Inner Strength coffee

COMMUNITY COFFEE

Inner Strength is a caffeinated fist bump to the inspiring local and national community projects supported by the team at Extract Coffee Roasters. £1 from every KG of Inner Strength Espresso supports our community partners.

This community coffee started in 2011 as Strong Man. Since then, we have raised more than £27,000 for charities in the UK through our fundraising efforts and sales from our annual charity espresso.

Now, when you sip a cup of Inner Strength, you are helping ex-rough sleepers in London back into employment, supporting hospitality professionals struggling with their mental health and helping young people fight the impacts of deprivation.

£1 per kg donated to community projects

INNER STRENGTH IS BACK!

Inner Strength, our limited edition Winter espresso, has returned. Just as this coffee helps build a brighter future for families in Iyenga, every bag you brew helps create positive change right here at home.

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INNER STRENGTH 2026

Inner Strength, our limited edition Winter espresso, has returned! This year, it features coffee from the Iyenga village in southern Tanzania. This inspiring coffee-growing community are renowned for producing some of the country’s most highly regarded crops.

In the cup:

Black: Damson Jam, Blackberry, Date

Milk: Shortbread, molasses

Extract Coffee Roasters Inner Strength Charity Espresso Limited Edition

The Story behind Inner Strength

2026

TANZANIA

Grown above 1,600 metres above sea level in the high-altitude district of Mbozi, this coffee benefits from rich agricultural land and ideal growing conditions. Working with Mercanta gives us access to this exceptional coffee, allowing us to support Iyenga AMCOS to access the international coffee markets, as well as supporting essential building work like their new kindergarten school for children of the community.

FARM: MBOZI DISTRICT, TANZANIA
IN THE CUP: Black: Damson Jam, Blackberry & Date, Milk: Shortbread & Molasses
2025

ETHIOPIA

Inner Strength, our limited edition Winter espresso, has returned! This year, it features a coffee from Aricha Village in Ethiopia, a coffee-growing community recognised globally for producing some of the world's most sought-after crop.

FARM: Aricha village, Ethiopia
PROCESS: WASHED
IN THE CUP: Black: Yuzu, Grilled Peach & Marzipan, Milk: Lemon Cheesecake
2024

El Salvador

Inner Strength 2024 was produced by five farms within Cafe Tuxpal, a collection of farms that are thriving in a unique microclimate in the Apaneca Ilamatepec mountain range in El Salvador. As always we're donating £1 per kg to our incredible community partners to help communities in need across the UK.

PROCESS: Honey
IN THE CUP:
Marmalade, Butterscotch & Pecan Pie
2023

Honduras

For 2023 we raised over £2000 for community projects across the UK. This year's Inner Strength was an exclusive red honey micro-lot from Honduras. This coffee was produced for Extract Coffee Roasters by Carlos at Finca Valentina after we visited them in 2022.

FARM: Finca Valentina
PROCESS: RED HONEY PROCESS
IN THE CUP: BLACK CHERRY, ALMOND, HONEYCOMB
2022

TANZANIA & BRAZIL

For 2022 we created a delicious espresso by blending two natural-process coffees from Tanzania and Brazil. This could be the best coffee we've roasted for Inner Strength yet! As always, we're donating £1 per kg to our incredible community partners to help communities in need across the UK.

FARM: Mkulima Kwanza Coop, Mbeya, Tanzania & Sitio Arabela, Divinolandia, Brazil
PROCESS: NATURAL
IN THE CUP:
BLACK: YELLOW PLUM & MUSCOVADO SUGAR
WITH MILK: SULTANAS & CUSTARD CREAM BISCUITS
2021

Democratic Republic of Congo

After a truly epic coffee last year, we returned to Virunga National Park for this year’s Inner Strength with a delicious washed and sun-dried coffee from the Kawa Amaha Women's Coffee Coopade.

As this was the 10th year of Inner Strength, we decided to step our fundraising ambitions up a notch and launched a charity raffle with La Marzocco UK. The response was incredible and we raised a whopping £12,000 for our Grounds Up community partners.

FARM: Kawa Amaha Women's Coffee Coopade. Virunga National Park
PROCESS: FULLY-WASHED AND SUN DRIED
IN THE CUP: AMARETTO & PRESERVED GINGER. WITH MILK? CHERRY BAKEWELL.
2020

Democratic Republic of Congo

2020’s Inner Strength Espresso was from the Women’s Section of the Coopade cooperative Democratic Republic of Congo. Stone-fruit flavours and warming aromatic spices rolled into a mouthwatering sweetness.

