• Nova espresso blend coffee beans
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Nova Espresso Blend

Nova Espresso Blend

Tasting Notes: Dark Chocolate | Nuts | Sweet Caramel
Perfect For: A balanced espresso or a rich, full-bodied filter
All our coffees are roasted to work beautifully for all brewing methods, however some coffees work particularly well for a particular brewing method.
Roast: Medium dark ⓘ
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£77.50
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Roasted In Sussex

Our roastery is in Burgess Hill, West Sussex and all our coffee is roasted on our Loring Roaster.

Next Day Dispatch

Place your order by midnight for next working day dispatch. All orders sent via a tracked service.

Brew recipe

This coffee works best as an espresso but can also be brewed for filter if you enjoy rich chocolate notes and lower acidity.

Espresso: Dose 18 gram to 36-38 gram yield over about 30 seconds. 
Filter: Dose 15g-17g, water 250g. 

Visit our brew guides for more tips and suggestions.

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  • About Nova Espresso Blend

    Nova Espresso blend is our take on a more traditional high-quality Italian-style espresso blend.

    The blend contains:

    Uganda Rwenzori Mountains natural 20%
    Rwanda Liza washed 30%
    Brazil Samba natural 50%

    Based on a really good quality coffee from Brazil, this blend is roasted a touch darker than our Workhorse blend. We've developed the blend and roast style to suit espresso extraction and it's easy to work with and fairly forgiving.

  • Coffee Info

    Tasting Notes: Dark Chocolate | Nuts | Sweet Caramel
    Processing Method: Natural, Washed & Pulped Natural
    Varietal: Various

    Blend: 30% Rwanda Liza | 50% Brazil Samba | 20% Uganda Rwenzori Mountains

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Coffee Origin

Rwanda 🇷🇼

The majority of the coffee grown in Rwanda is Arabica - usually Red Bourbon. It has a fairly typical flavour profile and often showcases notes of orange, brown sugar, caramel and chocolate. Discover more about Rwanda's history, processing methods and flavours on our Rwandan coffee guide.

Learn more about Rwandan coffee

The Producer

Liza

Liza washing station is owned by Jean Paul and produces coffee from his farm and around 500 local small hold producers. The washing station produces a wide range of coffees with their main focus on clean, juicy, bright washed coffees. They also produce a range of natural processed coffees specifically for us.

Learn more about Liza

Coffee Origin

Brazil 🇧🇷

Brazilian coffee is known for its distinctive flavour profile, often featuring notes of nuts and chocolate. Discover its history, processing methods and flavours.

Learn more about Brazilian coffee

The Producer

Samba

Samba is our Brazilian natural-process coffee, sourced from a blend of farms across Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Cerrado at 900–1100 masl. It draws on a mix of traditional varietals like Mundo Novo, Bourbon and Catuai alongside newer varieties such as Arara, Catucai and IAC125. Cherries are processed at farm level, then rested in wooden silos before cupping, cleaning and laser sorting ahead of export, with harvest running May to August.

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P.B.
Not for me!

Tried thier Horsham Nova and felt it's too dark and taste similar like Italian dark roast and compared to other brands I tried.

Hi Pavan, thanks for sharing your feedback. We're sorry the Nova Espresso Blend wasn't to your taste. Nova Espresso blend is our take on a more traditional high-quality Italian-style espresso blend and is described by us as 'medium-dark'. If you prefer a lighter roast, we'd suggest the Workhorse Blend, El Zumo or one of our single-origin coffees. Look out for the 'light roast' designation on the coffee or navigate to our Light Roast section on the website.

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Anonymous
Rich, deeper roast, great in a flat white

Rich, deeper roast, great in a flat white

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P.L.
Nova Espresso

Full bodied and chocolate notes with nice fruity nuances, a thoroughly enjoyable espresso

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A.C.
Favourite coffee

A lovely strong coffee with no bitterness. Our daily drink.

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A.S.

