Product Overview

Arabica is the coffee bar. Espresso grounds collected from a cafe in Mile End give it the scrub, and the scent is eucalyptus, bitter orange and coffee: sharp and waking rather than sweet.

It is cold-saponified and over-greased with shea butter, so it is naturally rich in glycerine and does not strip the skin the way a hard scrub bar usually does. 140 g.

Key Features

• ✓ Espresso coffee grounds for a real scrub, collected from a Mile End cafe
• ✓ Eucalyptus, bitter orange and coffee: sharp rather than sweet
• ✓ Cold-saponified, so it keeps its natural glycerine
• ✓ Over-greased with shea butter for moisture
• ✓ A long ingredient list of essential oils including clary sage, black pepper and coriander
• ✓ 140 g, handmade in GROOM’s Montreal workshop

What GROOM Publishes

Scent, method and sourcing as published by GROOM.

Product Specifications

What This Soap Does

Cold-process saponification is the slow way to make soap, and the reason to bother is glycerine. Glycerine draws water to the skin, and it is naturally produced during saponification. Industrial processes strip it out and sell it separately; cold process leaves it in the bar.

GROOM then superfats the bars with shea butter, which means adding more fat than the lye can convert. What is left over stays in the finished soap as free oil, and that is what stops a hard bar feeling stripping.

Who This Is Best For

How To Use It

Wet the bar and work it into a lather in the hands or straight onto damp skin. Rinse and leave the bar somewhere it can drain rather than sitting in water.

A cold-process bar lasts far longer if it dries between uses. A draining dish is the single thing that makes the difference.

Care and Storage

Keep the bar out of standing water and let it dry between uses. Stored dry, an unused bar keeps for a long time.

Shipping and Returns

Ships fast from Montreal, Canada. Free shipping in Canada on orders $49+.

See our Shipping Policy and Return & Refund Policy for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions