Skylark Coffee
A Roaster We Trust
Skylark Coffee is 100% not for profit, donating £1 per kilo to support both the environment and the people long exploited by coffee supply chains. Headed up by Micah Sherer (head roaster and buyer), Skylark is based near Brighton, and supports a handful of local charities including Knepp Wildland Foundation, a key environmental charity in the Southeast leading the way on rewilding, conservation and climate change.
We love their transparent and honest business model, and are pumped to work with them this month. That kind of not-for-profit commitment, backed up with real action, is exactly what we look for in the independent UK roasters we feature in our specialty coffee subscription boxes.
Ethiopia Acacia Natural
We tasted a handful of Skylark's coffees but were blown away by this community coffee – a natural coffee that is traditionally overlooked when considering Ethiopian coffees. Micah has carefully sourced this from working directly with farmers in Africa, and was really impressed by how it scored against other single origins. We know not everyone likes a naturally processed coffee (it can taste a bit funky for some), but we'd love to know what you think of this one and hope you love it as much as we do.
A coffee company, like RISE, that truly gives back to coffee growing communities.
Coffees like this are exactly why RISE Coffee Box exists. Every month, we blind taste 25-30 coffees from independent specialty coffee roasters across the UK – from purpose-driven names like Skylark Coffee to standout roasters we've discovered along the way – and choose only the very best to feature in our coffee subscription boxes. If you love discovering new specialty coffee, sustainably sourced and roasted by people who genuinely care about where it comes from, a RISE coffee subscription is the easiest way to explore it all from home.
