Summer Blend V2 Colombia Inza Cauca El Salvador San Jose Ataco Uganda White Nile Flavour: White chocolate, passion fruit, berry spice Body: medium, high Roast: light — medium Acidity: yellow plums Brewing method: espresso, Mokapot, pourover Varietal(s):Caturra, Colombia, Castillo, Pacas, Sarchimor, SL 14 & Catimor Processing: Wet processed Altitude: 1 […]
Finca Gamboa has been in Martin Gutierrez’s family for several generations and Martin inherited the farm around 40 years ago. At 19 hectares, the farm is the largest in a group of smaller farms that Martin and his three brothers own. They founded the Montañas del Diamante mill several years […]
Summer Blend 2018 Tanzania Kitamu El Salvador San Jose Ataco Uganda White Nile Flavour: Marzipan, orange marmalade, dried fruit Body: Medium, buttery Roast: Light – medium Acidity: Pleasant, apple Suitable for: Plunger, Mokapot, Espresso, Siphon Varietal(s): Bourbon N39, Kent KP 423, Pacas, Sarchimor, SL14, Catimor Processing: Wet processed Altitude: 1 […]
Onze Mil Virgens means ‘Eleven Thousand Virgins’. People in the region say that Onze Mil Virgens previously belonged to a bigger farm in the rural area of Rio Paranaíba that had around 11,000 acres. It was a ‘Virgen’ forest (The Cerrado biome) at the time. When it was divided into […]
A look at the specs of these two delicious coffees- Gigesa Guji Varietal(s): Heirloom (Arabica) Processing: Fully washed & dried on raised beds Altitude: 1,800 to 2,000 metres above sea level Owner: Various smallholder farmers Town: Denbi Uddo, Shakisso District Region: Oromia, Guji Sidamo Werka Varietal(s): Heirloom (Arabica) Processing: Natural […]
Gititu means, itself, ‘big forest’ in Kikuyu, one of the native languages of the region. Although- These days, there is not a great deal of dense forested areas in this part of Kenya. Gititu FCS is one of the oldest cooperatives in Kiambu, being founded in the 1970s. Today, the […]
Hario has made quite a name for itself in the specialty coffee scene and has received a plethora of design awards but is best known best for their iconic V60 dripper. The name is derived from vector 60, a reference to the 60 degree angle of its cone. The […]
Vacuum brewers were originally designed to pull water through much finer ground coffee by using the force of vacuum in the final phase of the brewing process. The Grind It was believed those days that finer ground coffee produced a tastier cup. It must be noted that finely ground […]
As some of you may already know Kenya is on the top of my coffee origin list. It seems common to have a transition of ones cup-profile preference as you evolve in your exploration of specialty coffee. My preference over the last 10 years looked a little like this- Indonesia; […]
It appears that almost everybody loves the Aeropress. Let’s take a peek into why that is. Filter Options The type of filter you use to brew your coffee will affect what ends up in the cup. The standard filter that you receive with your Aeropress is, in my opinion, […]
Rwanda Musasa Dukunde Kawa Nkara Historically this coffee has affectionately been known as Musasa. We’ve been buying from this co-op since the beginning of time (2009 if my memory serves me right). And for a good reason – it’s consistently awesome. A look at the specs Washing Station: Nkara […]
Winter Blend 2018 Brazil Sao Silvstre Tanzania Mbeya Uganda Sipi Falls FLAVOUR: Caramelised sugar, cherry, brown spice BODY: Medium-full, chewy ROAST: Light- Medium ACIDITY: Mellow, papaya SUITABLE FOR: Espresso, plunger, Mokapot PROCESSING: Pulped natural, fully washed VARIETALS: Various ALTITUDE: 1 250 – 2 000 masl Brazil Sao Silvestre Fazenda São […]
Michael Gehrken – the owner of the farm – was born in Germany, and along with his wife Tina, have farmed Blackburn estate for over 20 years now. When they took over the farm, Blackburn’s coffee trees were entirely overgrown with vegetation indigenous to this beautiful area on the southern […]
The Chemex: Simplicity, minimalism and a mildly predetermined extraction process One unique characteristic about the Chemex is it’s simplistic design and affinity to a minimalist lifestyle compared to other brewers that fall in the pour-over category. The Chemex can be a standalone brewer if you need it to be. It’s […]
We were able to purchase two different varieties from Fazenda Passeio to taste side by side. Bourbon and Icatu. They are both Natural Processed coffees. In this style, processing flavour is generally highlighted, whereas with washed coffees genetic traits can be more easily identified. Nonetheless we wanted to know what the difference is. […]
An Introduction First off- lets clear up some confusion around the name. In Italy it’s known as a caffettiera a stantuffo. In New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa it’s known as a ‘Coffee plunger’. In UK ,Netherlands and France the name is ‘Cafetière’. In the United States and Canada, it is known as a ‘French press’ or ‘Coffee press’. The coffee press was patented by Milanese […]
Lunji Estate was founded during Tanzania’s colonial era, in 1893, which was also the year the first coffee trees were planted on the farm. The owner at the time was a German settler. He returned to Europe at the end of the WWI, leaving the management of the farm to […]
As a young man Javier Golondrino used to help his father pick coffee every season. When Javier turned 15, his father gifted him 1 000 trees. Since then, Javier has managed to grow his small parcel of land into a reasonably—sized farm of 2 hectares and now tends to 10 […]
An Introduction The Moka Pot is a stove-top coffee maker that brews coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam in a closed system through ground coffee. It’s named after the south western Yemenite city of Mocha which was the purported major marketplace for Coffea Arabica from the 15th to the early 18th century. It […]
Some of you may have noticed that we have a coffee from Ecoagricola already, which is natural processed and 100% Yellow Catucai. This time around, we picked up a bit of their Cup of Excellence awarded coffee. It’s the same variety but processed using the Pulped—Natural method instead of Natural. […]
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