The Surprise — Purple-leaf orthodox
Kenya · purple

The Surprise

Purple-leaf orthodox

Grown commercially almost nowhere else on earth.

A naturally purple-leaf cultivar bred for the Kenyan highlands and grown at scale almost nowhere else. The colour is real — anthocyanins, the same pigments as in blueberries — and it carries through to a soft, gently floral cup with a rounded tannin.

Brew it a touch cooler than the black and watch the liquor shift with a squeeze of lemon. The one nobody at your table will have tried before.

  • Floral
  • Soft tannin
  • Light body
€14.00 50g · whole leaf
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Leaf
2.5g (1 tsp)
Water
200ml
Temp
85°C
Time
3 min
Re-steeps
2–3