The UK’s largest range of rare and beautiful heirloom bean varieties, picked and packed fresh at small farms in Mexico and the US. Delicious, nutritious, versatile, sustainable! You won’t find these beans anywhere else in Britain.

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…where the leguminati get their fix!

From Mexico to the Mediterranean, people who love legumes know that dried beans - if you can get them fresh - are always the very best. 

We fell for these jewel-like beauties at first sight, and at first bite! It is our mission to introduce the UK to heirloom beans, and their extraordinary environmental - and culinary - potential.

Our beautiful heirloom beans are simple to prepare

- they’re picked & packed fresh, so no soaking is required!

We offer 23 heirloom varieties - a beautiful bean for every occasion!

WHY HEIRLOOM BEANS?

  • When cooked, each of our bags produces the same as four cans of beans, or three jars

    Significantly less environmental impact, more space in your kitchen cupboards

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  • Nearly all beans derive from those domesticated in the Americas 8,000 years ago. Our beans are sourced from their original homelands

    Phaseolus vulgaris, the globally dominant bean genus, emerged in Mexico before splitting into two gene pools: Mesoamerican (1) and Andean (2)

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  • Sustainability

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  • Health

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  • Graphic adapted by Spedona from The History of Legumes, INRA Editions

ABOUT
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