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El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve

Fair Trade Organic Mexico Chiapas El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.
We've got 4 containers of this coffee in the new crop. A 10cent/lb premium is paid for this coffee and goes directly towards El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. What is El Triunfo you say? Check it out here and support the Reserve through your purchase of this coffee.

Organic Natural Sidamo, Dale

New Sidamo just arriving in our warehouse. Here are some details on this coffee (our item #s 1380 and 1384).

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• Region: SNNP – south Nation, Nationality and Peoples Regional State – Sidamo near Yirgalem. It is within 5 minutes drive of the aregash Lodge and the well known Fero Fair Trade Coop by the village of Mesncho
• Farm: 300 smallholder farmers
• Latitude/Longitude: On Google earth, this is about 6.38.38 North, 38.18.46 East – between Awassa and Dilla
• Varietal: Arabica Bourbon
• Altitude:1750-1950 metres
• Processing Method: Garden grown, natural, sundried process, with careful selection of ripe cherries.
• Any additional information : From the villages of Sokoru and Sole. Organic Certified (also Café Practices Certified)


Look for this info coming soon to our online offering sheet!

Sterling Series Menu

Check out the newest addition to our website: The Sterling Series offering page.
Click here to view our full lineup of Sterling Decafs.

FTO Guat Huehue is here

Just arrived. This coffee is from CODECH Cooperative (FLO ID 2892) in Huehuetenango.

FTO Colombia Magdelena

the new Grupo Equidad FTO Colo is here.
It is sweet, balanced, and has strong cocoa notes.

Tanzie Microlots

In addition to our delish Songea that many of you are loving, we have some excellent microlots from Tanzania.

These include:
Hapanga Peaberry
Hasambro Peaberry
Isansa Peaberry
and Tukundane Peaberry

Try one of these unique microlots today.

Sterling Decafs

The fancy decafs are back from their voyage to Mexico. Cupped them today and they are quite nice. The Sumatran, in fact, outcupped a regular Sumatran we had on the table today for approval. Reminder that these are Mountain Water Processed decafs (MWP vs SWP)

Included in this inaugural decaf line are:
Yellow Bourbon Brazil
Spectacled Bear Colombia
Cafe Vida Costa Rica
Special Prep Lintong from Sumatra

These will be available out of our warehouse in St. Paul and Continental Terminals (after 3/17).

Tanz Peaberry Songea is back!

We took delivery of our first container of newcrop Tanzanian Peaberry Songea this week and it is delicious! This coffee has a great nose, and flavors of fine olive oil, floral, green apple, winey acidity, etc. Yum!
Our item number of this lot is #1104. It will go fast (140 bags at current--already half gone!).

A little about this coffee:
It hails from the Mbeya region of southern Tanzania, near the town of Vwawa. It's grown at 1500+ meters and all comes from smallholders.

Our next Songea is a Jan shipment (just cupped and approved the preship today) and we also have a mixed box of microlot Tanzies on the way, too. Should be a great year for these coffees!

FTO Coopervitae is here

The newcrop Brazil FTO Coopervitae is now in. Call today to get your on the spot, or get them into your position. This will be the only delivery of this coffee for us this year. Thanks.

New crop Kunjun is here!

For those of you who had it last year, you'll appreciate that the new PNG Kunjun has arrived--just today! For those who have not had it, you must!
This coffee exhibits exceptional fruit and spice and is beautifully complex.

Details:
Kunjun Estate coffee is processed by the Kigabah Estate in the Western Highlands.

Kigabah Estate operates on a “nucleus estate” model, a large grower (plantation) that acts as a central hub servicing smaller growers and block holders, assisting them with agricultural advice on pruning and fertilizer scheduling, providing transport for cherry, access to cheaper inputs through discounts offered from purchasing large volume and the provision of seedlings.

At 5,500 feet above sea level, in what was once a swamp, coffee is nourished by abundant rainfall and rich nutrients found in the thick, black topsoil. These fertile conditions give Kigabah Estate coffee a juicy acidity, round body and herbal notes reminiscent of black tea tannins. The Kigabah Estate is progressive in its farming practices and environmental practices, and contributes ten percent of its profits to the farming community.