Country: Guatemala

Name: Arabica

Farm: Jabiru Union Cantinil 

Region: Huehuetenango

Altitude: 1,500 - 1,900 meters asl

Process: Washed

Your January Coffee is Guatemala Huehuetenango -Jabiru Union Cantinil

This is an SHB EP grade washed coffee from the Union Cantinil municipality located in the Huehuetenango department of Guatemala. There are as many as 76 small producers, with farms averaging 1.5 hectares in size, that contribute to this lot. Varieties harvested include Bourbon, Caturra, Typica, and Catuai. Growing altitude is around 1700 masl.

The coffee is fully processed by smallholder farmers. Cherries are harvested ripe and them de - pulped usually by either manual or small - motored pulpers. This is then left to ferment overnight until the coffee’s remaining mucilage ahas broken down. Washing is then carried out, usually in specialized channels.The washed parchment is always sun dried as the small holders don’t have access to mechanical driers. 

Coffee farming practices are similar to other countries in the region, but Guatemala has an abundance of water, volcanic soil, and very distinct micro - climates compared to it’s  neighbors. 

VARIETAL: CATURRA, BOURBON,CATUAI, PACHE

Country: Tolima, Colombia

Name: Colombian Dulima

Farm: Neiva Mill

Region: Central Huila

Altitude: 1,600 - 1,900 meters asl

Process: Washed

Your December Coffee is Colombian Select Dulima

Colombia Dulima is an Excels EP grade coffee sourced from high altitudes in the Colima and Hula growing regions. As an excellent single origin, this washed coffee is smooth and clean, with a pointed acidity and good body.

The area around the volcano Colima is not rich in volcanic soils, it is a “neotropical high mountain biome” known for dramatic fluctuations in temperature. The are around Tolima is the largest  paramo on earth. Paramo are known for dramatic fluctuations in temperature, from below freezing at night to nearly 90 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, described as summer every day and winter every night. These fluctuations-at lower altitudes where they are no so dramatic-are great for growing coffee. Despite these conditions, people have lived on the paramo for thousand of years. The Pijaos people were native to the region now known as Tolima long before the Spanish arrived. They fought hard agains the invaders and when they finally retreated they moved into the highlands around Nevada del Colima, the volcano they called Dulima, meaning Snow Queen, and a name that also serves synonymously as identification of their homeland. Dulima is named for the spirit of the Pijaos people and their Snow Queen who, unbeknownst to them, created a superior environment for growing coffee.

Variety: Caturra, Castillo

Country: Ruiru, Kenya

Name: Rukira AB

Farm: Rukera Farm

Region: Kiambu Country

Altitude: 1,500 - 1,600 meters asl

Process: Processing Sun-dried on African beds

Your November Coffee is CRI - Rukira AB - Kenya

This exceptional AB lot was produced at the historic Rukera Farm, owned and operated by Kenya’s Coffee Research institute, one of the country’s primary agricultural bodies, As one of the country’s key colonial crops, it is perhaps not surprising that investment in coffee research in Kenya dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. 

During the harvest, only the ripest cherries are picked at each pass. These are delivered on the same day to the ‘factory’ (as Kenyan washing stations/wet mills are called), sorted to remove any damaged or underripe cherries, and pulped on the farms’ 4 disk pulper. The pulped coffee is then fermented for around 12 hours before being fully washed in clean water pumped from the Ruiru River to remove all the remaining mucilage.

Country: Hondura

Name: Fredy Hernandez Vasquez

Farm: Quebrada Onda

Region: Lempira

Altitude: 1,500 - 1,700m

Process: Washed

Your October Coffee is Honduras Lempira Catuai

This coffee comes from the Lempira district of Honduras. It is cultivated at 1500-1700m, in Quebrada Onda by Fredy Hernandez Vasquez. After washing, it is ration dried. 

Quebrada Honda is located in the district of Chepigana along the Panamerican Highway in the province of Darien. Quebrada Honda is largely an agricultural community, where residents work on farms to produce crops such as coffee, beans, corn plantains and yams. These agricultural activities are the main source of income for 90% of residents. Within Quebrada Honda is a single primary school, where students from kindergarten to 6th grade attend classes. Quebrada Honda does not have it’s own health center, forcing residents to travel to Santa Fe for medical or dental care.

VARIETAL: CATUI

Country: Honduras

Name: Hector Ventura

Farm: Finca El Naranjo

Region: Lempira

Altitude: 1,750 - 1,8500 m

Process: Washed

Your September Coffee is Finca El Naranjo

Prior to 1900 coffee was essentially a garden crop in Honduras, grown on small lots of land and traded within the country for internal consumption. Banana was king well into the 20th century. There eventual and gradual decline in banana production over the decades coincided with a slow but steady growth in coffee production. Today, Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America and among the largest worldwide, exporting more than 6 million bags. More than 60% of Honduran coffee is grown above 1,200 meters and almost all on small to medium sized farms. 

