Happy May everyone! We’re delighted to be working with Coffee & Kin on this month’s competition. They’re a small, family-run business whose environmental ethos we back 100%. The company was set up by sisters Ruth & Kathryn and their husbands, Aussies, Mark & Chris (who also happen to be best friends) hence, the Kin. We’ve teamed up with them to offer one of our readers a month’s supply of coffee beans, pods or loose leaf tea.

Coffee & Kin supply 100% Arabica beans and Nespresso® compatible pods as well as a selection of whole leaf teas. Their coffee pods are compostable and the tea comes in biodegradable pyramids.

Coffee & Kin has established a Foundation to provide support to people & organisations in the communities where their coffee is grown. For each coffee pod they sell, they invest a penny into the foundation. For every bag of beans, it’s 10p. In their own words…

One of our values is to be honest and ethical in everything that we do. We care about our coffee farmers and the communities in which they live and work. Every Coffee & Kin coffee can be traced back to ensure that each stage of the growing and sales process is fair as well as socially and environmentally sustainable.

They’re based up in Alnwick, in beautiful Northumberland, and their single-origin coffee is roasted on the nearby Holy Island of Lindesfarne. We’ve tried out two different types of their beans; Peru and Rwanda. Both being Arabica, the roasts are mellow and contains less caffeine than the cheaper, more bitter counterpart, Robusta.

We tested the Rwandan beans first; the flavour is complex and creamy, with a touch of smoky sweetness. The Peruvian brew is well-rounded, intense and dry on the palate. Both are smooth and nicely acidic without being bitter. We liked them both very much. However, for our preference, the Rwandan just pipped the Peruvian in the taste stakes.

Fancy your chances of winning? Leave a comment telling us which Coffee & Kin coffee or tea product you’d choose.

Good luck!

A month’s supply of coffee beans, pods or leaf tea from Coffee & Kin

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