Two Chimps Coffee

Two Chimps Coffee are a speciality coffee roastery based out of Rutland in Oakham, UK

The name is a testament to their laid back and fun-loving nature they have with their work. Two chimps’ mission is to fill the gap between pod machine coffee drinkers and speciality coffee drinkers by offering fresh, hand-roasted speciality coffee straight to your door.

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They pay between 30 and 150% more than the ‘going rate’ for their green beans to make sure the farmers who lovingly grow and harvest such superior products are paid correctly for their work and efforts.

At any given time they have six single origin coffees available. To add to this lineup, they also have a limited edition blend. Each of their coffees has been roasted with a particular brewing device in mind. For example, three of their coffees have been crafted for a cafetiere or filter device, and the other three have been crafted for an Aeropress, Moka pot or espresso machine.

The Sitio Banderia Branca coffee from Two Chimps is a medium roasted Brazilian natural. The name is also the farm that the coffee was grown which is located in the Ilicnea region of the country. It is a yellow bourbon and grown and produced at 1800m.

Brazil is such an interesting country for producing coffee. While obviously by far the largest coffee producing country in the world the speciality coffees from Brazil don’t always have a great reputation for complex stand-alone coffees. They are more likely found adding depth and richness to espresso blends or sold on the commodity market. There is a small percentage though, that are fantastic and a small percentage of a gigantic amount of coffee produced by the country actually turns out to be quite a lot. One of my most memorable coffee’s was a Brazilian natural that I found in a hip cafe in Sydney.

The Sitio Banderia Branca coffee begins with a more mild fragrance to that of many natural coffees, the grounds were sweet-toned while also hinting at a subtle acidity.

The cup starts with a satisfying sweet flavour that becomes more pronounced throughout the sip. It has a rich milk chocolate and honey flavour that lingers around right through to the finish. As the cup cools the complexity unveils as citric notes dance out of the brew alongside a cherry or two. The sweeter notes marry nicely with the interesting acidity and create a unique taste profile synonymous with naturally processed coffees.

A coffee that possesses a pleasant depth and body while also showcasing a couple of its natural talents.

Great as a pour-over and as an Aeropress. I actually cupped this alongside a couple of other coffees that I had and found that in comparison to washed or roastier flavoured coffees the flavours really jumped out.

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How We Review Coffee?

We receive coffees from roasters throughout the UK to taste and review. All of our coffee reviews are our own words and thoughts, we don’t receive any form of payment for any of our reviews.

Our coffee reviews always start with an introduction to each independent coffee roaster.

At Batch, we are all about celebrating the incredibly talented roasters that we have in the UK and telling their stories. Each one roasting the coffee slightly different.

We then explore the origin of the coffee and take a look at where the coffee has been grown and the process that it has gone through once it has been picked.

Every coffee growing origin has a different set of characteristics when it comes to the final cup, whether it’s fruity and floral or chocolatey and full the origin of speciality coffee is always celebrated.

The last part of our coffee review is what we tasted in the coffee. Speciality coffee has some incredible flavour notes (more than wine), some dark and rich while others on the opposite end of the flavour spectrum are light and fruity, we try and explain what we taste in the coffee however like with many complex tasting foods or drinks it is also down to perception and personal opinion.

So if we have tasted orange zest and you get watermelon then that is brilliant and what we think speciality coffee is all about (as long as you like the coffee).

We then score the coffee on attributes like body, aroma, sweetness and flavour. Some of the coffees you may then find in our coffee club voted the best coffee subscription in the UK by the Independent.

How To Make The Best Coffee At Home?

There are many ways to extract the best flavour out of coffee. Take a look at our coffee guides for some tips on how to make your coffee the best it can be.

Where’s The Best Coffee Grown?

Coffee is grown all over the World however, speciality coffee is only within 20 degrees of the equator. It makes specialist coffee rarer than commodity-grade coffee with the added fact that it gets better the higher it is grown.

There are many great coffee growing regions in the world, in Asia, there is Indonesia and India that produce lots of great coffee.

Africa, the birthplace of coffee has numerous coffee-growing countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda are known for excellent coffee.

South America has quality as well as quantity produced, some amazing coffees come out of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Central America also has some world-class coffee growing regions, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua grace many cupping tables.

There are also many other countries that produce excellent coffee.

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