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  • The future of coffee part 2

    Arabica coffee is often described as a Goldilocks plant; meaning it's pretty fussy: rain, sun, rich volcanic soils, not too hot, not too cold and a fair amount of altitude. Therefore, it's incredibly vulnerable to sudden climatic changes. When coffee was first commercialised, Arabica and Robusta were chosen as the strains of coffee to develop due to Arabica's sweet/fruity taste and the more hardy growing power of Robusta.

  • The price of coffee is going up!

    Clifftop Coffee recently increased prices across the board to reflect our huge cost increases since the winter of 2024/2025.  Climate change is at ...
  • Best coffeeshops of the Algarve 2024

    Rewind to the summer of 2020, the world is in lockdown and the specialty coffee scene in the Western Algarve is in a similar situation. It was prac...
  • Getting active with Clifftop Coffee

    Boost Your performance with Clifftop Coffee: Fuelling Your Active Algarve Lifestyle  Whether you're shredding waves on the west coast, running ...
  • Clifftop Cold Brew

    Summer is in full swing, my ice cream consumption has increased ten fold and appetite for hot drinks has dropped...the solution...tankers of ice co...
  • Clifftop Coffee – a love story of four cups

    How it all began... Peru Mountain Brew Sitting under a tin roof on a tiny coffee farm in the Humantay Mountains, I'm sweaty and exhausted from ...
  • Brew Guides

    Simple brewing guides to make yourself a tasty coffee at home.