My favourite coffee by far

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Anonymous
Favourite Blend

I ordered a few different varieties of beans to try and this was one of my favourites. It’s the perfect chocolatey tasting coffee that I love without any acidity at all. Easy to dial in and makes great milky drinks.

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T.F.
Darker, Not Dark Enough

This is clearly a freshly roasted, high quality batch of beans. Unfortunately, it is still not roasted dark enough to be drinkable without drowning it in milk. For an espresso, it is like drinking lemonade. The acidity is through the roof, and clearly still in the "specialty" coffee levels rather than that smooth classic Italian espresso.

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K.C.

Oustanding consistency.

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A.S.

Great coffee. Good price

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S.L.
Nice coffee

Very acceptable coffee. Doesn't set the coffee world on fire 🔥 but I've certainly had a lot worse. Pleasantly smooth and not bitter.
Not much crema which is a little disappointing

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A.S.

Love this coffee. Great taste. Great price

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S.T.
Excellent coffee and service

I’ve tried several of the HCR roasts; every order is delivered promptly and extremely fresh / flavoursome. Amongst the best tasting coffee I’ve ever tried and the service is fantastic! Give them a try - you’ll be glad when you do :)

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M.L.A.
Nova Espresso Blend

Easy to dial in and tastes great.

J
J.B.
Great coffee as always

Fab coffee always arrives promptly

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L.W.
Great taste

Really pleased with these beans, I found the best way for me was to grind fine and use my stove top, nice subtle taste with a pleasant aroma.

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E.B.

Nova Espresso Blend

B
B.
Chocolatey flat whites

In a flat white this tastes like a chocolate milk. very smooth, low bitterness and a little nutty. Very easy drinking.

T
T.
Great coffee

What's not to like, a great all-round coffee.

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T.M.
Amazing coffee

Amazing price for this top notch quality coffee.

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S.
Great coffee

Great taste, good value coffee, shipped quickly

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T.L.
The best coffee roaster on gods green earth

simply the best coffee in the world, am i missing anything?

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R.
Good taste, struggle to get any crema with EC685

I bought a bag of espresso ground Nova blend. I like its taste, but I'm not getting the full experience as I'm unable to get any crema. I suspect it needs some tuning of my little Delonghi EC685 to achieve this. (Suggestions would be welcome)

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M.A.
Great coffee

Nova Espresso is great coffee and as always my order was quickly dispatched, thank you.

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B.J.
Nova Blend

Very nice blend will try. a few more of your blends.

J
J.A.

Nova Espresso Blend

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E.W.

Nova Espresso Blend

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C.

Nova Espresso Blend

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S.
New coffee Machine needed ?

When I first tried this coffee, I thought wow, what a great taste, so much so, I went through the vendors bin to find a named packet. Sadly it doesn’t taste the same from my domestic machine though. I’ve tried all kinds of milk and quantities etc. Maybe it’s time for a new coffee machine.

Great tasting coffee from the right machine.

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A.C.
Great beans and coffee

Smooth lovely cup of coffee

D
D.B.
Nova

Great tasting coffee as always from Horsham Coffee Roasters, fresh, fantastic flavours and a joy to drink.

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E.F.

Nova Espresso Blend

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P.P.
Nova expresso blend

I've tried all of Horsham blends and found the nova the best for making americano. Delicious coffee and fresh beans as always

F
F.C.
Great tasting coffee

High quality beans at a decent price,
I buy from Horsham coffee roasters on a regular basis as what they supply is leagues ahead of supermarket caffe beans

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A.
Outstanding!

The Nova Espresso Blend is truly wonderful, with the Brazilian beans giving it those awesome caramel/chocolate notes, and the Rwandan beans giving it the slight fruity overtones. A mid-roasted delight, especially perfect for milk-based espresso drinks. Very smooth and very, very delicious. I would also like to point out that the customer service from HCR is exceptional.
Congrats, this is outstanding!