Since opening their first café in Shoreditch in 2011, Grind has become a London institution. With speciality-grade beans directly sourced from small-scale farms, pink home-compostable pods, and a resolute commitment to the planet, the certified B Corp company is on a mission to change how we drink coffee for the better.

Tasting is different at altitude, so the creation of these coffee blends involved sending Grind’s Head of Coffee into the air to develop a range in collaboration with British Airways that tastes great even at 35,000ft.

He found that the top fruit notes of coffee were slightly more mellow, but the bitterness was unchanged. The biggest aspect affected was sweetness, with notes like milk chocolate and caramel becoming less apparent compared to on the ground. 

In the end, Grind chose an Arabica coffee with a more pronounced milky sweetness and higher fruit notes to give us a beautifully balanced cup in the sky. 

Now, you can enjoy a barista-quality brew with a bespoke Grind blend on board, served in a dual-branded in-flight cup made exclusively for British Airways.