In 2020 our Grounds Up charity collective helped even more community projects across the UK, raising more than £3000 for our five partners, Beyond Food, Hotel School, Empire Fighting Chance, So Let’s Talk and The Long Table.

FARM: KIRINDERA PEACE COFFEE, FROM THE WOMEN OF COOPADE
PROCESS: WASHED
IN THE CUP: PRUNES, CARDAMOM, KEY LIME PIE
2019

Rwanda

For 2019’s Strong People coffee, we chose a cooperative pioneering gender equality in Rwanda and raised £2600 for our Grounds Up partners, Empire Fighting Chance & Hotel School, London.

FARM: KOPAKAKI DUTEGURE COOPERATIVE, KARONGI DISTRICT, WESTERN PROVINCE, RWANDA
PROCESS: DOUBLE FERMENTATION - WASHED
IN THE CUP: BLACKCURRANT JAM, DARK MINT CHOCOLATE, CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2018

Costa Rica & Ethiopia

In 2018 Strong Man was joined by Strong Woman, together they raised £2000 for our Grounds Up partners, Empire Fighting Chance and Hotel School London. Blending the Costa Rican Hermosa with a fruity Ethiopian coffee let our roasters flex their muscles and show how unusual flavours can be balanced to a delicious coffee of epic proportions.

FARMS: HERMOSA, COSTA RICA & SASABA, ETHIOPIA
PROCESS: HONEY PROCESS & NATURAL PROCESS
IN THE CUP: BLUEBERRY MUFFIN & MARSHMALLOW
2017

El Salvador

In 2017 we found our strong-but-sweet Strong Man Espresso on a trip to El Salvador. That year saw some impressive mo’s grown by the team, a cut-throat visit to the roastery from the local barber and £1000 raised for Movember UK.

FARM: LAS NUBES, SONSANATE, EL SALVADOR
PROCESS: HONEY PROCESS
IN THE CUP: BLACKBERRY JAM, PRALINE & HONEY
2016

Honduras

2016’s Strong Man launched with fanfare as we hosted a circus-themed party here at the Roastery! The coffee was a punchy yet sticky sweet espresso from Honduras with glorious custardy notes and raised an epic £1700 for Movember UK, raising awareness of male suicide.

FARM: FINCA EL OCOTAL, SOUTHERN HONDURAS
PROCESS: WASHED
IN THE CUP: STICKY SWEET VANILLA CUSTARD AND PECAN PIE
2015

Colombia

2015's Strong Man Espresso packed a punch with autumnal fruit notes of fig, plum and blackcurrant. Chocolatey in milk with notes of sticky toasted marshmallows.

FARM: FINCA LAS MERCEDES, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
PROCESS: WASHED
IN THE CUP: FIG, CASSIS & COCOA
2014

Colombia

In 2014, Strong Man coffee was from a speciality coffee farming community in Los Aguacates, Colombia. The espresso was loaded with fruit sweetness, had a mellow sugary finish and oaty-biscuit notes in milk. Think hobnobs or digestives. Dunk that.

FARM: LOS AGUACATES, SOUTH EAST ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
PROCESS: WASHED
IN THE CUP: GRAPEFRUIT, PINEAPPLE & BROWN SUGAR
2013

Nicaragua

Strong Man Espresso returned in 2013 to inject some caffeine into the Movember Foundation’s campaign for men’s health raising over £600. Finca La Cascada's coffee with enzymatic fermentation gave Strong Man his floral, berry sweetness. Sweet as pie.

ARM: FINCA LA CASCADA, NICARAGUA
PROCESS: NATURAL
IN THE CUP: STRAWBERRY, CHERRY
2012

Nicaragua

2012’s Strong Man Espresso was a ‘spro designed to coat mo from El Paraiso in Nicaragua. We donated £1 from every kilo to Movember and grew our best moustaches to support Movember’s fan-tache-tic awareness campaign.

FARM: FINCA EL PARAISO, MATAGALPA, NICARAGUA
PROCESS: NATURAL
2011

Ethiopia

Our first ever Strong Man was built on a base of Ethiopian Harar and punched through milk for an all-round sock in the jaw! We designed this coffee as a full-bodied, flat-white espresso to coat your mo’ and support Movember UK's campaign for men’s health.

FARM: HARRAR, ETHIOPIA