Blue Note is an everyday filter coffee blend designed for batch and hand brewing methods like V60 and cafetière. This blend consists of 40% washed Papua New Guinea and 60% natural Ethiopia Nesru Aba Nura. It features a flavor profile characterized by notes of brown sugar, milk chocolate, and mixed berries. The coffee is grown at an altitude of 1400-1800 meters and uses the Bourbon variety.
Small Batch Coffee Roasters opened its first shop on Goldstone Villas in Hove in 2006, making it one of the earliest pioneers of specialty coffee in the UK. Now managed by Colin Morrison, the roastery operates from Portslade using both a Probat and a Loring Kestrel, with Cropster software guiding sensory evaluation across every batch. The company supplies over 100 wholesale businesses nationwide and runs two cafés in the Brighton and Hove area alongside a travelling coffee cart that appears at events across the country. Small Batch won Coffee Roaster of the Year at the 2022 LuxLIFE Food and Drink Awards and was runner up for Best Specialty Coffee Roaster at the Allegra European Coffee Awards the same year.
