COSTA RICA POETA

MEDIUM ROAST

ORGANIC

NOTES OF APRICOT, BROWN SUGAR, APPLE

SOURCED FROM: Costa Rica

ELEVATION: 1100 to 1100 meters

VARIETALS: Catuai, Caturra

PROCESS: Fully Washed, Patio Drying

"El Poeta" is sourced from family-owned farms located near San Rafael de San Ramon within the province of Alajuela, Costa Rica. Producers collaborate with an export and milling company called Cafe de Altura de San Ramon Especial S.A to gain access to technical support for best agricultural practices. This partnership has helped to improve quality, increase earnings from coffee sales, and strengthen family livelihoods.

COLOMBIA NATURAL

MEDIUM ROAST

ORGANIC

NOTES OF STRAWBERRY ,VANILLA, APPLE  

SOURCED FROM: Colombia

ELEVATION: 1600 to 1850 meters

VARIETALS: Colombian Varietal

PROCESS: Natural, Raised Beds

Santa Barbara Estate, in the Antioquia Department, was founded by Pedro Echavarria over 40 years ago. The Echavarria family has been in coffee for many generations; until the last decade, when the family decided to vertical integrate their farm with a dry mill and export operations and turn their attention to the production of coffee to cater to the growing and evolving Specialty Coffee sector. Santa Barbara Estate processes most of their coffee production using the traditional washed process, making this Natural process lot a minimal and unique yearly delivery of fewer than 1 full container. The combination of high altitude, volcanic soil, and skills results in one of Colombia's best natural process coffees.

HONDURAS NATURAL

MEDIUM ROAST

ORGANIC

NOTES OF BLACKBERRY, COCOA, ORANGE, and STRAWBERRY

COSMA

1220 to 1524 METERS

BOURBON, TYPICA , CATUAI ,CATURRA

NATURAL MILLED

PATIO SUN DRIED

Cafe Organico Marcala, or COMSA, was created in 2000 by 62 farmers who wanted to reform the way coffee was grown. Many of the members belong to the indigenous Lenca tribe who brought their traditional sustainable organic farming practices along with them. In 2001, they were certified organic, in 2006 achieved fair trade status, and today they boast over 300 members—providing much-needed employment to many local farmers and workers, and using the premium they gain from their excellent product for important social projects in their communities. Now recognized as innovators in organic techniques—from carbon sequestration, to methods of drying harvested coffee, to the recycling of wastewater—they share their practices with neighboring countries to find organic solutions to problems such as coffee rust.

SUMATRA KETIARA

FULL MEDIUM ROAST

NOTES OF DARK CHOCOLATE, PAPAYA, AND A BIT OF EARTHY SPICE

ORGANIC

CENTRAL ACEH, NORTHERN SUMATRA

1500 METERS

CATIMOR, BOURBON, TYPICA, CATURRA

WET HULLED

SUN DRIED

WOMEN IN COFFEE: Ketiara is a women-run cooperative. The Ketiara Cooperative was started by Ibu Rahmah, who had operated and managed her family’s coffee business for 20 years-purchasing cherries, processing the green, and selling to local traders. Many of these producers are women who unfortunately lost their husbands in the 2003 civil war. They have persevered in a male-dominated culture and industry to produce this bold cupping coffee. The cooperative members voted to become organic and Fairtrade certified in 2012, making a commitment to use these proceeds to create programs for health, education, and public infrastructure projects that will benefit all co-op members.

ETHIOPIA YIRGACHEFFE NATURAL

LIGHT ROAST

NOTES OF RASPBERRY, BLUEBERRY, WATERMELON

ORGAINC

NATURAL PROCESSED 

2100 METERS

ETHIOPIA HEIRLOOM

NATURAL MILLED

DRIED KENYA DRAWER STYLE

Yirgacheffe coffees like this one are largely produced from traditional Ethiopian varieties of Arabica long grown in the region. This is a “natural” or dry-processed version, meaning the beans were dried inside the fruit, encouraging a flavor profile that is less predictable and deeper than the wet-processed or “washed” floral- and citrus-toned Yirgacheffe profile. Like virtually all coffees from the Yirgacheffe region, this coffee is produced by villagers on small, garden plots interplanted with food and other subsistence crops.

PANAMA

MEDIUM ROAST

NOTES OF SWEET CREAM, CHOCOLATE, BROWN SUGAR

ORGANIC

1100 to 1400 meters

Catuai,Caturra,Typica

Fully Washed

Patio Drying

Berlina Estate is an 84 hectare farm located in the Boquete District of northern Panama. The farm has been owned by the Tzanetatos family since 1997, however, it gets its name from the wife of the previous owner who was from Berlin, Germany. Clemente Vega manages the farms of Berlina Estate and the approximately 300 workers that are employed during harvest. When it comes to their coffee, Clemente ensures that all cherries that are picked for Berlina Estate’s production are 100% ripe. They hand separate any cherries that don’t meet their standards, to guarantee the highest quality and intensity of flavor.

MEXICO Chiapas Finca Santa Rosa

MEDIUM ROAST

NOTES OF GRAHAM CRACKER, ORANGE, PEAR

ORAGANIC

SOURCED FROM

Chiapas, Mexico

ELEVATION

900 to 1000 meters

VARIETALS

Bourbon, Caturra, Mundo Novo, Typica

PROCESS

Fully Washed, Mechanical Dryer

Owned by Familia Lievano, Santa Rosa is in La Concordia in the Chiapas region of Mexico. The producer, Arturo Lievano Moreno, received ownership of the land in 1968 and named the farm after his mother, Rosa. During harvest season, Santa Rosa employs 175 people and keeps on 20 during the rest of the year. Santa Rosa has won multiple awards in Mexico and is managed by the producer’s son, Arturo Jr.

COLOMBIA SIERRA NEVADA

MEDIUM ROAST

NOTES OF CHERRY AND MILK CHOCOLATE

ORGANIC

Caturra, Castillo, Colombia, and Typica

Magdalena, Colombia

750 – 1550 meters

Fully washed and dried in the sun

Finca Buena Vista is owned by Eneil Bayona and is located in the village of Minca. Eneil loves to produce coffee; it’s been in his family as long as he can remember. It hasn’t always been easy though, as he’d gotten discouraged by low coffee prices. Since then, he’s worked hard to make sure his coffee is certified as Organic, which has gotten him a much higher premium that he uses to continually re-invest in production and improvement. Eneil is heavily involved in the region and works with neighboring producers to pilot new planting programs and test new varietals.