El Salvador Org. Las Marias 93

El Salvador coffee, like many others, had struggling times in the late 90's to early 2000's due to the price of coffee, and political and economic strife. There were a handful of Co-ops that stepped up to help organize the coffee markets and help the farmers get back to work producing some very premium, tasty and profitable cups; Las Marias 93 is one of the best!

This is a great everyday drinker!

Tasting Notes:
This co-op produced El Salvador is very rich and smooth with a medium body, good sweetness, with a slight chocolate/molasses bottom. A slight acidity brings a very crisp and clean cup. A great cup with breakfast or a sweeter after dinner treat. This coffee is a mix of Bourbon and Pacas Arabica plants; which you may find some similarities in taste to our Nicaragua Pacamara or Brazil Joao De Campos.

Roasting Notes:
An easy roaster! Avoid really light roasts for it will be pretty earthy, very smooth and rich from a city plus to a full city; take it a little darker for a little bit more body and edge.

El Salvador Org. Las Marias 93 1 Lb. Bag Burman Price $5.50 Sale Price $5.00

Peru FT Org. La Florida

New Crop!

La Florida is a Fair Trade cooperative of ~1000 small-scale coffee farmers.  It's located in south-central Peru's Chanchamayo growing region on the Amazon side of the Andes. Started in 1966, La Florida has brought education, infrastructure and environmental restoration to this remote corner of the Peruvian jungle; also, the average coop member earns about $3000/year - double Peru's average farm income.

One of the most impressive things about La Florida is the members' bank, which provides low-interest funding to buy supplies and necessities until the harvest.  This has eliminated middlemen who "lend" supplies to farmers at hidden interest rates often exceeding 50%.

Tasting notes:
Drinking La Florida brings the word "mellow" right to the front of mind. It's a softly aromatic cup, sweet and gentle.  La Florida is a very pleasant, well-balanced coffee with gentle acidity, molasses-toned, lightly syrupy body, and a mild nutty finish.

Roasting notes:
An easy roasting bean that delivers a sweet and mellow cup at all roast levels, except the very lightest or darkest. Lighter roasts are very sweet and smooth; darker roasts stay smooth, taking on more nutty flavor notes.

Peru FT Org. La Florida 1 Lb. bag Burman Price - $5.50 Sale Price $5.00

Honduran Marcala Special EP

This is the new 2010-11 crop! Full of fresh crop brightness.

This is the top grade of Honduran coffee from the Marcala region. Marcala is the most well known and often though of as the best region in Honduras for specialty coffee.

This is a very fresh lot with a great tasting new crop acidity that created a very well balanced and complex cup of coffee.

Tasting Notes:
This very smooth and clean cup is filled with fruity notes (hints of orange peel and lemon) and a deep semi-sweet chocolate bottom. Light to medium bodied, this Honduran is a sweet, balanced coffee with a nice spice note and slight wineyness. A very nice single origin breakfast coffee.

Roasting Notes:
An easy and versatile coffee to roast, light to full city +. A faster roast will highlight the bright, clean flavor notes.

Honduran Marcala Special EP 1 Lb. Bag Burman Price $5.50 Sale Price $5.00

Hawaiian Kauai Coffee Company

The 2010 crop has arrived!

We have recieved our first Micro Lot from the Kauai Estate: The Mokihana is one tasty cup. Full bodied and sweet with a very chocolaty bottom and a slight fruity brightness.

Kauai Reserve is the top grade for Kauai coffee, accounting for only 10% (6% this year) of the annual harvest .

Kauai Coffee Company is one of the worlds most high-tech coffee plantations, which in part is why it tastes so good. Other factors include the warm Pacific sun, rich volcanic earth, abundant mountain rain, and cool tradewinds of Kauai combine to create ideal conditions for growing great coffee. The rest is left up to the cooperation of many people to support these plants and give them exactly what they need, a perfect balance between science and nature.

Kauai is one of the richer and fuller bodied coffees of Hawaii

The Kauai Coffee Company is the largest coffee estate in Hawaii. Kauai's harvesting period runs from mid-October through early December. They harvest 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, using three shifts -- a unique practice in the coffee industry. Due to the size of the estate and the existence of several micro-climates, they rely on daily scouting reports to select the fields with maximum ripeness.

This is the long awaited 2010 crop.

Each batch of coffee is graded and cupped, then inspected by the State of Hawaii Department of Agriculture. The DOA officially certifies each batch of coffee for inspectors for grade quality and origin.

A good value for an up and coming super premium Hawaiian coffee.

'10 Hawaiian Kauai Reserve Mokihana 1 Lb. Bag Burman Price- $8.75

'10 Hawaiian Kauai Reserve PB Mokihana 1 Lb. Bag Burman Price- $8.75

Hawaiian Maui Mokka

New '10 crop!

We switched to the larger screen size of the Maui, last year we did the 14, this year we went with the 16. It will now roast very well in any home roaster, it is still high chaff so be a little careful.

We stocked up and are now able to offer a great new price!

Maui Moka originated at Ka’anapali Estate in Maui, an experimental coffee plantation project.  They transplanted several native coffees from around the world, looking to derive Hawaiian cultivars with unique flavors; the Maui Moka bean is derived from native Yemeni seed stock.  The Ka’anapali project went under in 2002 due to funding issues. In stepped a group of connoisseurs who rescued the Estate from developers, and rehabilitated the original plantings. 

This is the second super-premium crop since 2002.

Like its true Mokka parent, it’s a phenomenally aromatic coffee.  Salivate in anticipation as the freshly wet grounds emit sweet, heady coffee fragrance laced with notes of Virginia tobacco and lush peach brandy.  Once fully brewed, the aroma is winy, very sweet and lightly herbal.  The cup is chocolatey with a note of sweet vanilla caramel, and the medium body has creamy texture reminiscent of Guatemala’s Huehuetenango coffees.  It’s an exceptional coffee experience!

Indonesian Org. Bali Kintamani Natural

Tasting Notes:
Full bodied and clean with low acidity this is one tasty coffee. This cup is very fruity, rich and smooth. Similar to the Bali blue moon except with a much fruitier taste.

Roasting Notes:
This is a light to medium roast coffee, darker roasts will mute the wonderful fruity tones of this cup. A quicker roast will give it a crisper cleaner taste.

For you Bali/Indo. fans this is a unique and wonderful find!

This is the natural processed Bali Blue Moon.

Produced by smallholder farmers inhabiting fertile volcanic highland areas in the heart of the Indonesian island of Bali. The farmers use shade trees such as Erythrina, Albizia, Tangerine, and Orange, which improves both yield and cup quality. Pesticides are never used on coffee farms in Bali, and all the fertilizers are 100% organic.

Coffee farmers in Kintamani are strongly organized through Subak Abian (SA), a traditional structure of farmer organization in the upland areas of Bali. SA plays an important role not only in agricultural activities but also in religious ones. Founded on the Hindu philosophy of "Tri Hita Karana" (meaning the three causes of happiness), the philosophy is all about the relation of the individual to God, to other men, and to his environment. Each SA democratically establishes its own written rules, the so called "awig-awig", and also works to form village coops.

Indo. Org. Bali Kintamani Natural 1 Lb Bag Burman Price - $5.50 Sale Price - $5.00