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Panama Elida Estate Catuai Natural
2024 Elida Estate Catuai Natural has arrived, in October, in Grainpro. A perennial favorite and one of the best processed Naturals to be had. A deep, earthy and highly complex profile. Classic Catuai Natural with powerful, sweet peach flavors. Juicy, piquant and notably well balanced. Black tea and blackcurrant tannins. This is a Direct trade coffee. We have a long standing relationship with the producer.
Costa Rica Sumava Geisha Red Honey
Arrived October 2024, new crop, in Grainpro packaging. Very fairly priced Geisha, especially for the quality. Unique processing technique adds a resting period for the cherries after harvest and before red honey processing in the micro mill. Jasmine, floral, honey, milk chocolate. A mix of sugars and florals with citrus acidity. Direct trade.
Nicaragua Maritza & Francisco Carbonic Maceration Natural
Arrived September 2024, new crop, packed in vacuum sealed bags within handmade, painted mahogany boxes. A beautiful presentation of the coffee waiting within. Notably sweet and complex with notes of marshmallow, plum, white grape, rum, cherry. Pipe tobacco aroma. Fruity Natural processed coffee with additional tropical fruit notes from its carbonic maceration fermentation. Supply is very limited.
Ethiopia Hamasho Natural Grade 1
Arrived September 2024, new crop in Grain-Pro bags. This coffee is fantastic and was a fan favorite the past two seasons. Hamasho is one of the nicer Naturals from Ethiopia that we have seen. Aromas of blueberry and cocoa. Flavors of berries and lemon. Very clean natural processed coffee. Moderate to significant fruit intensity. This coffee has been consistently a top Ethiopia Natural. Grade 1.
Panama Hacienda Esmeralda Geisha Cascara 'Tea'
Arrived by airfreight direct from Hacienda Esmeralda in the Panama Highlands. Cascara is the dried skin of coffee cherries that is brewed as a "tea", and this cascara is completely from Esmeralda's Geisha Natural coffees. This is not coffee to roast, but rather dried coffee cherry skin that is to brewed as a tea infusion. It is both sweet and possessing delicate coffee cherry flavors. An excellent cascara!
Costa Rica San Francisco 1900 Tarrazu
Arrived September 2024, new crop. The first arrival was by airfreight in vacuum packed boxes. A beautiful, direct trade, very high grown microlot.This season the preparation is Yellow Honey, so there is a small fruity aspect to the cup. Grown and milled by Hector Bonilla, who owns the Don Mayo micro mill and has a few of Tarrazu's most prized coffee properties. His coffee, from this same farm, won 1st place in CoE in 2009. His family also won 1st place in year's 2020 CoE. They are always among the top coffees from Costa Rica. We have been buying Don Mayo coffee for years and it has a loyal following.
Colombia Finca Lomaverde Chiroso Natural
Arrived late August, new crop and in Grainpro. One of five farms that make up Finca Santa Barbara, owned by the Eschavarria family. Fastidious farm practices make this classic Natural serve up bountiful cherry and strawberry fruit flavors. Clean, sweet cherry, honeycrisp apple and nutmeg flavors. A well priced Natural.
Guatemala El Socorro Laurina
Arrived August 2024 in grainpro, new crop. Laurina is a scarce variety with 1/3 to 1/2 of the caffeine content of other Arabicas. It also has an unusual and pleasantly sweet flavor profile with hints of roasted nuts and mild licorice aroma in brew. You can have 2 or 3 cups of Laurina and the same caffeine as 1 cup of other Arabica. This a variety with a bright future, however, it is difficult to grow, thus making it hard to find. This is one of the most promising varieties for the years ahead that you can enjoy today.
Peru Fair Trade Organic
Arrived September 2024, first new crop from Peru this season, from the APROCASSI coop. Clean cupping, sweet and bright coffee well suited to roasts from light to dark. Can be a blend component to brighten up other coffees, or as a single origin. Versatile and fairly priced.
Panama Don Julian Washed Geisha
Arrived by air in vacuum boxes early August 2024, new crop. This season we favored Finca Don Julian's Washed Geisha. Lots of floral notes including jasmine, hyacinth and plumeria. Also present are lemon and lemongrass and a decided amount of bergamot.
Colombia Nuevo Horizonte Pink Bourbon
Arrived end of August 2024 in lined bags and in very short supply. Very floral notes when ground becoming like orange blossom and expanding. Sweet flavors of tamarind, brown butter and florals. Single farm coffee grown at 2000 meters in Huila.
