Christian Yelich has a new coffee collab. Here's who it's with

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Christian Yelich has partnered with Colectivo Coffee to launch the Yeli Blend, a limited-time whole-bean coffee. The blend features flavors of milk chocolate, cherry, hazelnut, and citrus.

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Christian Yelich collaborates with Colectivo Coffee
New coffee blend called Yeli Blend launched
Yeli Blend features milk chocolate, cherry, hazelnut, and citrus flavors
Home Plate Charity Concert scheduled for May 21

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Christian Yelich, a daily coffee enjoyer, has something brewing.

The Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and Milwaukee-based Colectivo Coffee have teamed up, along with Visit Milwaukee, on a new whole-bean bag of coffee, fittingly called the Yeli Blend, which launched in early May.

This comes just ahead of Christian and the Yelich family's fourth annual Home Plate Charity Concert on May 21 – more on that in a minute.

The blend, which is available for a limited time, features notes of milk chocolate, cherry, hazelnut and citrus, per the product's description.

Yelich's go-to coffee order is an Americano, hot or iced, depending on the weather, Marissa Worzella, Colectivo's marketing director, said in an email interview with the Journal Sentinel.

"Coffee is part of my daily routine, so getting the chance to collaborate with a hometown brand like Colectivo on my own blend is really exciting," Yelich – who's been a coffee drinker for six or seven years – said in a statement.

"I wouldn't say I'm an aficionado," Yelich told Brewers beat reporter Todd Rosiak. "I just enjoy it."

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich has teamed up with Milwaukee-based Colectivo Coffee and Visit Milwaukee on a new whole bean bag of coffee, called the Yeli Blend.

But, it's not just about coffee. It's about the cause.

For every bag of Yeli Blend sold, $1 will be donated to Yelich's Home Plate Foundation, which benefits causes important to him, including the Brewers Community Foundation and the Visit Milwaukee Foundation, Worzella said.

It also benefits Visit Milwaukee's Emergency Relief Fund for local businesses, and scholarships for local students attending area colleges and universities, according to Josh Albrecht, Visit's chief marketing officer.