If heartbreak had a taste, it might just linger like this.
Carlos Lopez’s lot from La Esperanza washes over you with a soft melancholy. Like synths through fog. Like Smith’s voice echoing down a long hallway of memory. Grown in the hills of El Arenal, this washed Nicaraguan offering from the Dipilto-Jalapa range feels intimate, textural, and quietly expressive. You’ll find juicy notes of nectarine, warm honeyed sweetness, and the delicate comfort of poached pear. A cup that moves gently, but stays with you. Carlos has been working with Caravela for over a decade. He perfects his process with each season, harvesting entirely by hand and slowly drying the parchment on raised beds under the sun. A producer like this feels devoted, consistent, quietly brilliant. It’s the kind of work that makes it all feel almost new again.

And while this might not be love,
some mornings it might just feel like the cure.

ESPRESSO
Dose: 21     Yield: 47    Time: 28 secs
Ratio: 2.15     Roast Date: +6

Absolute banger, so clean yet complex. If you prefer your espresso more tea-like and subtle, drop your contact time to ~25. It's super sweet and honey forward too. - Will 21/08/25