp from the coffee cherries is recycled as compost and reused on the farm.
A slightly longer roasting time allows the natural sugars in our organic coffee to caramelise during roasting, giving this punchy espresso its delicious sweetness and big chocolate flavours. A magic coffee with milk, it softens with notes of caramel and hazelnut.
Visit our online shop to buy your own bag of Extract Organic Espresso or take a look at our latest espressos and more coffees in our hero coffee range.
| Cooperative: | Sol y Cafe | Farmers: | Multiple smallholders |
| Varietals: | Catimor, Typica, Caturra, Mondo Novo, Bourbon, Catuai |
| Processes: | Washed |
| Altitude: | Up to 2050m above sea level |
| Region: | Jaen |
| Country: | Peru |
| Certification: | USDA Organic, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance |
| Working with Extract since: | 2015 |
| Farm: | Liquidambar |
| Owners: | Delmy Regalado |
| Varietals: | Pacas, Catuai, Parainema and IHCafe 90 |
| Processes: | Honey Process |
| Altitude: | 1530m above sea level |
| Region: | San Marcos |
| Country: | Honduras |
| Certification: | Certified Organic with Soil Association and USDA. |
| Working with Extract since: | 2016 |
The Extract Organic Espresso you know and love today is a blend of organic beans from two of our longest grower partnerships, Liquidambar in Honduras and Sol y Cafe in Peru.
50% SOL Y CAFE, PERU | 50% LIQUIDAMBAR
PROCESS: WASHED & HONEY PROCESS
IN THE CUP: DARK CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL, FRUIT LOAF
In 2020 we collaborated with bristol based vegan chocolatiers, Radek's Chocolate to create an incredible cashew mocha chocolate using Extract Organic Espresso. The resulting chocolate bar tasted incredible with a smooth and creamy mouthfeel, and a delicious balance of rich coffee flavour and chocolate sweetness.
Following tremendous success working with sustainability co-operative Sol & Café in Peru, we introduced organic coffee from Sol y Cafe to bring a rich fruit note into our Organic blend. You can read Sol y Cafe's grower story, here.
70% SOL Y CAFE, PERU | 30% LIQUIDAMBAR
PROCESS: WASHED & HONEY PROCESS
IN THE CUP: DARK CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL, FRUIT LOAF
In 2018 we were lucky to host Delmy at our London space for a farmer talk where she shared her stories of organic farming and the impacts of climate change felt on the farm.
If you'd like to know more about Liquidambar, read their grower story which includes the work they do to protect the local wilflide and preserve natural forests, as well as the work they do to work protect local wildlife and forest, and the work they are doing to improve gender equality for women in Honduras too.
We loved the coffee from Liquidambar so much in our first Organic Espresso, that a year later we made Liquidambar the sole producer for our organic coffee.
Coffee from Liquidambar is picked, pulped to remove the skins of the cherries and then dried over 12-15 days to achieve an optimum moisture content of 12%.
After processing, the cherry pulp is recycled as compost, with the Californian red worm's help, and reused on the farm. By selling this compost to the local community, Liquidambar not only fund the cost of Organic certification, they also ensure their entire community farms organically.
FARMS: LIQUIDAMBAR, SAN MARCOS, HONDURAS
PROCESS: HONEY
IN THE CUP: DARK CHOCOLATE, HAZELNUT, CARAMEL
Our first iteration of Organic Espresso was a blend of two fully certified organic farms.
20% of the beans were sourced from the Sumatran Koperasi, a collective of smallholders in the Central Aceh district in the Gayo mountains where rich, volcanic soils helped these growers produce complex and vibrant coffees along with other food crops necessary to sustain these small communities.
The remaining 80% of the coffee was sourced from a brand new farm in the San Marcos region of Honduras, Liquidambar. Extract was the first roaster in the UK to start working with this organic farm. We loved their ethos and honey-process coffee so much, we're still working with them today.
FARM: LIQUIDAMBAR, SAN MARCOS, HONDURAS
PROCESS: WASHED
IN THE CUP: DARK CHOCOLATE, BROWN SUGAR, LIQUORICE
Take a look around our online shop to choose your next coffee.
We answer some of our most frequently asked questions about organic coffee in this quick guide.