Boxes are out the door and headed your way. Here's a quick look at what's inside this month, plus a bit on each coffee.

ESPRESSO

Reckless Blend — Brazil and Rwanda, natural. Red Catuai and Red Bourbon.

This is the one we reach for most mornings. Brazil does the heavy lifting, all body and chocolate. Rwanda comes in over the top with a bit of red apple brightness. Syrupy, round, holds up fine in milk but it's good enough to drink black too.

Pull it a touch long if you're having it straight. Tighten it for flat whites.

Notes: chocolate, red apple, syrupy.

FILTER · SIMPLE

Rwanda Nova — washed, Red Bourbon.

Clean and bright, which is what a washed Rwandan should be. Cherry plum first, a bit of bergamot in the middle, raisin at the end. Sharp it is not.

If you want the bergamot to come through, brew it cooler than feels right.

Notes: cherry plum, bergamot, raisin, clean acidity.

Timor-Leste Railaco — natural, Tim Tim and Typica.

This one's a favourite of ours, and sadly the last batch we'll be sending out. Timor-Leste barely shows up in Singapore, and getting the beans here is a real pain. Coffee's the country's biggest agricultural export and almost all of it comes from smallholders working tiny plots up in the Ermera highlands.

Tim Tim is short for Hybrido de Timor, an Arabica-Robusta cross that turned up on the island in the 1940s. Tough like one parent, tastes like the other. Timor Global handles this lot, drying the cherries slow on raised beds and watching the ferment closely in a climate that fights them the whole way.

Soft and sweet in the cup. Strawberry cream, raspberry. A natural done right.

Notes: strawberry cream, raspberry.

Yunnan Purple Caturra — Xishuangbanna, Menghai. K72 washed.

A fun one. Purple Caturra's a mutation of regular Caturra, named for the purple leaves. This lot's from the slopes around Xiding in Menghai County, grown by folks who've been building China's specialty scene for years without much fanfare.

The K72 wash makes it clean, but there's more going on underneath than we expected. Sticky date cake. Stewed apple. Cherry candy on the finish. Drinks richer than most washed coffees.

Yunnan's a young origin and they're doing real work. Worth slowing down for.

Notes: sticky date cake, stewed apple, cherry candy.

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FILTER · SPECIAL

rēaʿ Finca Los Santos, Peru — natural, Geisha.

Geisha's the variety that made specialty coffee famous, and you almost never see it from Peru. Done natural, so it's all fruit. Grape jello, orange marmalade, jasmine on top. Light and perfumed.

Go easy on this one. Cooler water, slow pour. Let it open up.

Notes: grape jello, orange marmalade, jasmine florals.

Panama Finca Santa Teresa — honey, Geisha.

The one we were most excited to pack. Panama Geisha is where the whole Geisha thing started, and Santa Teresa earns the name. Honey process leaves some fruit sugar on the bean as it dries, so it sits between a washed and a natural.

Peach, grapefruit, elderflower right through it. Soft and layered. Makes you slow down whether you meant to or not.

Notes: peach, grapefruit, elderflower.

Six coffees, two continents, a couple of origins most people never get near. Hope one of them sticks.

Let us know what you brewed. We like hearing about it.

With love, The folks at Prodigal