Limited Edition Da Gama Coffee Blend 

We strongly believe in celebrating the past, present, and future of exploration through our social media content, blog posts, podcast conversations, and celebrated coffee blends.

As much as we would love to have every single explorer featured our coffee bags and have a coffee bag made for all explorers this is just not possible so our solution is Limited Edition Coffee Blends and on this edition, we are celebrating Vasco da Gama.

Vasco da Gama, 

(the 1460s – 24 December 1524)

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. 

His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orient.

This is widely considered a milestone in world history, as it marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of global multiculturalism. Da Gama’s discovery of the sea route to India opened the way for an age of global imperialism and enabled the Portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire along the way from Africa to Asia. 

Traveling the ocean route allowed the Portuguese to avoid sailing across the highly disputed Mediterranean and traversing the dangerous Arabian Peninsula. The sum of the distances covered in the outward and return voyages made this expedition the longest ocean voyage ever made until then.

After decades of sailors trying to reach the Indies, with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, da Gama landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498. Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based along with northern and coastal West Africa. The main spices at first obtained from Southeast Asia were pepper and cinnamon, but soon included other products, all new to Europe. 

Portugal maintained a commercial monopoly of these commodities for several decades. It was not until a century later that other European powers, first the Dutch Republic and England, later France and Denmark, were able to challenge Portugal’s monopoly and naval supremacy in the Cape Route.

Da Gama led two of the Portuguese India Armadas, the first and the fourth. The latter was the largest and departed for India four years after his return from the first one. 

For his contributions, in 1524 da Gama was appointed Governor of India, with the title of Viceroy, and was ennobled as Count of Vidigueira in 1519. He remains a leading figure in the history of exploration, and homages worldwide have celebrated his explorations and accomplishments. 

The Portuguese national epic poem, Os Lusíadas, was written in his honour by Luís de Camões. In March 2016 thousands of artifacts and nautical remains were recovered from the wreck of the ship Esmeralda, one of da Gama’s armada, found off the coast of Oman. 

Please look through our online store and find your perfect blend. Remember we roast and ship once a week on a Tuesday to ensure you get the freshest coffee for your next adventure.  

We look forward to shipping our coffees to your doorstep and you sharing your expedience’s with us. Remember with every bag of coffee we sell 10% of the sales price goes towards the Curiosity Fund

Sending you off on your next adventure, coffee in hand.

John & Team 

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