St Helena Peaberry coffee
This week I decided to blow the remainder of my web hosting refund on a little treat – a helping of St Helena Peaberry coffee. It had to be small, because given the remoteness of St Helena in the world, the low volume produced, the high demand and the fact there is no airport it makes this particular coffee rather dear. Undeterred, I ordered some anyway…
Cardews of Oxford is an aladdin’s cave of things relating to coffee and tea and stocked some of this unique coffee bean. I can’t really begin to express how excited I felt to receive a well packed, tiny packet of treasure from across the seas. I really like the uniqueness of the blend, and the story and journey it would have had to go from coffee plant to my cup.
I shared the first few cups of St Helena with the coffee club at work – unusually we all agreed it was excellent. Strong, but incredibly well balanced and very drinkable. I don’t do coffee ‘cupping’ but I find the hasbean.co.uk review of the blend fairly accurate! If Wikipedia is to be believed it also seems that Napoleon was a fan of the coffee during his exile.
I’m enjoying a cup of the stuff while I write this. Having relatives who live in Finland – the biggest coffee drinkers in Europe – I love good coffee, and while I wouldn’t normally feel motivated enough to blog about what is in my cup I can’t help but feel a tingle of excitement every time I handle the basic, brown packaging and smell the aromas of far, far away fill my kitchen.
