The Whisky Thief

Note: To ensure the freshest coffee and timely delivery before the Christmas break, we will roast and ship this coffee on December 16.

Note2:  Coffee only! Whisky bottle not included .

Coffee By:  Grupo Asociativo Villa Esperanza (La Virgen)

Region:  Department of Huila, Colombia Colombia

Cultivar: Colombia, Caturra

Process: Washed Process

Altitude: 1500m - 1900m asl

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Whisky By: Teaninich Distillery

Region: Highland - Alness, Teaninich

Cask: American Oak

Altitude: 28m asl

Our coffee takes its inspiration from the Valinch, a pipette used for drawing whisky out a cask for sampling, and known colloquially in distilleries as the ‘whisky thief’.  Over a month of resting in whisky barrels, the green unroasted coffee slowly absorbs left over heady aromas of whisky through the deft and guile of osmosis.  After resting the coffee finds a point of perfect equilibrium ready for roasting with a new, unique flavour profile.

Cask 6 continues our collaboration with Fable, an innovative small-batch whisky company that pairs rare single cask whiskies with art and storytelling. This release features a 13-year-old American Oak cask from Teaninich, one of Scotland's oldest legal distilleries dating back to 1817.  Teaninich is one of only two Scottish distilleries to have a modern mash filter instead of a mash tun resulting in clean, light, and floral whiskies.

After thirteen years of ageing this light liquored highland whisky combines the elegance of honeyed florals, dried fruit and fresh grass. Long term favourite La Virgen from Huila in Colombia has been soaking up the goodness for the latest release.

It’s the honey and dried fruit notes of both the whisky and the coffee that take centre stage when the coffee is rested in the cask with moreish and indulgent Christmas flavours. 

Rich Christmas cake leads the profile, accompanied by cacao nib and citrus peel, all layered over a boozy base of rum-soaked raisins. A dense and syrupy mouthfeel sits underneath the flavours then leads onto a sweet, honeyed, rounded finish.

We’ve kept the roast medium to allow the flavours to come through however you brew. As an espresso and it works perfectly in espresso martini, and is equally versatile as a French press, filter or cold brew.