A balanced, bright coffee, with an interesting mix of heft, in terms of a juicy mouthfeel, and delicate tea notes of English Breakfast and Sencha. Transparent sweetness, subtle pear hint, and caramel popcorn note in the aftertaste. Tucked away in the Nyamasheke region of Rwanda’s Western Province is the Kanyege washing station site. At 1870…

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convincing cocoa and nut flavors at medium dark roast, sucanat, corn syrup, toasted sesame, with moderate tea-like acidity and buoyant body. The Heights Coffee Estate is located in Karatu region, not far from the city of Arusha. The farm was planted in the 1930s on the southern edge of the Ngororero Crater, and benefits from…

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Spice-forward flavor notes contrast underlying caramel sweetness, notes of cinnamon steeped tea, cardamom, bergamot, English Breakfast tea, and fruited hints of apple and Bosc pear. This lot is a blend of very small peaberry selections from six different farmer groups in Nyeri, Gatanga, Kiambu and Kirinyaga growing regions. “Wakulima Ndogo” means “small farmers” in Swahili,…

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(last updated: 16 July) Have 7 new coffee for the month. Adding a new Rwanda anaerobic fermentation micro-lot from Kanyege washing station, having a very stable taste profile, the washing station is definately doing a good job. Together with the new Tanzania AA and Burundi, we have a complete collection of all 5 countries (the…

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Middle roasts yield a foundation of burned sugars and rustic chocolate roast flavors, accented by hints of custard, pumpkin, herbal notes of basil and dried sorrel. It’s not often we have wet processed Sumatran coffee. The typical processing method is quite harsh on the coffee, and involves wet parchment bagged up at farms, transporting to…

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A well balanced, bittersweet cup, convincing flavor of brown sugar amidst semi-sweet cocoa powder, baking chocolate, a creamy hint of Brazil nut and cinnamon. Lake Atitlan is a sight to behold, a caldera lake of beautiful blue water surrounded by a trio of volcanoes, two of which are still active to this day. This highland…

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Moderate acidity, marked by just a hint of stone fruit, atop delicious low tones like chocolate malted grains, semi-sweet chocolate bar, and a stout beer note in the aftertaste. Hacienda La Pradera is a family-run farm on the outskirts of Aratoca town, within the Department of Santander. Unlike some of the small-holder farming regions we…

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potent aromatics of whole clove, mace and all spice in the nose, caramel and molasses sweetness and a brisk flavor of black tea Yandaro Station is a coffee cherry collection site located in Kayanza, Burundi’s northern province that borders neighboring Rwanda. The station itself is in the Kabarore Commune, which it serves, but also is…

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ripe and juicy fruited notes like peach, tropical star fruit, cherry, and lychee. Mild bittering underneath adds a grounding element, and an aromatic orange tea note impacts the finish. Honey processing involves leaving some of the sticky fruit intact with the coffee seeds during the entire drying period and tends to result in fruited sweetness,…

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cane sugar sweetness, syrupy full body, with some mild apple & melon acidity Republic of the Congo is a Central African countries famous of civil wars but not coffee production. But with the effort of different exporters, we see more and more Congo coffee available in roaster coffee list. It’s still not an easy job…

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