Within the community of Tapuiman, Hector Ventura operates a 2.6 acre farm named El Naranjo. Hector has grown up within the area, selling his family’s coffee in the form of cherry locally. For the last three years he has improved his farm management by controlling the pH of his soil, organically fertilizing by utilizing compost, and implementing methods to take care of the farm and improve the livelihood. 

VARIETAL: CATUI

Country: Guatemala

Name: Carlos Gomez

Farm: Finca El Pamarito

Region: El Progreso

Altitude: 1,700 - 1,900 masl

Process: Washed

Your August Coffee is Sierra de las Minas

Sierra de las Minas mountain range in eastern Guatemala, Finca EL Pamarito reaps the benefits of its proximity to such a towering geologic structure. Extending 15 - 30 km, huge by the valleys of the Polochic, Motagua and Salama rivers create varying biomes provides the ideal climate and soil to grow coffee. The name translates to mountain range of the mines’ due to the jade, marble and other mineral quarries. This is home to Mesoamerica’s largest cloud forests and houses a biodiverse array of ecosystems. Approximately 70% of all bird and mammal species in Guatemala and Belize are located here. Some species include the margay, cougar, and the iconic quetzal. The cooler temperatures and higher altitudes allow for a slower maturation of the coffee, cherry, improving sugar development and improving quality.

Forty years ago, Don Higinio Gomez, was the first producer in the area to transition to coffee rather than continuing potato production which was more common at the time. Now, Don’s son Carlos runs and manage the 60-ha farm that is carefully intercropped with native forest shade.

VARIETAL: CATURRA, BOURBON, CATIMOR

Country: El Salvador

Name: The Alfaro Family

Farm: Finca El Carmen

Region: Apaneca, Ahuachapan

Altitude: 1,300 masl

Process: Fully washed

Your July Coffee is Finca El Carmen

El Salvador’s Apaneca - llamatepec mountain range is one of Central America’s prime specialty coffee producing areas. The estate was founded in the middle of the 19th century when Antonio Jose Alfaro acquired a plot of land near the village of Ataco - meaning “Site of Elevated Springs’ in the indigenous Nahuatl language - where he started to produce coffee. The estate’s coffee is produces under approximately 60% shade cover, which is required for the coffee to ripen evenly. During the harvest, the red and orange Bourbon cherries are hand - picked only when perfectly ripe and de pulped the same day. The beans are then naturally fermented ripe and de-pulped the same day. The beans are then naturally fermented, washed with pure spring water, and sun - dried on clay patios.

Country: Peru

Name: Peru Kovachii

Farm: Small Local Farms

Region: Cajamarca, North Peru

Altitude: 1,200-2,200 masl

Process: By hand on producers farm

Your June Coffee is Peru Kovachii.

We are excited to add Peru variety to our line up a single origin coffees. It’s a complex coffee from the Cajamarca region of Northern Peru. We found it to be a well rounded cup with a creamy body. Noted of lime citrus meets apricot and cocoa. A perfect flavor profile for the warmer months! Sourced from the North of Peru in the region of Cajamarca, cherries are harvested, de-pulped, processed and then dried either on patios, drying beds or on tarps. Farmers from all over the region process and dry the coffee on their farms, then they bring the coffee is transported. The coffee cherries are picked at full ripeness, and then fully washed and sun dried. Samples are taken at full ripeness, and then fully washed and sun-dried. Samples are taken from each, the green is evaluated and the coffee is tasted - from here a price is agreed and the coffee is stored. 

Varietals: Caturra, Catuai, Typica, Bourbon

Country: Tanzania

Name: Tanzania Iyenga

Farm: Mbeya-Iyenga AMCOS

Region: Mbeya

Altitude: 1,670-1,950 metres asl

Process: Sun-dried on African beds

Your May Coffee is Tanzania Iyenga.

All of the farmers in Iyenga village are very small scale and grow coffee on 5 hectares or fewer (most only have a hectare or so). In addition to coffee, many grow maize, peanuts and beans. The majority of farmers often keep one or two cows and some poultry, as well.

Group leaders encourage women and young people to participate in coffee agriculture activities and in all cooperative activities. When the group first registered, there were only 64 members, all of whom are male. Now, of the group’s 193 members, 17 are female!

This lot from Iyenga AMCOS is a mix of home processed and mill pulped coffees. In both cases, all coffee is hand harvested and pre-sorted before pulping.

Country: Tanzania

Name: ITUMPI

Farm: Itumpi AMCOS

Region: Songwe

Altitude: 1680 metres above sea level

Process: Fully washed & sun-dried

Your April airdrop is Itumpi AMCOS - TANZANIA

This lot is made from partially processes coffee, with cherry hand harvested and pre-sorted before being delivered to be pulped. The cherries are picked, sorted and pulped all in the same day, with processing conducted that evening. After fermenting for 2-3 days the beans are take  to raised beds to be dried. The process of drying will typically take anywhere between 9 to 12 days; with beans only removed once the moisture content has reached 11% or lower. Once dried, parchment coffee is bagged and sent to the dry mill to be prepped for export.

