DECAF India Monsoon Viennese Roast
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: baker's chocolate, creamy with a cedar finish - roasted vienna
About the farm: The origination of Indian Monsoon Malabar coffee dates back to the era when wooden ships loaded with raw coffee beans would take up to 6 months to travel from India to Europe, sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. During the months that the coffee beans were transported at sea, the humidity and ocean winds combined to cause the coffee to change from its fresh green color to a more aged, pale yellow hue. Upon their arrival in Europe, the coffee beans were found to have a unique mellowness, soft and smooth tasting throughout the cup, so that the coffee became an instant hit with Europeans, paving the way for the birth of a new coffee type. Today these conditions are replicated in warehouses during the Indian monsoon season so that the coffee beans, exposed to constant humid conditions, undergo the same characteristic changes in size, texture, appearance and in the cup.
Acidity: Low
Body: Low
Sweetness: Low
Suggested brewing: espresso, french press
Bali Blue Moon - organic
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: Dark chocolate, black licorice and syrupy
About the farm: In Indonesia lies a hidden jewel, the island of Bali. The eruption of the Gunung Agung Volcano in 1963 caused a delay in the progress of modern-day coffee cultivation on Bali. In response to this situation, the government enacted programs to help rejuvenate coffee production. With the distribution of coffee seedlings to local farmers, an island wide coffee growing campaign began. Today, the coffee growing area in Bali is an estimated 7,500 hectares. Coffee tree varieties include Bourbon and Typica, along with shade trees such as Erythrina, Albizia, Tangerine and Orange. The use of pesticides is prohibited, and all fertilizers are 100% organic. The Subak Abian is a traditional farming structure organization in Bali, similar to a farmer cooperative. There are 13 different Subak Abians that are currently growing and processing coffee. The promotion of improved coffee growing practices is expected to enhance not only agricultural technology but social and economic standing in Bali as well.
Acidity: Low
Body: High
Sweetness: Average
Suggested brewing: espresso, french press
Sumatra - organic, fair trade
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: Bakers chocolate, black licorice, and a cedar finish
About the farm: The Sumatra FTO Takengon KKGO coffee is produced on family-owned farms organized around the Koperasi Kopi Gayo Organic cooperative (KKGO), located in the Takengon highlands of the Aceh province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. This region of Indonesia is also referred to as the Gayo land because the coffee farmers are from the Gayonese ethnic group. A high percentage of farmers, typically from the most remote villages of the Takengon highlands, are widows who lost their husbands during periods of conflict in Aceh. These families are also in the process of rebuilding after an earthquake in 2013.
Acidity: Low
Body: Above average
Sweetness: Average
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: raspberry, lemongrass and black tea
About the farm: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Aricha is sourced from 700 small coffee producers organized around the Kebel Aricha coffee mill, located in the Gedeo Zone of the Yirgacheffe district. The Gedeo Zone is named after the Gedeo people who are indigenous to this area.
Ripe cherries, typica and indigenous varietals, are delivered to the Kebel Aricha mills. Coffee is laid on raised beds for 12 to 15 days depending on the weather.
The beans are transported in parchment to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to be milled and bagged prior to export.
These beans were harvested in October 2019 and roasted one week or less prior to being delivered to you!
Acidity: Above average
Body: Average
Sweetness: Above average
Timor Maubesse - Medium Roast - organic, fair trade
$8.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: creamy, cherry and brown sugar
About the farm: The Cooperativa Cafe Timor (CCT) works with very small farms in East Timor; most land owners own less than a hectare of land. The CCT was established in 1994 with the help of the USDA and NCBA. and in 2001, the cooperative obtained Fair Trade certification. The farms are located in Maubesse, an area of high altitude and a sub-district in the Ainaro district; Atsabe, in the Ermera district; the Lequisa district; and the Aifu region. The coffee from East Timor was originally planted over 400 years ago by Portuguese colonists. However, after an epidemic of coffee leaf rust, the replanting of plants occurred and led to the creation of a new coffee varietal of Hibrido de Timor.
Acidity: Low
Body: Above average
Sweetness: Average
Papau New Guinea Timuza - organic
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: dark chocolate and brown sugar
About the farm: The Timuza Coffee Cooperative represents about 260 smallholder farmers of the Kamano tribal group, located southwest of Kainantu in the hamlets surrounding Namura town. The soils are a mix of black & brownish red loam, with predominately traditional typica grown under casuarina and albizia shade trees. Average farm size is 1.4 hectares per family, with adjacent gardens for cultivation of food crops such as sweet potato, taro, and cassava. Farmers have received training and assistance in financial management, gender equality, coffee husbandry and standards for processing through local partners. The harvest takes place from April through September, with selective harvest of ripe cherry, manually pulping, fermentation in traditional bilum bags, washing, and full sun-drying. In 2016, Timuza placed 1st in the National Cupping Competition.
Acidity: Low
Body: Average
Sweetness: Average
Elevation: 1550 to 1800 meters
Varietals: Arusha,Mundo Novo,Typica
Milling Process: Fully Washed
Drying Process: Patio and solar dried machine
Harvest Start Month: April
Harvest End Month: September
Organic Honduras
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: caramel, dark chocolate and walnut
Acidity: Low
Body: Above average
Sweetness: Low
Guatemala - organic
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: milk chocolate, lemon and brown sugar
About the farm: Entre Rios' is a farmer group in the region of La Libertad, San Marcos with strong beliefs and practices in sustainable organic farming. The majority of the members of this cooperative are refugees who fled to Mexico during the Guatemalan civil war. After the war they returned to the region of San Marcos and formed the community in La Libertad. Coffee cultivation was not a part of life in the community when it was first formed. However, through hard work and technical assistance from different entities, this community has now formed into an organic coffee cooperative.
Acidity: Average
Body: Average
Sweetness: Above average
Colombia - organic, fair trade
$11.00 - $58.00
Tasting notes: dark chocolate, cherry and caramel
About the farm: Sol Naciente was created in 2008 with the goal of uniting competing producers from the Sierra Nevada region. These producers come from two townships: Siberia and San Pedro which are located in the municipality of Ciénaga. The majority of these producers are recognized victims of armed conflict and they are in a program for land restitution. Now that they have regained their land, they decided to put it to good use and produce high-quality organic coffee.
Acidity: Average
Body: Above average
Sweetness: Average