The Underdog

Strong & Reliable

We treat everything we do with the same standard, and so this blend is roasted on an omni roast (i.e. suitable for both filter and espresso). Just by the choice of beans here, we're deliberately going for more of a lower acidity, a more robust body and a full sweetness with perhaps a stronger bitterness than you're used to from us. We don't think this coffee will offend anyone, and it works great on automatic coffee machines, so it's great for the office, for example.

The main idea of the Underdog project and blend is to support farmers - in practice, this means that we use coffees with lower cupping scores, in the range of 81-84 points, or less sorted lots, the so-called "2nd grades". In the Specialty Coffee Association's sense, it is no longer a specialty coffee in the true sense of the word, but the beans come from the same farmer, the same harvest, the same bushes as those that score higher and thus make it into our regular line-up of single-origin coffees (which generally get a cupping score of 84 points or more). But in any case, you don't have to worry about Underdog Blend not tasting great because of this - we stand behind every coffee we sell 100%.

And why do we do it? You can read a more extensive story here, but in short, we're all about supporting specific farmers as much as possible. By having the farmer sell the coffee to us and not to a local market, he gets paid significantly more for it, he doesn't have to find more buyers, and together we can continue to grow the mutual business year after year. Sustainability and fairness are simply the pillars we want to build on in our production.

So that's a quick summary: You save a lot of money, you get a great coffee, and we get to support our farmers - that's what we call a real WIN WIN!

Roasted coffee beans, 100% specialty coffee Arabica, roasted and packed in the Czech Republic.