Low acidity, smooth, sweet, and creamy. Notes of almonds with a buttery mouthfeel.
Haitians have experienced several ups and downs with its coffee production throughout history. The earthquake in 2010 impact the coffee farmers severely. It’s the time Cafe Kreyol team first visited Haiti, the most poverty stricken country in the Western Hemisphere.
After years of study and DNA verification, they separate some coffee trees in Haiti, being the same variety as Jamaican Blue Mountain. They found the coffee to have a sweet taste and a unique smoothness, almonds and butter, typical of island profile coffees.
Grown at a high altitude of Haiti’s tropical mountain region. This is the same varietal as Jamaican Blue Mountain, and Cafe Kreyol is utilizing it to create sustainable employment in Haiti. They believe farmers should get paid based on the quality of their product, over the years Cafe Kreyol keep paying around 300% higher wages than what Fair Trade requires.
- Origin: Haiti
- Region: Cap Haitian
- Producer: COOPACVOD
- Altitude: 1200m
- Cultivar: Blue Mountain varietal
- Processing: Washed
- Sourcing: Cafe Kreyol
- Certificate: USDA Organic