BALADA COFFEE - Tasting set, 3x250g

Balada Coffee – Ecuador Altura el Oro, FTO, 250 g, Whole Bean

A great feature of Ecuadorian coffee is its colourfulness and diversity. This is mainly due to the variation of different ecosystems across the country, as Ecuador stretches from the Amazon, across the high ridges of the Andes, to the Galápagos Islands.

Since we have only the most pleasant taste experiences associated with Ecuadorian coffee, we decided to include it in our offer.

Specifically, we selected a high‑altitude specialty 100% Arabica from the province “El Oro”. This premium Arabica stands out with its rich full body, floral undertones, mild acidity and excellent aroma. Ecuador’s “El Oro” province is the southernmost coastal province of the country. Its name arose from the historically significant gold production and today it is, apart from its banana production, also renowned for its distinctive premium Arabica coffee. For this coffee we chose a medium‑dark roast, which offers the best balance between fruitiness and acidity.

Balada Coffee – Panama SHB Boquete, Hacienda La Esmeralda, 250 g, Whole Bean

Balada Coffee Panama SHB Boquete is a specialty high‑altitude 100% Arabica offering a full body with notes of nuts and dark chocolate. This coffee is grown on mountain plantations in the western part of Panama in the Boquete region, on the slopes of the Baru volcano.

Our coffee is grown at altitudes from 1,400 to 1,800 m above sea level. Thanks to this elevation it can carry the designation SHB (Strictly High Bean) — which indicates that the beans grew more slowly under cooler high‑mountain conditions, translating into high quality. For this coffee we chose a medium‑dark roast which offers the best ratio between fruitiness and acidity.

In Balada Coffee we focused especially on premium quality and that is why we approached a small group of farmers who have been cultivating their plantations for several generations. What mattered to us above all was the care they devote to each individual bean.

Balada Coffee – Bolivia Organic Colonial Caranavi, 250 g, Whole Bean

This freshly roasted 100% Arabica is characterised by its full yet gentle body with hints of nutty and lightly spiced taste. It comes from the mahogany forests of a small farmer coffee‑group Colonial Caranavi, which lies in northern Bolivia and incorporates 41 small farmers. Each of them cultivates on average three acres of Arabica coffee trees of the Bourbon and Typica varieties, at altitudes reaching sometimes up to 1,800 m above sea level.

Besides their sensitivity to continuous improvement of coffee quality, the farmers in the Colonial Caranavi group place emphasis on improving ecological cultivation processes, which exclude not only the use of pesticides and other chemical fertilizers, but also aim at improving the character of the local landscape. For this coffee we chose a medium‑dark roast which offers the best ratio between fruitiness and acidity.

Bolivian coffee is grown at altitudes from 1,280 to 1,820 m and the Arabica produced is mostly exported to Europe. The highest quality coffee is grown in the Yungas region, which lies along the Andes. Bolivia does not produce as large a quantity of coffee as its neighbouring countries, but all the more interesting and taste‑unconventional coffees can be found here.

Who are we?

We are a Czech family‑owned company of coffee lovers whose goal is to share our daily joy over cups of freshly roasted speciality coffee from around the world.

Coffee is our passion, and that’s why we pay attention to every single bean to make sure the result will be an unforgettable taste of the cup of coffee even long after you’ve drunk it.

Our coffees come from all over the world and for all Balada Coffee coffees we know from which specific farm or coffee region they originate. We like full flavour, a strong body, pleasant fruitiness, but only moderate acidity. This is also the reason why we roast the beans “medium”. Within our offer we provide coffees suitable for preparing espresso, coffee with milk, but also filters and AeroPress.

It is very important that our coffees reach you always fresh, and therefore we deliver coffees just a few days after roasting.

We Love to Help

Foundation for Premature Babies and Their Families

This foundation was established in December 2013 by Hana Píšová and Markéta Stránská. The foundation came into being based on our personal experience with the arrival of prematurely born twins. The aim of the foundation is to help families of prematurely born children who have found themselves in a difficult financial and psychological situation. The foundation always helps a specific family and their specific need connected with a prematurely born child.

Balada Coffee is a long‑term and proud partner of the Foundation for Premature Babies and Their Families. From every product we sell we contribute a financial amount to help this good cause – thus you can help as well.