Bolivia | La Asunta | Jhonny Corina | Java Washed
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80 Somersby Falls RD, Somersby NSWThis coffee’s roasted in our espresso style — but that doesn’t mean you need to brew it as espresso. You can make it however you like — espresso, filter, moka pot, AeroPress or whatever you enjoy. We roast it a touch darker than we would a filter roast to caramelise the sugars and bring out smooth chocolatey and nutty flavours that cut beautifully through milk.
When you add milk the natural sweetness, fat and proteins tend to soften acidity and highlight caramelised flavours. That’s why lighter filter roasts can sometimes taste a bit sharp or sour with milk — they’re simply not built for it. Espresso roasts being more developed balance this out. The deeper caramelisation creates toffee and cocoa notes that blend harmoniously with milk’s creaminess while a hint of gentle bitterness adds that satisfying ‘coffee punch’ in your flat white or cappuccino.
If you prefer your coffee black this roast will still give you a full-bodied rich cup with plenty of depth and sweetness. For a lighter fruitier experience you might enjoy exploring our filter range instead.
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Bolivia | La Asunta | Jhonny Corina | Java Washed - When is peak flavour?
Medium Roast - Roasted on Roest P3000
Jhonny Corina
Jhonny Corina has owned his 8-hectare farm in the La Asunta municipality since 2015, maintaining over 16,000 trees of Gesha, Castillo and Java intercropped with citrus, plantains and native legume-family forest trees that keep the soil rich. In a region better known for coca, Jhonny and fellow producers formed the FEPIAC federation to pool production, reach better buyers and prove coffee's potential as an alternative crop. His coffee is picked by hand and dried in the sun.
La Asunta
A rugged municipality in Sud Yungas, La Paz, fed by waterfalls up to 400 metres high off the Boopi and Cotacajes rivers - warm, humid and ideal for coffee.
About the Java Variety
Despite the name, Java's story begins in Ethiopia: it descends from Ethiopian landrace stock, was selected and transplanted to Cameroon in the mid-20th century (where it was known as a tolerant, quality-focused smallholder variety), and reached the Americas via Costa Rica in 1991.
It has since become a quiet favourite of specialty growers across Central and South America - elegant, aromatic, stone-fruited cups with real clarity, from a tree that tolerates tough conditions better than most Ethiopian-derived varieties.
On Jhonny Corina's shaded, intercropped hillsides at 1,500 metres it shows exactly that character: jammy nectarine over dark and milk chocolate, balanced acidity and a fruit-like sweetness.