Brazil, Rwanda
The Ballroom Blend
The Ballroom Blend
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What to Expect
The Ballroom Blend from Dear Green is built for balance. You get the comforting weight of cacao and caramel with a lift of red fruit acidity that keeps things interesting without demanding too much attention.
The Cup
This is a medium-bodied coffee with a rounded, smooth mouthfeel. The acidity sits in the moderate range — juicy rather than sharp, more like red apple or cherry than citrus. It's clean and straightforward, with no funky ferment character. The cacao and caramel notes provide a sweet, chocolatey base, while the red fruit keeps it from feeling heavy or one-dimensional.
Who This Is For
This suits drinkers who want something reliable and easy to dial in across multiple brew methods. It's a solid everyday coffee that works well with milk but holds its own black.
If you're chasing bright, complex single origins or experimental processing, this won't scratch that itch.
Best for: Home brewers who want a versatile, crowd-pleasing coffee that works morning to afternoon.
How to Brew This Coffee
The medium roast profile makes this flexible. Try it as espresso where the cacao and caramel shine through with good body and crema. It works beautifully in an Aeropress, giving you control over strength while preserving the red fruit brightness. For a fuller-bodied cup that emphasises the chocolate notes, reach for your French Press.
Brazil, Rwanda
The Ballroom Blend
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Description from Roaster
Our Ballroom Blend is a combination of 50% Brazil and 50% Rwanda to create a balanced cup. This coffee blend brings together the best of both origins. Brazil’s classic chocolatey body and Rwanda’s bright fruit character resulting in a smooth, well-rounded profile with notes of...Description from Roaster
Our Ballroom Blend is a combination of 50% Brazil and 50% Rwanda to create a balanced cup. This coffee blend brings together the best of both origins. Brazil’s classic chocolatey body and Rwanda’s bright fruit character resulting in a smooth, well-rounded profile with notes of cacao, caramel, and red fruits.
Roasted for versatility, Ballroom Blend is ideal for espresso and works beautifully across all brew methods, including filter, cafetière, and stovetop.
Originally named as a nod to our former roastery location near the iconic Barrowland Ballroom, the name remains part of our story as we continue roasting great coffee in our new space.
What's the blend?
50% Brazil Fazenda Pantano
50% Rwanda KCRSDetails
- Free UK Tracked 48 delivery on orders over £30. Please see our FAQs for more information.
- Order before 10:00am Mon-Fri for same day dispatch
- We don't ship coffee more than 7 days from roast date
Our Coffee
We source speciality grade coffee that is fully traceable and ethically sourced, working with producers and importers who share our values. Read more about our ethics.Storage
All our coffee beans are roasted fresh and are best consumed within within 6 weeks of roast date. Reseal the bag after opening and store at ambient temperature away from direct sunlight.Giving back
As a Certified B Corporation, we support charities and organisations that share our values, allowing both you and us to create a positive social and environmental impact with every purchase, all year round.This description comes from Dear Green, who roasts this coffee. For the fullest product detail, you can also see their own listing at Dear Green
Ways to Brew
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Espresso
Coffees hand-picked for espresso, chosen by analysing each one's roast, body and flavour rather than relying on the roaster's label. These are beans with the sweetness, depth and structure to pull a rich, balanced shot under pressure, from chocolatey blends to fruit-forward single origins. Every coffee here earned its place by how it actually performs in the basket. New to pulling shots? Read our espresso brewing basics.
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Aeropress
A curated range of coffees suited to the Aeropress, selected on their own merits through our attribute analysis. We look for the clarity and balance this fast, pressure-assisted method rewards, so whether you brew short and concentrated or long and clean, each bean here is chosen to give you a bright, well-defined cup. Want to get the most from yours? See our Aeropress brewing guide.
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French Press
A collection of coffees matched to full-immersion brewing, where a metal filter lets body and oils come through in full. We've analysed each one for the weight and richness that suit the press, giving you bold, textured, deeply satisfying cups. If you like your coffee full-bodied, these beans are chosen for you. New to it? See our guide to French press brewing.
Dear Green
Dear Green Coffee Roasters is a Glasgow-based speciality coffee roastery founded in 2011 with the ambition of bringing exceptional, responsibly sourced coffee to Scotland. Named after the Scots Gaelic nickname for Glasgow, "Dear Green Place," the roastery has grown from a single coffee roaster into an award-winning Certified B Corporation while remaining true to its founding values of sustainability, ethical sourcing, and community. Today, Dear Green works closely with trusted producers worldwide, carefully roasting seasonal coffees that celebrate quality, provenance, and craftsmanship, while its Glasgow roastery, training space, and showroom continue to share knowledge, champion positive change across the speciality coffee industry, and reflect a genuine passion for both coffee and the people behind it.
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