Country: Guatemala

Name: EL REGALITO

Farm: Arturo and Vielmann Villatoro

Region: Huehuetenango

Altitude: 1800 metres above sea level

Process: Fully washed & sun dried

Country: Guatemala

Name: SAN LORENZO

Farm: Finca San Lorenzo

Region: Coban

Altitude: 1550 metres above sea

Process: Fully washed and sun dried

Country: Guatemala

Name: Cooperativo Chichipac

Farm: APCC

Region: Baja Verapaz

Altitude: 1800-2000 MASL

Process: Fully washed and dried

Country: Colombia

Name: San Antonio Select

Farm: 40 smal holder farmers

Region: Cauca

Altitude: 1750-2100 MASL

Process: Fully Washed

The association of coffee growers, ASORCAFE, was founded in 2004 by 10 coffee growers with an entrepreneurial spirit who were tired of private parchment buyers who were paying them below national prices. Every single microlot was delivered and cupped and reserved due to its scoring 85 points or above by the cupping lab in Pedregal.

Country: Peru

Name: Santo Tomas

Farm: La Guyaba, La Pina

Region: Cajamarca

Altitude: 1900-1950 MASL

Process: Fully washed and dried

Country: Peru

Name: Finaca Cinco Corazones

Farm: Finca Cinco Corazones

Region: Chanchamayo, Junin

Altitude: 1500-1800 MASL

Process: Washed

Country: Peru

Name: Peru Finca Matapalo

Farm: Shared-X Impact Farmers

Region: Llapa District

Altitude: 1450-1800 MASL

Process: Fully washed and dried

Country: Colombia

Name: Aldemar Pillimue

Farm: Las Cascadas

Region: Inza, Cauca

Altitude: 1950 MASL

Process: 48 hr Fermentation + Sundried

Country: Guatemala

Name: Victor Calderon

Farm: Finca El Tambor

Region: Palencia

Altitude: 1676-1860 MASL

Process: Fully washed and sundried

Country: Peru

Name: Santo Tomas, Cutervo

Farm: Daniel, Flores & Roger

Region: Cajamarca

Altitude: 1900-1950 MASL

Process: Fully washed and dried

Your May airdrop is SANTO TOMAS, CUTERVO from PERU.

Coffee processing techniques in the region and tested methods of production, often passed down through the generations. Much of the drive to produce quality can be seen in the level of attention to processing. Varieties are selected to suit the climate and also to produce an excellent cup profile. This is either by sharing varieties between farms or by buying new varieties from other parts of the country and testing their quality.

Country: Peru

Name: Cayayuk, Cutervo

Farm: Joaquin and Homero

Region: Cajamarca

Altitude: 1900 MASL

Process: Fully washed and dried

Country: Guatamela

Name: Victor Calderon

Farm: Finca El Tambor

Region: Palencia

Altitude: 1676-1860 MASL

Process: Fully washed and sundried

Country: Peru

Name: Santo Tomas, Cuterva

Farm: La Guayaba, La Pina

Region: Cajamarca

Altitude: 1900-1950 MASL

Process: Fully washed

Country: Ethiopia

Name: Guji Uraga

Farm: Girum Girma Station

Region: Uraga

Altitude: 2000-2300 MASL

Process: Washed

Country: Colombia

Name: San Antonio Select

Farm: 40 small holder farmers

Region: Cauca

Altitude: 1750-2100 MASL

Process: Fully washed

Your December airdrop is San Antonio from COLOMBIA.

The coffee was produced by 40 smallholder coffee producers hailing from the sub-municipality of San Antonio. Every single micro - lot delivered was cupped and reserved due to its scoring 85 points or above. These stringent standards result in very limited quantities of this exceptional blend of 70% + Caturra and approx 30% Variedad Colombia being made available for export.

Country: Ethiopia

Name: Inza Cauca

Farm: Small holder farmers

Region: Inza, Cauca

Altitude: 1500-1800 MASL

Process: Washed

Country: Ethiopia

Name: Nano Genji

Farm: Kata Muduga Union

Region: Oromiaz

Altitude: 1900-2200 MASL

Process: Washed

Varieties: Ethiopia Landraces

Country: Ethiopia

Name: Yukro

Farm: Yukro Co-operative

Region: Oromia

Altitude: 2000 masl

Process: Washed

Varieties: Ethiopia Landraces

Country: Colombia

Name: Nariño

Farm: Various Smallholder Farms

Region: Nariño

Altitude: 1600-2300 masl

Process: Washed

Varieties: Colombia, Tabi, Typica