Hola.
I have some news, some very good news for those of you who have been unable to secure FTO Guates this year. I have 45 bags of Maya Ixil that just freed up. Most of these are available in our spot position only, which means you gotta buy 'em right away (no squirreling them away for winter).
These will fly outta here, so give us a call today to get yours!

You asked, and we're listening. You want more info on the coffees you purchase and we have developed a new feature on our website to give the people what they want!
Check out our new Beanologies here.
Please check back here often for more additions to the program.

For you, our customers, we do about anything. This includes talking to different freight company reps for long periods of time and, at times, eating the very strange food that they bring in for us.
Today, we received festive red, white, and blue cupcakes. Gee whiz! We decided to have a little fun with the Blue #1 and Red #40 in the frosting.
Hopefully that will wear off by the end of the long weekend...Happy 4th!

In observance of Independence Day, baby!

Please plan accordingly.

The Dark Side of the Moon

Go a little further; go beyond Kona, drive further south, and round the point where the most southern point of the United States lies. Keep going till you come across the shut down sugar town of Pahala, and turn in there.

You’re in Ka’u. Old sugar country, current Paniolo territory, and independent town of independent Hawaiians who happen to have the best Hawaiian coffee that I think there is.

Yea yea, Hawaiian coffee, you say, “the best” coffee in the world according to doctors and dentist in Iowa, but give the coffee a chance.

Last year in Long Beach at the SCAA coffee from this region came in sixth and ninth place at the SCAA cupping pavilion. Sixth and ninth place.

Well, I did, and still did really care, it was a Hawaiian coffee, who cares, I must have thought to myself, as I did absolutely nothing to find anything about that coffee.

Well, someone paid attention, and they asked me to bring in some bags of the coffee. I cupped it, and wow, it was orchid floralness to a degree that I had not cupped before in a coffee. We bought some too. I called up Michelle at Maile Coffee to ask her how “they did that.” How did they get that flavor in a coffee that I assumed was grown at about 300 meters. How did you get that fine acidity? Well, did not find out the answer to that question, but just spent four days in Hawaii looking into it, along with Ken Davids, Ka’u Farm and Ranchers, and bunch of very interested farmers.

Ken was invited by the owners of the ranch who seem to have an interest in all things Ka’u. We cupped 8 coffees, scored average about 83-84, and scored one coffee at a 90 and one at 87.5. Not shabby for an origin that can often barely break 82 with us.

Okay, is the coffee worth it? Will your customers want it? Well, it’s Christmas time, and yes, even most of you top roasters are known to buy a bit of Kona around then for that silly Dentist who wants to buy some for Christmas, and will you be able to convince them to buy Ka’u instead of Kona at Kona prices. Well, that will remain a mystery for some time, but we think that coffee from this region is da kine of Hawaiian coffee. Other side of the mountain, more rain, it actually looks like coffee country, and not the irrigated lava fields of Kona. Open up your mind, pallet, (and wallet, as comes with Hawaiian price tags-remember paying above minimum wage here, on some pricey land.)

By the way, this year in Minneapolis, the coffee came in a very solid tenth place, did you hear that? Aloha, Mr. Hand

i love coffee, and looking for coffee, and traveling to find coffee, and was lucky enough to cup coffee today, but at this exact moment, was looking up some biz related stuff, and bored to death! then, jamin, freshly back from the cup of excellence guatemala swings by my desk and drops off a single espresso pulled from fazenda cachoeira yellow boubon natural brasilian espresso, and ah, all is good. (rave music in the background, not quite sure why)

The Central American Cup of Excellence competitions are occurring now and the Costa auction is yet this week.
Our plan is to participate in these events as we have last year and continue to make these coffees available to our clients.
We anticipate the arrival of these coffees beginning in August.

Need CoE coffees now? We have a selection of foil and plastic packaged coffees available for immediate shipment. Please click here to see our current CoE offerings.

There is a trucker strike occurring in Guatemala. They are blocking the roads to the port, so nothing is currently moving. This is affecting two of our shipments: #1251 and #1243.
Not sure how long this will go on, but be advised that delays are expected.

Thanks.

Dear All, Thanks so much for coming to see us at the party and our booth. As usual, it was nutso, and sorry for not being able to spend as much time as we would have liked with all of you. I'd like to send out a special thanks to Andrew Kopplin of Kopplin's Coffee to staffing the Clover at our booth! Thanks, Andrew, Sam, Andrew, Mariah, Patty, and Pat! Talk to most of you soon! Jason

Hello All, well, it's SCAA time again. You've schedule 500 things, and hopefully can get to them all. In spite of all of this, it is a great time to see EVERYONE in one spot. Looking forward to see all our clients and friends at our booth #312 and at our party Friday night, at the Dakota Jazz Club 6pm on. We will be running around the floor, as will you, but see you all soon!!