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A washed lot from the Aljiri cooperative — 19 farming families in Collasuyo, La Paz, at 1,530 m — who farm without chemical inputs, protect the native forest on their land and run the 'Matriarcas: Un Café con Igualdad' programme for women's leadership. Ripe stone fruit and warm caramel with a mandarin acidity, elderflower and a macadamia finish. Source: rebelbean.cz

Apricot · Caramel · Elderflower

A traditional natural from Ivan Junqueira Ribeiro's Fazenda do Cruzeiro at Santo Antônio do Amparo, Campo das Vertentes, 905–1,160 m. Dense sweetness and a full body with a low acidity and pronounced milk chocolate, Brazil nut and caramel; works equally for filter and espresso. Source: rebelbean.cz

Milk chocolate · Peanut butter · Caramel

A washed Papayo microlot from Luis Felipe Leguizamo of Finca El Faldón in Huila, a family farm that won Colombia's Cup of Excellence in 2011; Luis Felipe manages part of the farm and helps neighbouring growers raise their quality. Hand-picked cherries ferment 12–36 hours in open tanks before slow drying on raised patios. Sweet and creamy: juicy stone fruit, cashew and krówki caramel on filter, a full body with caramel, bright citrus, plum and orange as espresso.

Stone fruit, cashew, caramel; plum and orange as espresso

A limited edition, freshly roasted. Honey-processed Centroamericano — an F1 hybrid of Sudan Rume and T5296 — grown by Alexis Ramírez and the Ramírez-Navarro family at Finca Los Campos, Tablón del Guarco, Cartago, 1,750 m. Rebelbean calls the profile 'peach ice cream': a delicate, creamy cup with a white-tea lightness, juicy peach, honey sweetness and pine nuts. Imported by Grounds (NL). Source: rebelbean.cz

Peach · Honey · Pine nut

A fresh, aromatic washed Yirgacheffe from 65-year-old Gobena Bendo, who farms 10 hectares in shaded garden plots between 1,600 and 2,400 m, bought through the Single Farmer Project so his premium is paid to him directly. Hand-picked cherries are pulped, fermented 8–12 hours, washed in channels and sun-dried on raised beds for 5–15 days. As filter it is juicy and light, like peach iced tea with rosehip and plum and a long walnut finish; as espresso it turns syrupy, with lime pie, currant, black tea and cocoa.

Peach iced tea, rosehip, plum, walnut; lime pie, currant, black tea, cocoa as espresso

Freshly roasted. A classic washed Nyeri Kenya from the Gatomboya station, run by the Barichu Farmers Co-operative Society for around 950 smallholders who grow coffee on volcanic soil between Mt Kenya and the Aberdares, alongside macadamia and bananas. Blackberry and blackcurrant with a vanilla sweetness, a vibrant acidity and crystalline clarity. Imported by Cafe Imports. Source: rebelbean.cz

Blackberry · Blackcurrant · Vanilla

Rebelbean's everyday house blend, built for the widest possible flavour span — from a gentle acidity through high sweetness to a pleasant bitterness. Currently 60% washed Waykan from Guatemala and 40% natural Finca El Jardín from Honduras. Full, sweet body on a chocolate-and-nut base with a fruity lift. Source: rebelbean.cz

Chocolate · Nuts · Subtle fruit

A washed lot from three neighbouring families — Charlie Palacios, Iván Gonzales and Héctor Orihuela — farming the Uchubamba valley in the Masma district of Jauja, Junín, at 1,800 m. Flower-honey sweetness with nectarine and plum and a hazelnut-nougat finish; on filter it drinks like a honey-sweetened herbal tea. Source: rebelbean.cz

Flower honey · Nectarine · Plum

Built for automatic machines: a natural Red and Yellow Catuaí from the Vinte Farmers Association at Nova Resende, Minas Gerais, 1,000–1,250 m, roasted dark and tuned for solubility so a simple machine still pulls a full, syrupy, sweet cup. Dark chocolate, hazelnut and caramel over a low acidity. Source: rebelbean.cz

Dark chocolate · Hazelnut · Caramel

Rebelbean's honest, dense everyday coffee with a low acidity — for traditional coffee drinkers and the office. Now a natural Yellow Catucaí from Fazenda Mumbuca at Santo Antônio do Amparo in Campo das Vertentes, 940–1,010 m, a farm that sells its 81–84-point lots at fair-trade prices. Milk chocolate, prune and sugared nuts with a hazelnut-butter finish. Source: rebelbean.cz

Milk chocolate · Prune · Sugared nuts

Rebelbean's decaf, and a rebuttal to the idea that caffeine-free has to be dull: washed SL28 from the Lunar Coffee station in Uganda's Rwenzori mountains, 1,600–1,800 m, decaffeinated with the sugar-cane (ethyl-acetate) method. Sweet and velvety — nougat, dried figs and chocolate; hazelnut butter with blueberry on espresso. Imported by Osito. Source: rebelbean.cz

Nougat · Dried fig · Chocolate