Explore L’affare’s Latest Single Origin Coffees

Don’t miss out on three limited-time special coffees - available online and at their College Street and Newmarket cafés.

L’affare is kicking off 2023 with a bang, offering three special coffees - only available for a limited time online or at their College Street and Newmarket cafés.

Each single origin coffee has been created to reflect their true explorer nature, drawing on unique roasting methods and distinctive flavours from Columbia, Kenya, and Panama.

Rio Chiquito, Columbia

For those who enjoy a coffee with sweeter flavour notes, should enjoy Rio Chiquito – the first of L’affare’s range.

Rio Chiquito comes from Pedro Nel Trujillo, a coffee farmer from Southern Huila, Columbia. Pedro Nel was born into a family of passionate coffee growers in the banks of the Magdalena River, where he learnt and perfected the craft.

This coffee is uniquely created, starting 1750 metres above sea level before using the washed processing method, leaving strong flavours of cherry, chocolate and green apple.

Thunguri AA, Kenya

For a gloriously smooth coffee with a medium-high body,Thunguri AA should do more than satisfy.

Thunguri AA comes from a smallholder cooperate washing station who sit under the umbrella of the Rumukia Farmer’s Cooperative Society in Nyeri County, Kenya.

Given the ample water supply in the central growing regions of Kenya, the Thunguri Factory pride themselves on ‘double-washing’ their coffee cherries.

They pre float the coffee cherries, pulp and soak them, and wash them for a second time with fresh, cold river water – giving flavour notes of blackcurrant, plum and preserved lemons.

Kotowa Estate, Panama

For those coffee connoisseurs who enjoy a more complex flavour pallet, dabbling in both sweet and savoury, Kotowa 297 may be for you.

Kotowa 297 comes from Kotowa Estate, located in Panama and founded in 1917 by Canadian Alexander Duncan Macintyre.

While in Canada, Alexander had read a newspaper article about a mountainous region called Boquete, an unexplored region in Panama. The stories captured his imagination and led him to visit the region, where he fell in love with the magic of the valley, its coffee, and its people – hence the translation of Kotowa being ‘Mountain’ in the native language of Ngöbe Indian. 

Three generations later, the estate is now being managed by Alexander’s great grandson, Ricardo Koyne, who oversees the remarkable coffee growing conditions: rich, volcanic soil, high altitude, and cool climate.

The coffee cherries are handpicked by Ngöbe Indians, who harvest the same trees up to five times per season to guarantee that only the ripe beans are selected, giving its complex, savoury flavour with notes of floral and raspberry. 

Rio Chiquito,  Thunguri AA, and Kotowa 297 are all available now online or at their College Street and Newmarket cafés, however, only for a limited time!

As always, happy sipping!