Shetland Coffee Company

Blends

We use established recipes which have been tried and tested by a large variety of our clientele. Our customers' comments and feedback together with personal experience and extensive research are considered when devloping each blend.

North Atlantic Blast

As the Turkish proverb says "Black as hell, strong as death, Sweet as love" - this dark roasted blend of Latin American and African coffees strikes the palate like no other strong coffee could. It leaves nevertheless a daunting sweet aftertast. It is excellent for dark espresso coffee or as a strong after dinner blend.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

Aabody's Choice

Aabody's Choice - also called 'after dinner'. Contains three coffees from Latin America, a full bodied Santos, an aromatic Colombian and a Costa Rica roasted to a full roast but not till oil exudes onto the surface to give a round, full bodied all day coffee. This is one of the most popular choises for the regular coffee drinker, serching for a darker roast. This is suitable for filter machines and for cafetiere use.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

Most Particular

This is a lovely smooth 'all day' blend, having the body and flavours of Central American coffees, enhanced by spiciness of Kenya. This lighter roast has no bitterness.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

Shetland Blend

This blend is combination of Kenya Peaberry, Brazilian Santos and Colombian. This is one of our very latest blends and customer opinion has been extremely positive with comments and sales. One young gentleman has even suggested an excellent brew after an all night rave.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Italian Blend

Recalling the sultry tones of continental holidays as you enjoy the smooth rich taste of this blend of Latin American and African coffees. Not that strong as the continental blend, it is an excellent, all day coffee for those who like lots of flavour and appreciate the richness of quality coffee, an ideal espresso coffee or a strong cafetiere or filter brew.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

Viking Roast

Old Brown Java, Robusta and San Marcos are used to create this aromatic and flavour driven coffee. Our Viking haritage has evoked this special blend and our customer's comments reflect the mood; excellent, reviving and strong like our ancestors.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Oilman's Preference

A mix of Dark roast Colombian with Robusta and Kenya AA. This is your early morning wake up call! Strong, dark with lots of body.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

Caribbean Blend

We blended Kenya AA, Kenya Peaberry with our Fair trade Costa Rica and came up with an excellent all round coffee, enjoyable anytime.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

Sailors' Choice

A Latin blend of beans with a touch of Africa. Strong with a light touch enjoyed by visitors to our Shetland shores.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.90

South America

Central and Latin America provide a wealth of coffee for consumption around the world. Each country in this territory provides different and exceptional conditions for coffee production. The Central American countries are vulnerable to hurricanes and severe weather systems whereas Colombia has a relatively safe environment for the trees to grow and Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world providing one third of all coffee grown worldwide. Coffees produced in this region are distinguished by their light body, simple sharp acidity with bright flavours and crisp finish.

Brazitian Santos

Grown in the San Paulo region. The name 'Santos' comes from the port from which the coffee and most of the Braziian coffee is shipped. The coffee has a specific but natural, individual flavour. It is smooth, clear and slightly sweet (especially in the afteraste). The flavour is medium bodied, dominated by an earthiness, characteristic to dry processed coffees.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.64

Dark Roast Colombian

Colombian - the timeless classic rendered fuller bodied via the expert application of time. Deep flavour, rich aroma and a deliciously clean aftertaste make this a year round favourite.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.64

Decaffeinated Colombian

Has Medellin Escelso beans as a base for decaffeination, an all round coffee with a mellow taste. A process of decaffeination reduces the content of caffeine from 65-120mg per cup to 2-4mg.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Organic Bolivian

This is a smooth, mild and mellow coffee. It is sutable for any time of the day very like the Honduras coffee.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

San Marcos

This is a Brizilian region coffee providing all that latin aroma, strenght and body.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£3.64

Central America

Rainforest Alliance Guatemala

Almost all Guatemalan coffee remains shade-grown: much still comes from traditional varieties of Arabica. Almost all of its still wet-processed using traditional methods and cleaned by hand. In severe weather, rubbish is burnt near the plantations. The smoke saves the coffee trees from frost and gives the coffee a smokey flavour. Our Guatemala coffee is perfectly balanced, full bodied, very acidy with a wonderful bouquet.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Rainforest Alliance El Salvador

El Salvador coffee had an undeservingly poor reputetion for many years, marred mostly by the inability to deliver coffee of high quality in an unstable political climate. But the democratic movements and decades of civil war have changed many things. It shows in the quality of coffee, and the availability of small lots from exceptional small farms. El Salvador always had the right ingredients... soil, altitude, climate... to produce coffee at least comparable with the Guatemalan one. This coffee labelled as 'SGH' - strictly high grown, possesses classic features of Central American coffee - full body, mild sweet taste and delicate fragrance. It is very much appreciated in France particulary.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Africa

Our coffee selection comes from Kenya and the birthplace of the Arabica tree, Ethiopa. There are many countries within Africa that grow coffee and if you were to take a global look at the world map you would soon discover that the evergreen coffee tree is grown in a narrow subtropical belt around the world. The coffee from Africa is the most distinctive in the world with a dry winy acidity with chocolate and fruit undertones. It has a rustic flavour and we enjoy the intense aromas it provides us.

