Johan & Nyström Dark Knight, Whole Beans - 500 grams

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This organic and Fairtrade certified espresso is both powerful and chocolaty, round and sweet, with a wonderfully creamy aftertaste.

The coffee comes from two cooperatives – Incahuasi in Peru and Comicovel in Honduras. We rotate the origins towards the end of spring and then again at the beginning of winter, so that we can ensure that the coffee is in season and tastes equally good all year round. Since these cooperatives are located about 350 km apart on opposite sides of the equator, the harvest seasons differ, giving us fresh deliveries twice a year. All coffee is Fairtrade and organic certified and consists of the varieties Caturra, Pacas, Typica and Bourbon.

Incahuasi, Peru
We have been buying coffee from Incahuasi since 2016. The cooperative is located in the Cusco region of southern Peru and was founded in 2005. The fact that the cooperative is located in a valley rather than high up in the mountains says a lot about the altitude. The farms here are located between 1700 and 2300 meters above sea level, and it takes many hours by car to get there. Thanks to their inaccessibility, the coffee trees have been spared most of the coffee diseases that are spreading more and more around the world.

Today, the cooperative has 480 members, all of whom work hard to gradually improve quality. They have invested in drying beds and equipment to be able to process the coffee better. For a few years now, they have also been producing microlots from individual producers in the cooperative, which are sold separately. This creates incentives for everyone to produce even better coffee and thus get better pay!

Comicovel, Honduras
We started buying coffee from Comicovel in 2022. The cooperative was founded in 2016 as part of the Blue Harvest project, which focused on improving forest management and using water resources more efficiently. The project brought together a group of ambitious producers in the Opalaca region, who decided to form a cooperative.

The otherwise dry landscape has been transformed by agroforestry, which helps conserve soil moisture and allow coffee trees to thrive. The area, about 30 kilometers west of Tegucigalpa in western Honduras, is home to farms that range from 1,400 to 1,800 meters above sea level.

Today, the cooperative has over 200 members who remain focused on sustainable forestry and water use, while working to improve the quality of their coffee. They are organic and FairTrade certified, produce and separate microlots, and have invested in raised drying tables to refine their process.