We play with old world coffee this month. Before the new world (mainly lead by Brazil with it’s signature variety “Mundo Novo”) started growing coffee in 17th century, coffee production can only be found in 3 origins: Yemen, India and Java. Yemen is the first country in the world that successfully cultivate wild arabica tree…

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Blueberry, dried strawberry, anise, and dark chocolate. This new Yemen Hajjah is produced by 97 smallholder farms from the villages of Bani Alawam and Mabyan in the high mountains of Yemen’s northwestern Hajjah Governorate. Coffee is one crop that continues to survive all others in this region and makes up almost 50% of most family…

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sweet tobacco flavors, caramel, spicy, with a creamy body. This is a very unique coffee specifically because of the “Monsooning” process. The natural coffee beans are in a well-ventilated brick or concrete floored warehouses in thick, 4-6in piles and are exposed to moisture filled monsoon winds. Exposing these beans to this type of weather brings…

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molasses, palm sugar, foresty notes, tobacco, and chocolate bar bittersweetness. Giling Basah (Wet Hulling) In the Bahasa language of Indonesia, Giling Basah means “wet-hulled.” Giling Basah refers to a coffee process that is specific to Indonesia and creates a signature flavor. Wet-hulled coffees can have more body and lower acidity, but they also fall short…

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heavy, almost syrupy body and its low acidity, smooth, velvety, yet pronounced cup of coffee. Powerful aroma. Direct and sturdy with nutty flavor. The Ketiara Cooperative was established in 2009 by 38 people and joined the Fair Trade movement in 2011. Today, Ketiara has nearly 900 members and is led primarily by women, who occupy…

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caramel-almond note has a confectionary quality to it, accented by subtle lemon peel top note, and underlying chocolate roast bittering that’s well-balanced. Fredy Vasquez’ farm is located in the Lempira sub region of western Honduras. His farm is situated near a fresh water source, the Quebrada Honda (often spelled “Onda” since the H is not…

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Adding 5 new coffee this month (2 more decaf are coming). Keep adding organic certified coffee, this time is from Sumatra Gayo, produced by a women-centric co-cop. The other is a sweet Hondurans from Central America, carrying a strong caramel almond note, good choice for nutty coffee. Highlight of the month are three Ethiopia new…

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Complex fruity flavour of lemon, apple and mandarin; Jasmine, Damascus rose aroma; turn to berry with honey sweetness when getting cool. A clean cup sweet coffee. Found by Adam Overton and Rachel Samuel in 2011, Gesha Village Coffee Estate is probably the most talked-about story on Gesha variety. Many big roasters in Hong Kong like UCR,…

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Classic Yirgacheffe notes that are bright, sweet, fresh, very clean, citrusy, especially at the beginning of the crop year. Hints of melon. Chocolate body. Crisp with lingering finish. The exporter calls this coffee YirgZ as the ending “Z” stands for zero defects. This coffee is machine and hand sorted three times to produce a final…

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Jasmine, Orange, raspberry, apricot flavor. Black tea ending with plum, raisin, red currant tone. This is the non-competition lot of Robi Wet Coffee Processing PLC, who ranked no. 26 in Ethiopia’s COE 2021. Robi is a coffee supplier who has been in the coffee industry for two years and works with more than 300 farmers…

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