Panama Don Julian Pacamara Natural
New crop arrived via airfreight end August 2024, a Direct Trade coffee and best in recent memory of this particular coffee and process. Available quantity is always limited. Despite the small crop the coffee is a very delicious example of Pacamara showing flavors of dried dates, savory notes that evoke umami. Viscous body with a wine like and melony finish. Fruit intensity is significant. Complex with a long and memorable finish.
Colombia Finca La Fortuna Chiroso
Arrived August 2024 in Grainpro liners, new crop from Antioquia. Chiroso variety is attracting a big following. Very high grown 2,100 meter coffee exudes brightness. Mild floral notes and aromas. Stone fruit flavors, peach and pear. Very juicy and succulent with guava and papaya on the palate. Grown so high, the beans are hard and flavors concentrated.
Brazil Fazenda Triunfo Natural
Arrived July 2024, new crop, in Grainpro. Through the use of their proprietary Self-Induced Anaerobic Fermentation (SIAF) method and the introduction of starter cultures, the Agricola 8 fermentation process is optimized and accelerated, providing substantial gains in its efficiency and flavor development. Scientific details aside, Fazenda Triunfo's coffee is flavorful, clean and tasty.
Guatemala Antigua Santo Domingo SHB
Arrived August 2024, in grainpro, first new crop of this coffee. Santo Domingo is a genuine Guatemala Antigua coffee grown by a collective a 15 to 20 small area farms, combined and centrally processed by the traditional fully washed method and sun dried as conditions permit. The coffee trees are shade grown Bourbon and Caturra varietals. An excellent value for a top SHB coffee which can be used unblended or as a blend base. We have offered this coffee for several seasons and find it reliable and consistent.
Panama Esmeralda Private Collection Geisha Natural
Arrived July 2024, new crop in vacuum boxes. Natural process. The 'second coffee' and 100% Geisha varietal from Hacienda Esmeralda, from their noted Jaramillo property. Wonderfully crisp, delicate, floral and delightful cup at bargain prices for Geisha from this world famous property. Very limited supply. Direct trade.
Bolivia Fair Trade & Organic
New crop coffee, latest arrival early July 2024. AAA grade, we are happy to have secured this as Bolivian coffees are becoming increasingly hard to procure. Heavy aroma, low acidity, milk chocolate sweetness.
Ethiopia Yrgacheffe Reko Natural Grade 1
Arrived July 2024, new crop, in Grainpro. Nice fruity and clean Yirgacheffe Natural showing cherry cola, bittersweet chocolate and tamarind along with the significant fruit.
Costa Rica Santa Maria Dota Tarrazu
New crop arrived early July 2024 in grainpro. From the notable Coopedota cooperative in rugged, high elevation Tarrazu, this all purpose coffee is from area farms. This is a very impressive lot for the price with a combination of nuttiness and sweet baking flavors. Very clean with a silky finish. Solid solo choice for all roast levels or to add clean brightness to blends.
Panama Auromar Pacamara Natural
Arrived late 2024 via airfreight, new crop direct from the producer. This time it is a Pacamara variety with natural processing from Panama producer Roberto Brenes and his well known Finca Auromar. A mildly floral expression of Pacamara. Aromas: cherry, marzipan, roasted chestnut with savory overtones. Flavors of chocolate, raspberry and fig with tart cherry background and finish. Limited supply.
Costa Rica La Minita Tarrazu
New crop arrived May 2024, in grainpro and it seems especially nice this season. A perennial favorite with a big following.
Bolivia Bernadino Aliaga micro-lot
Arrived very end of May, new crop in grainpro.Small lot , single producer. Lots of fruit and vanilla aromas. Flavors of blueberry, persimmon, milk chocolate. Significant fruit flavors. Very clean aftertaste.
Burundi Horezo Washing Station
Arrived mid May 2024 in Ecotact bags. This is a good, solid and well priced Burundi, and it is versatile, meaning it can be used nicely as a single origin or blend component and takes well to a variety of roast levels. There is an interesting balance of sweet stone fruit flavors and tart green apple making for a dry finish.
Colombia Finca El Chupadero
Arrived March 2024 in Grainpro liners, new crop from Narino. Flavors of juicy cherry, cola, stone fruit, dried apricot, apple pie, hazelnut and milk chocolate. Bright and sweet. 2050 meter coffee grown close to the Equator. The high altitude and TLC make for concentrated, sophisticated flavors.
Colombia Ivan Montoya microlot
Arrived January 2024, freshly arrived from Antioquia Colombia. This microlot is from another new producer for us, Ivan Montoya. Of note, is the Chiroso varietal and its deliciously tart, complex flavors.
