Maybe it was a good thing that Sumatra took over from Java because the coffees from Sumatra are fantastic. Then way back, about 150 years ago the coffee plants on Java were ruined by a ‘coffee rust’ disease and Java switched to growing tea but like Mocha, the name stuck even though most Indonesian coffee now comes from the island of Sumatra. Java is an island in Indonesia where a lot of coffee used to be grown. For the Mocha component of Bantam’s Brew we use Ethiopian coffee beans from the Yirga Cheffe and Sidamo areas, roasting and blending them to bring out all the subtle flavours we can. That isn’t the case anymore but the name Mocha has continued with the blend.
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So Mocha, or Al Mukha, is a port on the Red Sea in Yemen where a long time ago most Yemeni and Ethiopian coffee was shipped from. Mocha and Java are two locations, not two different coffees. Evidently you folks like it as we have a tough time keeping it in stock!
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This is our interpretation of the world’s oldest coffee blend: Mocha-Java. To understand exactly what we’re talking about scroll to the bottom of this page for a definition of terms.) Bantam’s Brew (You’ll find us mentioning ‘double roasted’ and even ‘triple roasted’ coffee in the descriptions below.
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So you milk and cream users will get the lighter, creamier taste you’re looking for and the full coffee flavour will still come through giving you the best of both worlds. So while all of our coffee, we think, is great to drink black, they’ve all been roasted and blended to “hold the milk”. Here in Ireland we find that lots of folks really pour the milk to their coffee. Or if you’ve never bought Red Rooster Coffee it can help you decide what coffees you want to try. It gives you a lot more in-depth information about our coffees than you’ll find on our coffee bags.
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This page tells you about our coffee and our roasting techniques.