Wow, wow! Meet our new relationship coffee: Colombia Los Naranjos de San Agustin.

This is a terrific Colombian. It is featured in the May/June issue of Roast in the Coffee Lab Report and placed 8:104 at the 2007 SCAA Cupping Pavillion.
We've been so impressed with this coffee that we've decided to purchase their entire production.

The coffee is grown in Huila by a group of 97 small producers and their production is c. 2,000 sacks per year. The main varietal of this coffee is Caturra and it is sun-dried in greenhouse-type drying patios. The average farm size is 1.5HA and the elevation ranges between 1,600-1,900 meters.
Look for intense fruit out of this coffee, along with sweet, coconut-type notes. We've even found a tomato-like, almost Kenyan characteristic in this coffee. It is truly exceptional!

Time to revisit the Rwanda Ingoboka Coop coffee. This is our second year carrying the Ingoboka coffee.

This is a 100% Bourbon coffee grown by the members of the Ingoboka farmer's association. This coffee is grown in the west of Rwanda, near the shores of Lake Kivu. The farms range in altitude from 1450-1800 meters, in volcanic soils. This coffee is wet processed with fresh water, sun dried and hand-sorted.

We found this coffee to be really intense and sweet. Look for flavors of creme brulee, lemon/citrus, soft fruit and a rich body.

Call today to request samples or order this wonderful Rwandan coffee.

Coffee from Cameroon will be here c. June 1st.
A new offering for us, this Caplami Java washed arabica is an exciting new addition to our African lineup.
We found this coffee to have citrus, spice, great acidity, some floral, mint and a great, velvety body. The coffee is priced very nicely, too, as it's not an overly-popular specialty origin (yet). This being the case, offer it as a single origin or a nice component in your blends.
Check it out!

There's a new region in Guatemala, baby... Acatenango!

Acatenango, in the department of Chimaltenango, is a new region and at the end of last year it became the 8th coffee region being strongly promoted by ANACAFE.
It is over 5,000 hectares of mountains, hills and volcanic slopes almost covered completely with coffee trees and shade trees. The coffee varieties being mostly bourbon, with some Catuai and Caturra grown in the volcanic and pumice soil. The coffee may grow as high as 2,100 meters in this region on the slopes of the Acatenango volcano which is Central America’s third highest volcano.

Average rainfall is 48 to 72 inches and the temperature ranges between 14 and 31 degrees Celsius. The harvest takes place between mid January and March. There is a large population of Kaqchiquels still settled there and most of the coffee comes from small producers. There are 4,000 producers currently growing coffee in Acatenango in a very traditional way. Coffee first was planted in this region in the 1880’s.

Our Acatenango arrived recently and you will find this coffee to have a silky body, along with coconut and floral notes.