Colombia Aponte Honey
Arrived January 2024, new crop in Grainpro protective bags. Produced by the traditional Aponte community in the high reaches of Narino Colombia, these farms have ideal growing conditions. Most farms are above 2100 meters with the average being 2150, and the community is focused on quality coffee production and honey processing in particular. In recent years Aponte coffee growers have received recognition in Cup of Excellence events. Brown sugar, cedar and vanilla flavors with stone fruit juiciness.
Costa Rica Los Tucanes Red Honey
Arrived very late October 2023, new crop, in grainpro but being offered for the first time in February 2024. Another gem from the Bonita-Solis family. They have become the dominant family producing top quality coffee in the mountainous Tarrazu region. They own some of the best parcels of property and use their expertise to develop outstanding flavors. Flavors of sugary fruit, vanilla. Chocolate mouthfeel.
Costa Rica Rodolfo Rivera Geisha Natural
Our first offering from this producer. The coffee arrived in grainpro liners in October and is from the latest crop. Reasonably priced single producer Geisha from Costa Rica. Preserved lemon, soy. Floral notes and fruit, notably dried apricot, other tropical fruits and malt. A group of 7 local producers share facilities for processing their own coffee, but each producer's lots are kept separate.
Kenya AA Karinga
New 2023 crop, arrived October in Grainpro. Direct import. SL-28 and SL-34 from Kiambu County. Interesting and complex layered flavors of lemon verbena and other citrus notes with a bright lingering tartness of blackcurrant mixed with black tea tannins. One of our two top AA picks of the season.
Panama Bambito Estate
Arrived mid October 2023, new crop, in grainpro. Always a solid coffee. Scent of sugar cane and brown sugar. Flavors: sweet red fruits, concord grape, black currant, bittersweet chocolate, nutmeg. Well prepared and processed coffee from a top farm that has only gotten better in recent years.
Costa Rica Sumava Geisha Yellow Honey
Arrived October 2023, new crop, in Grainpro packaging. Very fairly priced Geisha, especially for the quality. Unique processing technique adds a resting period for the cherries after harvest and before yellow honey processing in the micro mill. Citrusy and floral with jasmine and bergamot. Nice delicate acidity and liveliness. Direct trade.
Guatemala Antigua Finca San Sebastian
Arrived September 2023, new crop, in grainpro. Aromas of coconut and papaya, with flavors of tropical fruit, graham crackers and brown sugar. A clean and refined cup that is delicately sweet and juicy. With lots of body and some perceived light smokiness the coffee has deep flavor and sweetness, common to the Bourbon variety. As with other high grown coffee, there is piquant acidity and Antigua's notable zesty character.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Naga Singage Grade 1
Arrived July 2023, current crop. One of our top washed picks of the season from Ethiopia. This coffee was processed at the famed Aricha Washing Station and represents local growers from the nearby community of Naga Singage, one of the villages near Yirgacheffe. Classic Yirgacheffe spice notes with a lush, viscous mouthfeel. Very bright with pronounced citrus piquancy. This Grade 1 is very clean and transparent.
Sumatra Mandheling Fair Trade Organic
Latest arrival July 2023 from the Koperasi Arisarina Cooperative. Raisin, persimmon, savory notes with a smoky finish. Very clean tasting, especially from this origin. Earthy, nutty and smooth.
Guatemala El Socorro Red Bourbon
Arrived late September 2023, new crop, in Grainpro. Sweet Red Bourbon varietal from this multi award winning farm in Palencia Guatemala, with which we have a Direct Trade relationship. Very sweet, clean cup really impressed us. We have offered a Bourbon, either red or yellow, from El Socorro for a number of years as their quality has been consistently excellent. El Socorro won 2nd Place in the 2021 Guatemala Cup of Excellence and 1st Place in the 2020 (for a Geisha varietal) yet all of their production targets top quality. Crop size was greatly reduced in 2022 as it was throughout Central America.
Peru Swiss Water Organic Decaf
A new addition to our Decaf lineup, an organic Swiss Water Decaf that is also Grade 1. Mild, clean, bright and free of taints. Chemically pure from end to end, origin to you.
Colombia Supremo
Latest arrival mid September 2022. Clean and bright with intense aroma. Snappy acidity and generous sweetness; a nice preparation. Supremo beans are the largest grade, screen 17 and above. These are really all purpose coffees, checking the boxes for single origin, blend component, and, light or dark roasts.
Colombia Luzmila Masabuel Finca El Totumo
Arrived September 2024, new crop, in grainpro and a direct import. Repeat of a customer favorite. Small 4 hectare farm in Inza Cauca producing seductively clean cup with flavors of bittersweet chocolate and cacao nibs. Sweet, clean but with some savory aspects. Well processed. After a year gap, Ms. Masabuel's coffee has returned, and probably the best she has produced to date.