Merry Little Meltdown | Christmas Espresso Blend
The fairy lights have been blinking in the same pattern for twenty minutes. The Christmas pudding is looking back at you. Time for an espresso.
Merry Little Meltdown is our Christmas coffee, roasted for espresso in Dublin, Ireland. We blended 60% Brazil from Fazenda Capoeira, the coffee behind Mike’s Mind Melts, with 40% natural Ethiopia from Bekele Kachara, the coffee behind Hawi the Hippie. Mike brings the chocolate and syrupy body. Hawi brings the dark berries and a little red-wine wildness. Together, they make for a properly festive trip.
🎄 Tasting Notes
Chocolate Liqueur • Christmas Pudding • Whiskey
Think rich chocolate, dark fruit and a warming whiskey finish. Pull it straight for the fruit and boozy depth, or add milk to bring out the chocolate and pudding sweetness.
🇧🇷 60% Brazil · Fazenda Capoeira, Sul de Minas
Marisa and Gabriel Contreras built their coffee operation from the ground up. At 1,000 MASL, warm days and cool nights help develop the sweetness and body that give this espresso its chocolatey backbone.
Marisa organises events supporting women in specialty coffee and works with local cooperatives on sustainability. On the farm, beekeepers work alongside coffee growers to support pollination, and the team manages every stage from seedling to drying.
🇪🇹 40% Ethiopia · Bekele Kachara, Murago, Sidamo
Bekele Kachara inherited his first farm in Hache before expanding into Murago, where this lot was grown at 2,000 MASL. His coffee trees grow beneath intercropped fruit trees, where the shade helps the cherries ripen slowly.
Natural processing brings out blackberry, blueberry, red wine and demerara sugar. This is the part of the blend that takes a familiar chocolatey espresso somewhere a little stranger.
☕ Perfect For
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Straight espresso with dark fruit and a whiskey-like finish
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Flat whites and cappuccinos with chocolate and Christmas pudding sweetness
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The Christmas morning coffee round, especially if you’re still untangling the lights
📌 Quick Facts
Blend · 60% Brazil • 40% Ethiopia
Regions · Sul de Minas, Brazil • Murago, Sidamo, Ethiopia
Producers · Marisa and Gabriel Contreras • Bekele Kachara
Altitude · Brazil 1,000 MASL • Ethiopia 2,000 MASL
Ethiopian varieties · 74158, 74110 and local landraces
Ethiopian process · Natural
Tasting notes · Chocolate Liqueur • Christmas Pudding • Whiskey
Roasted for · Espresso
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