Coffee-Direct has just launched three delightful new coffee blends that you may like to try. All of these blends are medium roasted and suitable to be used with cafetière, filter, percolator or Turkish brewing methods:

Three Peaks Arabica is smooth and rich, with a slight acidity and delicious nutty taste. This distinctive blend is created with some of the finest coffees from Kenya, Colombia and Costa Rica, grown in areas where the high altitude, warm climate and moderate rainfall help to produce high quality coffee beans with wonderful pronounced and distinctive flavours.

Dolce Arabica is a fabulous combination of Congolese Kivu and Indian Mysore beans that is truly a match made in heaven. The sweetness of Mysore beans blends perfectly with the complex fruit flavours of Kivu coffee, resulting in a full bodied coffee with a wonderful aroma. It can be enjoyed at any time of day, and is an ideal choice for your lattes, cappuccinos and Americanos.

Café Elegante is a luxurious blend of Colombian and Kenyan varieties that produces a full bodied cup with a sharp acidity, and subtle fruitiness. A flavoursome coffee with a glorious, rich aroma, Café Elegante is sure to appeal to those who enjoy a medium strength blend that is perfectly suited to filter and cafetière use, and it may well become a new favourite.

Mysore Coffee is a great one to try if you like your coffee smooth, sweet and mellow. This well-balanced, medium roast coffee is wonderfully aromatic and has light, delicate flavours that combine well with its medium acidity. It’s delightful to drink as it is, but also blends particularly well with mocha coffee. It is suitable for use with cafetiere, filter, percolator, Turkish, and vacuum or syphon brewing methods.

Mysore coffee is grown in Karnataka, the largest state in southern India, that was originally known as the State of Mysore. The city of Mysore is located at the base of the Chamundi Hills, and is a popular destination for tourists. It’s regarded as the cultural capital of Karnataka, and renowned for its ornate palaces and fascinating historical sites, as well as its beautiful parks and gardens. Coffee cultivation in India first started in the Karnataka region and most of India’s coffee is grown there today. A legend tells of how Baba Budan, a 17th century pilgrim, smuggled seven coffee seeds into India from Yemen, supposedly hidden in his beard! The hills where the first seeds were thought to have been planted are now named ‘Baba Budan Giri’ after him.

If you like Mysore Coffee, you’ll probably also enjoy our Kivu/Mysore Coffee, a wonderful creamy blend of Congolese Kivu and Indian Mysore beans. The fusion of Kiva’s complex fruit flavours and sweetness of Mysore beans works so well, and it’s perfect to use for your cappuccinos, Americanos and lattes. And if you haven’t already tried it, our fabulous Monsoon Malabar Coffee is an all time favourite and a great example of Indian coffee at its best.

Coffee-Direct’s Mexican Coffee is a smooth, full-bodied cup, with a buttery mouthfeel and fine acidity; it reveals subtle flavours of chocolate, malt, and nuts and has a delicious spicy aftertaste. This medium roast coffee is sourced from the coastal region of Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, that lies close to the Guatemalan border. In this lush area of pine forests and tropical rainforests, coffee grows in the cool, higher altitudes, where rich volcanic soil and ample rainfall help to create the perfect conditions for growing high quality coffee.

Coffee production in Mexico has seen its ups and downs since the late 18th century, when coffee is first thought to have been introduced by Spanish settlers from the Antilles. Arabica seedlings were planted in Veracruz, which is today one of the three main growing regions, along with Oaxaca and Chiapas. Land registration laws in Mexico in the 1860s made it possible for rich Europeans to buy land for coffee production. The indigenous people were initially forced out of the area, but after a time many returned to work on coffee farms in the places they once lived. In 1914, new laws were introduced to redistribute land to the indigenous people, and by the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, coffee was being produced on many smallholder farms. The Mexican Coffee Institute (INMECAFE) was set up in 1973 by the government to offer financial and technical help to coffee farmers, and cooperate with the International Coffee Agreement in respect of production quotas. A sharp increase in coffee production followed, but then a gradual decline, as financial pressures forced the government to prioritise more lucrative exports, such as minerals. In 1989, INMECAFE was dissolved, to the detriment of many smallholder farmers. However, over the years many cooperatives have been formed and production has steadily increased, as well as a growing emphasis on ethically sourced and organic coffee production.

Today, Mexico produces a substantial amount of coffee, with a wide range of flavour profiles, from light bodied coffees with delicate flavours to more robust varieties with rich caramel and toffee notes. Mexican Coffee is just one of the fabulous range of coffees from the Americas that Coffee-Direct can roast to order and deliver to your door. It is suitable for bean-to-cup, cafetière, espresso and filter machines.