Filter roast: As a filter this coffee is so super sweet! It's custardy and ridiculously creamy.
Espresso roast: The brown sugar and hazelnut notes are more prominent
We taste a lot of cracking coffees in the roastery so when one really stops us in our tracks you know it’s something special. This isn’t your usual Brazil – it’s something else entirely.
We picked this lot from Cargo Coffee Importers who named it their harvest of the year. It comes from Sitio Pinhal, a small but mighty farm owned by Walter Danzinger. Unlike most Brazilian coffee farms Walter keeps things small-scale producing limited batches each year. He even harvests it all himself using a handheld machine – just him, his family and a hands-on approach that makes this coffee truly unique.
Brazil is the world’s biggest exporter of coffee, and most of its farms are built for volume, making it hard for smallholders to break through. That’s where Cargo comes in. They back high-potential underrepresented small-scale producers across Brazil, connecting them with UK roasters who care — roasters looking for coffee that’s not just traceable but truly special.
And this one? It’s a knockout. Sweet, custardy and ridiculously creamy. Think hazelnut and brown sugar with a soft tropical vibe – kind of like mango yoghurt. Add a splash of milk and it somehow gets even sweeter leaning into mango lassi and bourbon biscuit territory. Absolute treat.
