Roasteries / Ithaka
Ithaka
Birmingham, UK
Coffee roastery and tasting bar in Digbeth, Birmingham, founded by 2017 World Barista Champion Dale Harris. Roasts single-origin coffee with a focus on quality, service, sustainability and human connection — "we'll never be the biggest roastery, but we can be one that makes a fresh positive impact within our community." Source: ithaka.coffee.
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Coffees
10 coffees
An experimental 'Coco Natural' oxidation-fermentation process on Pacamara grown by Humberto Mamani in Uchimachi, La Paz — developed at the Buena Vista mill under Agricafe's Sol de la Mañana program. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Floral, tropical fruit, creamy body, stone fruit

A washed lot from four family farms of the Los Romerillos community in Ecuador, purchased in part to fund shade-tree reforestation on the farms. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Orange, silky body, toffee

A washed Pacas from smallholders farming the steep slopes around El Salvador's El Imposible national park. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Brown sugar, cocoa, coconut, plum

A washed Catuai from Santa Irene, a 129-hectare protected-forest farm in Cobán farmed by Carlos Estrada. Source: ithaka.coffee.

A natural-process Gesha from Santa Irene in Cobán, a cool, cloud-forest region farmed by Carlos Estrada. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Floral, tea-like, sweet, volcanic minerality

A washed lot from seven producers of the Las Cotorras community group in Chiapas, grown near the Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Chocolate, caramel, red fruit

A washed decaf from the 300-farmer Las Cotorras community group in Chiapas, decaffeinated using a glacial-water process in Veracruz — clean, chocolatey and balanced. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Chocolate, brown sugar, gentle acidity

A natural-process lot grown inside the Cerro Datanlí El Diablo Natural Reserve in Jinotega, dried on raised beds at the La Concordia mill. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Chocolate, red fruit, malic acidity

A fully washed Red Bourbon from the Kundwa Women Coffee group, a female-only producer association within the Abateraninkunga Ba Sholi co-operative in central Rwanda. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Red fruit, sweetness, dark chocolate

A juicy, wine-like anaerobic natural from Huai Chomphu, Chiang Rai — this lot is from Akha hill-tribe smallholder Stidkhun Wuiyaku, sourced via exporter Beanspire. Source: ithaka.coffee.
Red apple, strawberry, wine-like