Africa
Burundi A
Name: Burundi A
Origin: Africa
Region: Burundi
Processing: Wet
Altitude: between 1,250 meters and 2,000 meters above sea level
Bag Size: 132 lbs
Cupping Notes: A clean, delicate flavor with a well-balanced body and acidity.It offers sweet citrus tastes with cinnamon spice notes and the aromas of honey and lemon blossoms.
Additional Information: Burundi is a small and very hilly and mountainous country between East Africa and Central Africa,and situated between Rwanda,Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Coffee cultivation in Burundi began in the 1930s when the Belgians brought in Arabica coffee plants (mostly varietal Bourbon). Today more than 800,000 Burundi families are involved in coffee growing.
Ethiopian Harrar
SPECIFICS:
Name: Ethiopian Harrar
Origin: Ethiopia
Region: East Harrar The Village of Mesela
Altitude: 1800 M
Varietals: Heirloom
Process: Natural
Bag Size: 132 lb.
Cupping Notes: Harrar is a long-standing beloved coffee from Ethiopia. Due to the location and lack of water, the region produces only natural processed coffee.
This year, the quality of Harrar upgrades from grade 4 to grade 1. The coffee went through an extra sorting work, which brings cleaner tastes to a cup along with Harrar’s distinctive characters: fruity, blueberry, dark chocolate and full and creamy body. A strong dry edge, winy to fruit like acidity, rich aroma.
About this Coffee: Triple sorted.The first Grade1 Harrar coffee ever.
Ethiopian Sidamo
Name: Ethiopian Sidamo
Origin: Ethiopia
Region: Sidama, sub city of Guji
Altitude: 1900-2000 M.A.S.L.
Varietals: Heirloom
Process: Washed
Bag Size: 132 lb.
Cupping Notes: Medium body with spicy and sweet citrus aromatics and a pleasing maple syrup-like body. The wild sweet lemon and floral tones round out into a smooth, clean finish. Triple sorted.
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe - Yirg Z
SPECIFICS:
Name: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe “Z”
Origin: Ethiopia
Process: Washed
Region: Yirgacheffe
Varietal: Heirloom
Altitude: 1900 – 2000 meters
Bag Size: 132 lb.
Cupping Notes: Floral, Honey, Cherry, Nice Body
About this Coffee: This exceptionally complex Ethiopian, from the Kochere region of Yirgacheffe, is the product of many small farmers’ heirloom varietal coffee being processed immaculately.
Zero Defect Sorting, which takes 3 times longer than other coffees from the region, enhances its clarity in the cup and intensifies the aroma of black tea, the peach sweetness, and grapefruit acidity. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is said to be the finest of Ethiopian coffees
Kenya AA
SPECIFICS:
Name: Kenya AA
Origin: Kenya
Bag Size: 132 lb.
Cupping Notes: Great Acidity, burgundy wine to sun dried raisin, full body.
Rwanda
Name: Rwanda
Origin: Africa
Region: Rwanda
Processing: semi – washed
Bag Size:132 lbs.
Cupping Notes: Silky, creamy body, along with floral notes. Hints of lemon and orange in the aroma. In the cup, flavors are sweet like sugar cane and spicy like clove, and cinnamon. Sweet citrus and a bit of caramel in the finish, with an acidity reminiscent of a Kenyan but more delicate.
Tanzanian Peaberry
SPECIFICS:
Name: Tanzanian Peaberry
Origin: Tanzania
Bag Size: 132 lb.
Cupping Notes: Medium body, winy taste, rich finish
Zambia
Name: Zambia
Origin: Africa
Region: Kasama
Processing: Anaerobic Fermented Natural. Double picked, dried on raised beds.
About this process: Anaerobic (oxygen-free) fermentation is a new method where the coffee is processed in a fully sealed and oxygen deprived fermentation tank.
- The harvested red cherry is taken to closed, airtight tanks and after visual inspection to remove any leaves etc, the cherries are left to ferment for 24 – 30 hours. The Cherry tank is then opened and the cherry is washed lightly in buckets to remove any residual and unwanted matter, as well as any floaters. Then the beans are dried on raised African beds.
Altitude: 1300 – 1600 M.A.S.L.
Bag Size:132 lbs
Cupping Notes: The process enhances the natural flavors and refines the sweetness, body and acidity in the coffee. The chocolate, cocoa, caramel and fruit flavors become more prominent. Powerful perfume aroma. Sweet, intense red berry flavor with notes of red wine. Smooth finish with soft mouthfeel