Sitting down to work with an americano in hand, made from beans grown on the Sitio Boa Sorte farm in Brazil. This coffee came number 33 in the Brazilian 2005 Cup of Excellence competition, and I have to say it is another great Steve Leighton find.
The sad news – it’s run out. Steve has no more. I buy green which means the beans keep for a year or so, so that I can keep drinking long after he has none left!
For anyone wanting to help Third World farmers make a fair living, all the coffees sold by Steve, and especially the Cup of Excellence programme, is a brilliant way to do it. These farmers have worked really hard, guided by their national coffee associations and by UK / US coffee importers, to grow top notch beans that people will pay a good price for. They get several times the “Fair” Trade price for their produce, because they’ve grown something people want to buy. If the Fair Trade organisation ceased to exist tomorrow, these farmers have learnt to produce something in exchange for which others are willing to part with their money.
I’m going off topic, so I’ll start a new post instead. But suffice to say, the Sitio Boa is my favourite coffee of all time, and is typical of the high quality that Steve insists on.
His shop, here: www.hasbean.co.uk
His blog, here: www.hasblog.co.uk
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