3 lb Bundle: Special

Description

Garry’s coffee special features three of our more interesting coffees. Higher acidity, interesting processing, this bundle is leaning towards more exotic coffee tones.

*Bundles change over time. You will get the listed coffees at the time of order.*

A pound each of:

Nicaraguan Org. SHB EP Jinotega – Finca El Pastoral – Natural Processed

This is a very fruit forward cup of coffee, winy/floral/fruity/ferment are the predominate tones. A wonderful offering assuming you love fruit forward natural processed coffees.

What’s the best way to support coffee producers? This is exactly the question Juan de Dios Castillo (the family’s agronomist) and his 4 siblings were looking to answer when they created J&M Family Coffee, a privately-owned export company named after their parents Juan and Miriam (J&M). Their first goal was to sell their parents’ coffee directly to international buyers. It was a way to honor their parents who started cultivating coffee during their childhood with the income from the first family business as tailors in the town of Jinotega.

With this first goal completed, Juan de Dios Castillo decided to take the next step and start his own farm called El Pastoral, which has 150 acres of coffee production. During the harvest, the coffee cherries are carefully harvested, sorted and then depulped, fermented, washed and pre-dried at the farm. The partially dried coffee is taken to a nearby location where drying is completed and the coffee is stored and later prepared for export. This is a truly integrated model, in which J&M Family Coffee ensures quality control and traceability from farm to export.

Tasting Notes:A wonderfully complex light to medium roast coffee. Light roasts are lemony and floral upfront which fades to stronger apple like fruitiness with some red fruit accents, balances with a hint of a chocolaty darker tones. Medium roasts clean up the more rustic chocolaty tones which many will like but also reduce the sweetness and fruity factor of the cup, a little fuller bodied with low acidity with good mouthfeel, fruity factor pops out more as the cup cools. Darker roasts get a bit edgy with semi-sweet smoky and roasty notes, finishes with almost a bit of an oaky barrel aged tone.

Roasting Notes:Light to medium roasts are where this bean will shine. Good to get a little past first crack to get a slightly less earthy chocolaty contrast but tasty anywhere in the light to medium ballpark. Higher chaff and a bit uneven roasting, good prep and bean size though, shouldn’t be too challenging to roast in any machine.

Mexican Terruño Nayarita – Altamirano Family – Reserva Natural

This is a natural processed micro-lot, which is very unique for Mexico. The bulk of Mexican coffee is washed processed. Natural processing gives much sweeter and fruitier characteristics, generally being higher chaff and slightly more uneven roasting. This lot has great fruity notes and a syrupy touch, coming from the Altamirano Family, part of the Terruño Nayarita Group (GTN), and was isolated as a “Reserve Patio-select”: a single picking lot with exceptional sensory characteristics, packaged in special 30 kg bags to highlight its traceability and unique profile. In the cup, the Manzana lot presents nuances of apple and citrus, caramel and vanilla, and ripe plum and peach, with a chocolatey base and a honeyed, syrupy texture.

Want to know why we think Terruño Nayarita is so cool? Check out our new blog post about them.

The vertical grouping of local and democratic coffee-growing societies in the state of Nayarit, a coastal and mountainous strip of volcanic soils and microclimates that favor specialty coffees. Gathered around an extinct volcano, Cerro San Juan, a committed group of 260 cooperative coffee growers works together to produce arguably the best coffee in Mexico. Terruño Nayarita coffees come from ancient trees. The word “Terruño” means “farm.” These coffee growers take pride in their coffee. This is the best shade-growing coffee size/grade from the Terruño Nayarit Cooperative. San Cristóbal Coffee Importers strive to source and produce excellent coffee, ensuring that coffee growers use safe and sustainable shading techniques and offer fair wages to their workers. International marketing is handled by San Cristóbal Coffee Importers, which has implemented 100% traceability since 2006 with barcodes/QR codes linked to its TrackYourCoffee platform, which is key for Patio Select batches like this one.

Tasting Notes: A stellar light to medium roast coffee, one of the better batches of Terruno Natural we have had through our doors. Due to the processing this coffee is naturally very sweet, syrupy textured with a medium-full body. Its brightness leans toward citrus, more lemon than acidic lime, with nuances of apple and soft orange. The cup presents notes of peach, plum, and a light floral touch, with a background of chocolate and cocoa and soft undertones of caramel and vanilla. A subtle melon accent is noticeable, especially in lighter roasts. With an intense fruity note, yet firm and balanced; lively without being strident: ideal for everyday drinking with any brewing method.

Roasting Notes: Works well from light to medium. Light roasts bring the most vibrant citrus/apple notes, the floral note, and that hint of melon; a brief rest after roasting helps the caramel emerge. Medium is the crowd-pleasing sweet spot: honey/molasses sweetness, peach/plum depth, and a more pronounced chocolate core, while retaining measured acidity. Push toward, but not to, the second crack for semisweet chocolate, very low acidity, a creamy mouthfeel, and a hint of spice; expect the fruity/floral tones to recede as the body and chocolate advance.