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Akam Coffee Works

Hiroshima, Japan

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AKAM COFFEE WORKS roasts on a Diedrich roaster at its Kokutaijimachi shop, selling roasted beans and brewing gear both in-store and via its own BASE shop.

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8 coffees
Brazil Dona Nenem Low Caffeine

Dona Nenem's decaf blended with 25% of its regular coffee for body, cutting caffeine by 75% to about 20 mg a cup. Berry with Brazilian nuttiness; roasted every ten days.

Medium-darkNatural; 75% decaf / 25% regular blendBrazil

Berry, nuts

Brazil Dona Nenem Natural

A natural from Fazenda Dona Nenem in the Cerrado that keeps Brazil's nutty character but adds winey, berry sweetness, with just a little bitterness. For drinkers bored of ordinary Brazils.

Medium-darkNaturalBrazil

Nuts, winey, berry

Colombia El Brillante Geisha Washed

From El Brillante, an 11 ha farm in Santa María, Huila run by father and son Alberto and Carlos Alberto Lizarazo, who keep part of the land as native forest. Cherries ferment in sealed bags, are pulped and dry-fermented 48 hours, then dried 8 to 15 days under cover. Light and floral with a long finish.

Medium-lightWashed (48-82 h cherry ferment, 48 h dry ferment)Colombia

Orange, Darjeeling, blackcurrant

Colombia El Diviso Fruit Forward Washed

Pink Bourbon from El Diviso, the Huila farm whose coffee the 2022 World Barista Champion used. Cherries oxidise 48 hours with their mosto, dry-ferment 60 hours sealed, wet-ferment 24 hours at 16 to 17 °C, then get a 50 °C hot soak and cold rinse.

Medium-lightFruit-forward washed (48 h oxidation, 60 h anaerobic, thermal shock)Colombia

Lemon, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, berries, tropical fruit

El Salvador Pacas Family Rum Barrel

A washed Bourbon from the Pacas family in Santa Ana, aged in rum barrels. Milk chocolate and brown sugar with a little orange, and rum on the finish.

Medium-darkWashed, rum-barrel agedEl Salvador

Milk chocolate, brown sugar, orange, rum

Ethiopia Shantawene Anaerobic Washed

An anaerobic washed lot from the Shantawene washing station in Sidama. Juicy, lemonade-like acidity with orange and a botanical note, finishing with soft peach sweetness.

Medium-lightAnaerobic washedEthiopia

Lemonade, orange, herbal, peach

Ethiopia Shantawene Natural

The natural lot from Shantawene, roasted medium-dark: soft dark-cherry acidity and juicy sweetness, red-wine tannins and a long pineapple-like finish.

Medium-darkNaturalEthiopia

Dark cherry, red wine, pineapple

Nicaragua El Porvenir Natural Orange Honey

A Caturra from Sergio Ortez's El Porvenir in Nueva Segovia, processed as a natural orange honey.

MediumNatural orange honeyNicaragua