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Want some great coffees & stellar values? This bundle is for you!
All very fresh coffee, current or new crop. Great premium screens on Co-op and Mill production coffees. Larger production coffees keep the costs down. Although these are not single farm micro lots, they are very tasty coffees giving the true terroir of their production areas and producing nations. A pleasure to drink and 100% responsibly sourced.
This bundle contains 1 pound each of:
This lot is coming from high-altitudes in the Guji Zone (Oromia), sun-dried, and sourced from smallholder farmers and/or private estates at 1800–2200 meters above sea level, featuring local landraces/heirloom varieties and vertosol soils. Guji is located in a remote and heavily forested area where many coffee communities start at around 2000 meters and cultivate upwards from there; the Guji people (part of the Oromo nation) have historically organized themselves to reduce mining and logging pressures and preserve the forest canopy. As a Grade 3 Natural, it is typically assembled as a regional blend: these coffees can come from central processing sites, large estates, or a combination where smallholder farmers (“outgrowers”) sell cherry to estates that process on-site.
The Grade 3 designation indicates a meticulous selection process, separating out coffees unsuitable for this lot. This combination results in natural coffees that taste very good and are quite clean. Buyers at this level typically find them to be of very good quality, generally less “explosive” than a Grade 1, but offering great value for the price. These beans are received throughout the harvest season, sorted by ripeness, and spread in a single layer on raised beds to sun-dry. A long drying period of 3–6 weeks is reported, depending on the weather, resulting in a final moisture content of around 11.5% in the dried fruit. The coffee is then milled locally and transported to Addis Ababa, where color sorting and repeated rounds of hand-sorting are used to finalize the export grade.
Tasting Notes: A fresh and great tasting classic Ethiopian! This is not a super fruity natural, would be considered a darker toned, lower acidity, chocolaty cup. One can tell its natural processed roots with its sweetness and thickness and its Ethiopian roots with highlights of spice & fruity/floral notes throughout the roast range. Best served in the light to medium roast range for drip brew for it will show its best balance and promote a hint of fruity/floral. Turns into a chocolate bomb at the darker roasts, more on the dark chocolate side, which would work wonderfully for espresso or cold brew. Lighter roasts have a pinch of citric acidity and wonderful aromatics, hints of red fruit that balance with a bit of semi-nutty tea like spice.
Roasting Notes: Natural processed with good prep on it, a fairly easy bean to roast. A bit higher chaff and one will notice a little two toned roasting but being tasty from light to dark, should not be a problem getting a tasty cup. Recommend starting at a nice medium roast, if you don’t like acidic and floral, error a little darker, if you love fruity floral, error a little lighter. A little longer setup really smooths out the cup, can be a little more extreme 1-2 days after roasting.
Cerrado is a region in the state of Minas Gerais, the largest coffee-producing state in Brazil. Coffee has been a major crop in this region since the 1980’s mainly because of the devastating black frost of 1975 that forced growers from the Parana region to relocate north to Cerrado and other areas of Minas Gerais. Today, coffee is produced by over 4,500 growers on 175,000 hectares of farmland with yields of approximately 5.5 to 6.0 million bags per year. The coffee is grown in rich soil that the natives call “Terra Roxa” or “Red Earth” and other factors such as consistent rains, high daytime temperatures, and dry winters combine to make the Cerrado region ideal for producing coffee.
As the world’s largest coffee producer, Brazilian lots often come in larger sizes with regional names. So, it becomes extremely helpful to understand regional nuances. The Cerrado region, the newest of three major Brazilian growing regions, has been building in reputation and production over the last few decades. Located between São Paulo and Brasilia, coffee in this region is grown on high plateaus at elevations peaking just over 1,000 meters above sea level. The region also has relatively mild weather patterns providing a more predictable climate for processing coffee. Cerrado lots frequently come from large suppliers that use highly mechanized processing strategies to manage larger volumes. When the coffee is milled for export, the green beans are sorted by screen size and graded according to size and then cupped for quality. Our current offering is 14/16 bean size, on the medium to small side, Fine Cup (FC) and Strictly Soft (SS), the highest cup category in the Brazilian coffee grading system.
Tasting notes: The aroma is very nutty and sweet. There was a surprising hint of smoke on the palate. Full bodied and low acidity, best at medium to dark roasts – this is a traditional tasting Brazil – thick, creamy, nutty and semi-sweet. At the darker roasts a very sweet first taste, almost a little fruity, and then quickly turns darker-toned with a bakers chocolate and slightly toasted walnut flavor. Great blend base for espresso or adding body with darker tones although many will love it as an single origin drinker.
Roasting Notes: A pretty versatile bean, although we wouldn’t recommend a light roast. Medium roast will be smoother and more neutral tasting. A darker roasted will bring out the smoky and chocolate notes that most will shoot for. This would be a great bean for blends.
In Colombia the vast majority of coffee is cultivated, harvested and processed on small family owned farms. While these producers are their own architects, designing farm management and post-harvest solutions to fit their environment, they also need strong alliances to bring their coffee to the international market and earn fair prices. To support this system of small farm production, Colombia established the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC) to organize and support a complex network of larger regional coffee cooperatives.
These cooperatives provide producers with valuable logistical support like centralized warehouses to store dried parchment and dry mills where the coffee is prepared for export according to size and quality. Supremo is Colombia’s top export grade, which is not taste related, basically means larger sized beans; contains screen size 17 and 18. This is versus an Excelso grade coffee, which is screen 15/16.
A multi-region aggregate production coffee mean to produce “Classic” Colombian features. Low acidity, good body, with nutty/chocolate/spice like tones.
Tasting Notes: The aroma of this coffee is very nice; sweet with with a little spice & floral notes. Best at a medium to borderline dark roast. Sweet upfront with a hint of crispness balanced with a stronger toasted walnut/chocolaty undertone. A little hint of acidity at the medium roast point really creates a nicely balanced cup with a broad flavor profile. Touching 2nd crack builds some body and will add some smoky and roasty notes that can compliment the classic Colombian profile.
Roasting Notes: This bean is very versatile when it comes to roasting; good from lighter side of medium to as dark as you want to go. Main recommendation would be in the medium ballpark, smooth and accommodating to almost everyone. Be sure to try different roast points for it will greatly vary what flavors are accentuated.
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