Atelier - St. Helena Bourbon

About Julius Meinl Atelier Collection hand crafted coffees, from Vienna: When you purchase Atelier Collection hand crafted coffees, you have the choice of either receiving the coffee as green (not roasted) or roasted coffee.

If you choose roasted coffee, we will freshly roast your choice on demand. Please note that during roasting process the coffee will lose about 20% of its green coffee weight. For example, if you buy 400g of Julius Meinl Atelier Collection hand crafted coffee and choose roasted, you will receive approximately 320g of roasted coffee.

About this specialty coffee:

St.Helena Bourbon Coffee

“Napoleon Bonaparte” was a well-known coffee drinker, in fact he loved coffee. He believed that drinking coffee lifted the spirits, enhances concentration, boosts intelligence, frees creativity, and invigorates a physically tired body.

It is said that he drank coffee at all hours of the day and night. “I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless” is a quote attributed to him. Whilst on St. Helena, Napoleon drank coffee daily, with breakfast and later after lunch. His evening meal was not complete without coffee.

Even during his military campaigns—such as the bold crossing of the St. Bernard Pass—Napoleon was known to rely on coffee, often in the company of his trusted horse Marengo, who carried him through some of his most daring battles.

The coffee plants on St. Helena date back to the time when Napoleon lived there.