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Cargo is a blend of three coffees. A Brazil, a Guatemala, and an El Salvador. The Brazilian brings the cocoa base notes, the Guatemala brings the sweetness, and the El Salvador some acidity to brighten it all up. 

BEHIND THE BLEND: SHAKA At Bad Hand we roast blends with purpose. There’s a reason Shaka tastes the way it does, why it’s our signature blend, and why it’s our most popular coffee Creating a blend ain’t easy, and if you want to make something of substance, there’s a lot more to it than simply slinging a few different coffees together.  We know this, painfully so. You might already be aware, but our roots run deep into the cafe scene. We ran them for years and worked with all the big name roasters in speciality coffee - and plenty of small ones too. Now, the people serving your coffee can sometimes have very niche preferences when it comes to coffee....

Our newest single origin coffee reminds you just how interesting coffee can be… Honestly, this is one of the booziest coffees we’ve had in a long time. It’s a proper lip-smacker. Satisfying in all the right ways. It’s the kind of coffee that reminds you just how incredibly diverse the flavours in a mug of the black stuff can be.  This isn’t your usual single While a lot of single origin coffees can come through a little tea-like and delicate, this one from Peru has the heft and might of a small army. Seriously, the layers of flavour wrapped up in this coffee are insane.  There’s a big boozy bass line, backed with blueberry and stone fruit flavours that deliver...

No messin' around – here's our favourite chilled coffee drinks to keep you cool and caffeinated in the hot summer heat...

There’s some exciting, and strange coffee flavours listed on coffee bags these days, and not all of them make immediate sense. Here we dig into the chocolatey, fruity and zesty world of coffee tasting notes… Coffee tastes like, er, coffee right? Well yes, and no.  Of course, there’s a pretty distinct flavour to coffee, but if it all tasted the same, we wouldn’t be in business, and us roastery misfits would have to find somewhere else to call home. Within that distinct coffee flavour we all know and love there’s a whole realm of nuances. We’ve all been stung with a cup or two in our time of a coffee that tasted bitter and brash and like a smokey old...