NOVEMBER

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We're on a mission to ensure you get every last drop of flavour from your Indy Coffee Box beans, so we asked pro coffee coach Michaela Jamieson for her tips to help home brewers create cafequality coffee at home

Also in this month's issue of Brew are the tasting notes for the November bill of beans, plus a winning recipe for a deliciously sticky stem-ginger cake from Dark Woods Coffee in Huddersfield. Brush up on your barista skills while it's baking, then craft yourself a top-notch brew and pair it with a sizeable slab of cake for the ultimate weekend treat.

Enjoy!

Selena, Nick, Tamsin, Charlotte, Kathryn, Jo and Chris of the Indy Coffee Box team

P.S. Want to increase the number of bags in your box?

Go to indycoffeebox.co.uk and log in to your account. Click 'My Subscription' and then 'Upgrade'. This isn't an option for four-bag subscribers as that's the maximum box size. However, everyone can take advantage of ordering a Booster Box for a second helping of the month's coffees. Keep an eye on your emails for the opportunity to order one.

Colonna Coffee Bristol

This edge-of-Bristol roastery (founded in 2015 by barista champ Maxwell ColonnaDashwood) specialises in showcasing seasonal, single origin and small-lot beans in a pleasingly limited and carefully curated collection of high-end coffees. Check out Colonna's cafe in Bath – it's a speciality coffee institution.

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This coffee comes from two washing stations, Chebumba and Buchiro, which are located near the shores of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Natural coffees are uncommon in the country, yet Chebumba and Buchiro broke the mould when they released their first exportable volumes of natural coffee in 2019.

Chebumba and Buchiro are part of the Agricole Muungano co-operative in South Kivu. This contains over 4,000 farmers, organised into 16 sectors within the mountains that surround Lake Kivu. It's a rich location for coffee farming thanks to its fertile soils, but farmers also grow a variety of other plants to supplement their income, including beans, corn and bananas.