What is the most expensive coffee in the world? If you asked Google, it’s still Kopi Luwak. But if you ask coffee drinker in Hong Kong, we will all say “Geisha”. A cup can easily go beyond $100. Auction lot of Panama Gesha can sell as high as US$1,000/LB. This variety is definitely the most…

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flavor of peach, mandarin, strong orange blossom floral aroma, ending like a lemon tea. Finca Monteblanco, located high along the winding mountain roads of Vereda La Tocora in the San Adolfo municipality above Pitalito, is a family farm managed by Rodrigo Sanchez Valencia in the tradition of coffee cultivation that began with his grandfather. Monteblanco’s…

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resonant sweetness of raw honey accented by notes of Assam tea and rose hips, with tangy orange zest, perfumed with star jasmine, floral lemon, and an aromatic hint of pink bubblegum in the finish. This Gesha lot from Acatenango is the result of Sweet Maria’s sourcing team in Huehuetenango for years. They are lucky enough…

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Intense fruit notes like strawberry, peach with bright floral of orange blossom. Ending with strong Earl grey or Oolong tea flavor. Guji-native Tadesse Edema is a pioneer among producers in Uraga. He was among the first to build a washing station in the region. His Tome washing station was built in 2008.  Tadesse is a…

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Complex earth tones and intense bittersweetness of high % cacao bar and bakers chocolate, accents of rustic palm sugar, peat-like scotch note, tobacco, leathery sweetness, aromatic cedar, and an orange oil hint. Lintong Nihota is the town that has become synonymous with the entire southern part of Lake Toba area, and most of the coffee…

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Adding 4 new coffee this month. The 2 Ethiopians come from the same washing station in Guji zone, processed in washed and natural, order both to taste how processing affect flavor. The new Nicaragua is a very high quality nutty coffee, even stronger than it’s washed version that sold out quick in April. After as…

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Can coffee taste nutty? As a general rule, coffee can most certainly have a nutty flavor which is the direct result of how it is roasted. Nutty flavor is generally considered a good thing. “Good” nutty flavors might include a hint of almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, walnut, cashew, or pecans. “Bad” nutty flavors would…

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Coffee too bitter, can I have some sugar? No need anymore. Let’s see these coffee option with naturally sweet taste. Now, specialty professionals and consumers alike want their morning coffee to have a hint of sweetness, or sometimes called it “balanced”, coffee can have a hint of sweetness. Sweetness are naturally found in roasted coffee…

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Fruity flavor is a major part of speciality coffee. In the SCA Flavor Wheel, the fruity core ring together with floral and negative flavor sour/fermented and green/vegetative, take up almost half of the wheel. Fruity flavor are natural compounds that coffee plant stored in the seeds when it’s growing up. Flavorful components like citric acid,…

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The sweetness has a pungent quality, like caramelized sugars with a subtle smoked sweetness, top notes of walnut, marshmallow, some almond marzipan, hazelnut chocolate, well-integrated acidity. The land where Santa Ines de Medina coffee farm sits has been in the Minondo family since the late 1800’s. Initially, it was part of a much larger plot…

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