Santa Rosa Natural

November has a way of asking us to slow down.

The days grow shorter, the air feels heavier, and time itself seems to slow, just a little.

It’s the time of year when warmth feels less like a luxury and more like a need and coffee becomes more than a morning ritual; it becomes an anchor.

Something steady to return to when the days blur together.

So this month, we’re turning to Brazil — a place that understands rhythm in all its forms.

In football, in life, and in the way coffee is made: steady, grounded, and full of heart.

If this all sounds new — Brazil, our guest bean, this monthly ritual — allow us to explain…

Each month, we highlight a guest bean — a way for us to explore origins, traditions, and stories from around the world, one cup at a time. It’s less about tasting notes and more about connection — discovering how something as simple as coffee can carry a whole culture within it.

And when it comes to culture, few countries embody it quite like Brazil. Coffee here isn’t just an export; it’s part of the country’s identity.

For over 150 years, Brazil has been one of the largest coffee producers in the world — a cornerstone of the global industry and the daily rhythm of millions at home.

From vast mountain farms to small family estates, coffee weaves through the nation’s history like a common language — spoken in patience, in craft, in pride.

Now that you’re caught up, it’s time we introduce this month’s pick.

Brazil Santos — a coffee that embodies ease and warmth in equal measure. Smooth, nutty, and softly sweet, it’s comfort at its most honest: unpretentious, balanced, and deeply grounding.

Santos itself is a place where sunlight meets sea breeze; where coffee has long been a quiet constant — traded, roasted, and perfected over generations.

Here, coffee isn’t hurried or transactional — it’s cultural, deliberate, and deeply human.

From the coastal region of Santos, one of Brazil’s oldest coffee ports, comes a bean that has quietly defined what comfort in a cup should taste like.

It’s where coffee has been traded for generations, carried on ocean air and perfected by the rhythm of slow growth.

Brazil Santos is an expression of balance — grown between 800 and 1,200 meters, in soil that has been shaped by sun, rain, and the patient work of many hands.

The beans are naturally processed, a method that allows their fruit to whisper into the flavour — subtle, soft, and generous.

In the cup, that care unfolds gently..

Notes of hazelnut and milk chocolate, a brush of caramel, and a faint trace of citrus that brightens without interrupting.

It’s full-bodied yet calm, like warmth that stays rather than heat that fades.

After October’s bright and floral Yirgacheffe, this month’s selection feels like a deep breath — grounding, golden, and familiar.

A reminder that comfort can be sophisticated, that simplicity can still carry soul. We see every guest bean as a story — a passage through landscape and ritual, told one cup at a time.

And this story feels like a quiet afternoon in late summer, where the air hums softly and everything moves just a little slower.

It speaks of smallholder farmers who wake before dawn to handpick cherries under a rising sun, of wooden drying beds lined with years of craft and care, of families who have tended the same slopes for generations — each harvest carrying the memory of the last.

It’s a story that reminds us that the beauty of coffee isn’t found in the complexity of its flavour alone, but in the patience of its making.

In its stillness and in the way it connects people, places, and time.

Available in-store and online for click & collect — your moment of warmth, wherever you are.