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Floral, signature citrus acidity, clean lemon juice
These beans shine at the lighter roast points, a very sweet and delicate cup on the fruitier side. Banana and melon lead the tastes and fruits like strawberry and orange also stand out, although they are a bit more subtle. Many times “Anerobic” processing gives the coffee a pretty intense sour/grape/winey tone, but in this…
A very jazzy, sweet and delicate lighter roast bean with wonderful aromatics. Medium roasts reduce the citric and floral, smoother cup building a bit more body and showing more of what we classically think of Asian coffees, bolder with some spice notes. A lovely coffee but unique offering even for Laos, Gesha is an Ethiopian…
Complex fruitiness, Winey tone coffee with blackcurrant, mango and raisin flavor Blanca ligia correa (mother) and juan antonio herrera(father) married and had fourteen children. In 1945 Juan Antonio decided to introduce three different varieties to the existing Typica, and that is how he started a crop of Yellow Bourbon, Red Bourbon and Caturra. In 1945, Café…
A fruited honey process coffee from Rwanda, with juicy mouthfeel that props up impressions of stone fruits, pear jam, and berry juice, along with rustic sugars, and balanced bittersweets. Kibirizi is the name of the town this coffee comes from, as well as the coffee washing station where it was processed (“CWS”). The wet mill…
Acidity and syrupy sweetness stood out in the cup, which shouldn’t be a surprise given the Kenyan variety. Aromatic honey note, cane juice, dark tea, Turkish spice mix, lemon-like brightness. It’s a coffee from Sumava coffee farm in Costa Rica. One unique thing, it’s an SL 28 variety, which is a unique Bourbon selection from…
Remarkably sweet decaf with bright accents, caramel and raw sugars, apple top note, accents of tree nuts and rye, barley malt, and low-toned chocolatey base flavors. Cordillera Central decaf blend includes a rotating cast of coffees from countries straddling the vast mountain ranges of Central America. This blend is put together with balance in mind,…
Sweet notes of honey and malt, lime-like acidity, orange tea, tangerine, citrus zest, light brown sugar note that lingers in the finish with a hint of sweetened black tea that cleanly disappears on the palate. The Makonga coffee cooperative is located in a Mbinga District, Ruvuma, on Tanzania’s southernmost border with Mozambique. The coffee delivered…
Clean fruitiness of citrus, sweet chocolate and floral/herbal notes of lavender, jasmine, bergamot and hops. Chelelektu station is in Kochere district (not far from Yirgacheffe town) in Gedeo zone, ‘Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples’ (SNNP) region of Ethiopia. It is one of the member co-op of Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU). The combination of…
Heavy body heightens bittersweet flavors, like high % cacao bar and baking chocolate, with a plum note behind it, and a vanilla/spice combination that plays into flavor profile of spiced rum. This coffee was processed at a mill in Puncak Sirna, who currently work with around 250 small farmers in the broader Cianjur District. Most…