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Workhorse Blend

Workhorse Blend

Tasting Notes: Orange | Chocolate | Sweet Caramel
Perfect For: A bright espresso, or a well balanced 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 ⓘ
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£9.00
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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.

Free UK delivery when you spend £20 more more. Under £20 tracked delivery is just £1.80.

Brew recipe

This coffee works well for all brew methods. 

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

Visit our brew guides for more tips and suggestions.

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  • About Workhorse Blend | Rwanda / Brazil

    Our Workhorse blend is built around the concept of consistency and reliability and combines our directly traded coffees from Rwanda and Brazil.

    The blend contains:

    Rwanda Liza washed 50%
    Brazil Mantiqueira pulped natural 50%

    Workhorse is a light roast espresso and perfect if you like a bright, juicy, but well-balanced espresso. If you are looking for a traditional Italian style espresso take a look at our Nova Blend.

  • Coffee Info

    Tasting Notes: Orange | Chocolate | Sweet Caramel
    Processing Method: Washed & Pulped Natural
    Varietal: Various

    Blend: 50% Rwanda Liza | 50% Brazil Inhame

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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

Mantiqueira

The Serra de Mantiqueira is a mountain range that stretches across São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states. The coffee comes from two farms in the hills surrounding Carmo de Minas, where it is picked, processed and hulled before being brought to the Cocarive warehouse just outside São Lourenço.

Learn more about Mantiqueira
  • 5 stars: 427 (86%)
  • 4 stars: 40 (8%)
  • 3 stars: 17 (3%)
  • 2 stars: 7 (1%)
  • 1 star: 4 (1%)
L
L.
Great everyday blend

Really consistent blend and great all round bean. Also makes a good cold coffee

J
J.B.
Great coffee

Love receiving your fav coffee on subscription- makes life so much easier

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Anonymous
One of the best tasting coffee blends I’ve

One of the best tasting coffee blends I’ve tasted

P
P.S.
Workhorse beans

Really easy to dial in beans, which produce a bold rich flavour. Now my favourite espresso bean.

J
J.L.
Coffee beans

One of the nicest tasting coffees I’ve had
Delivered quickly
Found this coffee by chance when I was at an event and the caterer’s used it

T
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.

M
M.L.

Yummy

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Anonymous
Excellent.

First time purchase from Horsham. Very impressed,Tastes great especially with milk. Will be looking for my next bag of beans Asap. Thank you.

A
A.
Solid blend

Solid blend, with good body.very good for milk based drinks.

S
S.L.
Smells lovely

Gave 5 stars on simply smell. Not tried it yet and giving this review just to stop the emails

A
A.N.

Workhorse Blend

M
M.S.
Finally found “the one”

We've tried plenty of different coffee brands over the years but Horsham is hands down the best. I genuinely look forward to it every morning. The quality and flavour are consistently excellent. Keep up the great work!❤️

C
C.J.

Workhorse Blend

A
A.L.
Great beans for an espresso

Love the taste of chocolate my sage gets from these beans consistently!

R
R.A.
Perfect balance

This is the one we have on subscription, for some time now, as it balances perfectly the cost to taste. We get so many compliments on it from family, who make a point of deferring coffee time until coming to ours!

M
M.S.

Workhorse Blend

J
J.L.
Amazing and v reliable as the name suggests!

I’m always looking for nice beans I can use in my sage barista express and I don’t like having to faff with the settings too much. These as the workhorse name suggests are absolutely fantastic beans - they smell unreal - and also are extremely reliable and produce a great espresso even without me adjusting the machine too much. Fantastic and now one of my go to’s. I also like supporting smaller roasters coming from using a big name brand sold at supermarkets for years which recently let me down big time. Go Horsham! Thank you :)

I
I.M.
Returning to old favourite

Great balance of flavour and price. Just as good as we remembered

K
K.
Delicious

The workhorse blend is delicious, easy to grind with my hand grinder and a smooth taste. I bought the 1kg pack as I live up north. A friend recommended Horsham and they do not disappoint - delicious coffee!

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S.H.
Always amazing coffee from Horsham Roasters

I've been getting 4 x 250g bags of coffee every month from Horsham Coffee Roasters. I have tried others but in my opinion nobody else comes close. I drink maybe 2-4 cups per day, some milk drinks, others just straight espresso and always enjoy the coffee more than others. Friends who are not as obsessive as I am comment on how much nicer the coffee is. Worth spending the extra, the quality and tastes is always there.

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P.C.
Fantastic Coffee and service

First time ordering direct from HCR.
Initially enquired about the blend they supply to Amici, but it was explained that I could only get that from Amici understandably. However, Dom recommended the Workhouse blend which he said was very similar, and it hasn’t disappointed.
Really pleased to support a local business, living locally in Billingshurst, so will certainly be back for more. Really fast delivery too.

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A.L.
Loved it

Really enjoyed this coffee, will definitely be joining up for a subscription

P
P.K.
Workhorse Blend - Fabulous value

Coffee can be so expensive and trying to find a good value bean that is actually really nice can be tricky. Horsham Coffee Roasters offer a large range of coffees with a wide range of prices but their Workhorse Blend is such good value. We drink this more often than any other coffee and never tire of it. Sure, we have other blends and single estate beans too, but The Workhorse is certainly our workhorse! Delicious!

C
C.B.
Thoroughly reliable coffee

I've been buying nearly all my coffee from Horsham Roasters for a few years now and the service and consistent quality is superb. The Workhorse Blend is delicious with reliable flavours

J
J.S.

Workhorse Blend

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Anonymous
Coffee staples

Great coffee and has became my staples!

G
G.N.

Top product

S
S.

Workhorse Blend

M
M.S.
Quick and tasty

Delivery was quick. The coffee is tasty.

d
d.
Christmas blend

Guid Stuff. Love the flavour.

D
D.T.
Coffee Bean Purchase

As ever excellent service, great coffee

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A.W.
Mediocre

Not too impressed with this, feels a bit weak and lacking in flavour. Perhaps as pre-ground and grind size too coarse for an aeropress, even at filter grind? It's not bad but its not close to the better pre-grounds I've had.

J
J.M.

Workhorse coffee

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R.R.
Love Horsham Coffee Roasters coffee

The Workhorse blend is excellent. Highly recommend! Looking forward to trying other blends too from HCR. ❣️