Tanzania Footprint

We here at Co-Go are always on the search for good coffee in the right season. At present our Filter coffee is Tanzania Footprint. Intense yet refined in character. The fragrance is lively and buttery, with winey blackcurrant flavours leading to an almost liquorice like, lasting finish.

One of East Africa’s most distinguished coffee plantations, the Blackburn Estate is owned and managed by passionate husband and wife team Michael and Tina Gehrken. It can be found on the western slopes of Mount Oldeani in Northern Tanzania, an idyllic farm gazing down on the wide valley below. Being located near to the scenic Ngorongoro conservation area, both elephants and water buffalo are frequent “trespassers” on the estate. The huge elephant footprint found one morning inspired the name of this exceptional coffee. They’d actually taken an overnight liking to one of the estates underground water pipes and had impressively excavated it to create a spontaneous watering hole!

We here at Co-Go believe we should uphold strong relationship with our suppliers to ensure quality at every stage of the coffee making process. From Bean to Cup.

On Friday the 12th November three of  Co-Go’s finest , Myself(Vishal), Simon and Olly took a trip to our Coffee Roaster in Huddersfield. As well as learning how our Co-Go coffee beans are blended and roasted,  we conducted a Latte Art Competition which drew a close call between Olly and Simon – you can judge who won here. To build our coffee knowledge and see what new tastes are coming through this winter we participated in a coffee cupping session tasting various different coffees and discussing what actually makes a good cup of coffee.

In all maintaining quality was the main mission of our trip ensuring that your coffee is of the highest standard.  We came away from experience fulfilled that our suppliers are just as passionate about good coffee as we are! We can look forward to our future together in finding new coffees that have the Co-Go seal of approval!

Simon observing the beans being cooled after roasting.

Our cupping session tasting coffees from around the world!

A bit of double blogging occurring here at Co-Go HQ, Co-Go‘s very own Simon McCann has signed up to blog with inafishbowl.com – a business reality website which is following three entrepreneurs and their start up businesses.

Here’s the Co-Go story so far…