Kenya AA

This washed processed coffee, comes from estates in the Nairobi region, a fruit of a fertile volcanic rock situated at 2000 metres above sea level is one of the most refined Arabica coffees in the world. This provenance produces a delightful coffee, being very aromatic, sharply acidic and fragrant, with overtones of black currant aroma and has a distinctly dry, winy and crisp aftertaste. Its sharp acidity makes it extremely popular in Britain.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Kenya Peaberry

Obtained in the mountainous estates in Kenya, may be singled out by the fact that one of its ovules never develops, so the single one, having no pressure on the side, is round and absords all the goodness of the cherry, which is responsible for its intense flavour and special liquoring. Sometimes it is called 'Chagga' after the tribe that grow it.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Ethiopia Mocha

Part full-bodied and part spicy flavourd, very aromatic with little acidity and golden in colour. Mocha coffee takes its name from the Yemeni port city called Mocha. Until just over 100 years ago, it was a small port in Yemen on the Red Sea. Some four centuries ago small quantities of this coffee with a very fine flavour, grown on the hilside surrounding the town, were exported through this port. It was the first coffee enjoyed by Europeans. Soon after, all imports from Arabia were classified as Mochas. In the 17th and early 18 centuries even coffees grown in the West Indies were marketed as Mochas. Yemen's entire tiny crop is processed by the dry method, and much of it, in fact, is permitted to dry on the tree before picking and hulling. Again, it is the dry hot air that permits this unusual but in this case, advantageous technique. This rather primitive method of producing coffee goes back centuries and accounts for the classic flavour which this wonderful coffee displays. Its worth noting that this this coffee is grown organically.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Kenya Blue Mountain

The coffee beans are grown at high altitude where the climate is cool using Jamaican Blue Trees. This coffee is sometimes discribed as the 'Champagne of coffees', it possesses a fragrant aroma and a delicate richness.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£7.80

South East-Asia

Coffees from East Asia are enjoyed for their richness and full body combined with a gentle acidity. They are the largest producers of robusta beans with 10% of their crops dedicated to top grade Arabicas which are produced on Java and Sumatra.

Monsooned Malabar

Grown on the Malabar coast of India since at least the 19th century. In the days when coffee was transported by sea, during the time of shipping, the beans turned yellow and acquired a mellow taste. To reproduce that highly appreciated golden colour and taste, Indian producers carry on the treatment called 'monsooning' consisting in unwashed beans being exposed to monsoon dampness in the warehouses, than to the hot air of the monsoon winds, which circulates around the sacks of beans. The final product is part full-bodied and part spicy flavoured, very aromatic, little acidic and golden-coloured.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Old Brown Java

The Indonesian island produces a strong-flavoured, full bodied coffee with well balanced acidity. Aged about three years, it reproduces characteristics enjoyed by the sailing ship coffees before 1915, that sweating during long voyages (especially to the United States), resulted in a musty flavour. Today's Old Brown Java has a sweet, mature, mellow flavour, spicy fragrance and good body.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Organic Papua

Papa New Guinea is a recent producer, starting the commercial growing of coffee only in the 1950s. This coffee comes from the Mount Hagan region. The beans resemble Kenyan coffees but do contain more sweetness and less acidity. They are full bodied and aromatic with a smooth flavour and slight fruitiness. It has excellent blending qualities, adding extra body and flavour to blended beans.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Sumatra Blue Ling Tong

Sumatra Blue Ling Tong - The trees on this Indonesian island produce an unusually strong, heavy-bodied, complex coffee with a musty flavour. The coffee is best drunk after dinner. This Sumatra has an earthy yet spicy flavour thatis sure to delight the palette. A great coffee to enjoy with your favourite chocolate treat.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Fair Trade

The beans have been originally purchased throught the Fairtrade organisation. It guarantees the workers and producers of coffee from each country a good and fair price for their products.

Fair Trade

Sourced from the regions known for their rich volcanic soil and high altitudes: provided by the Fair Trade Organisation, whose aim is to guarantee the quality producet, whose producers in the country of origin get a fair price for the product. This all-round, well balanced coffee has a lovely mellow taste with slight acidity. It is mild and fragrant. Great for your afternoon break!

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Fairtrade Brazilian Santos

A slightly sweet coffee with a heady hazelnut aroma. Ideal for all day drinking.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16

Fairtrade Colombian Excelso

This coffee is smooth and has a well balanced flavour with a lovely nutty taste. Colombian coffee production takes place at high altitude with moisture in the air which makes an especially mild cup of coffee.

Quantity/Amount: 250g pack
Price:£4.16