Description
Cafe Kreyol goes into some of the most impoverished and troubled areas that are within prime coffee growing territory. They organize farmers, teach how to correctly process beans & guarantees purchase of the beans at way above market prices. They ensure the funds go directly to the farmers and strive to economically turn around some of the more troubled and impoverished areas in coffee growing territory, putting people to work at well above average wages and ensuring future livelihoods.
Joey, the head of Cafe Kreyol, even strives for his US employees the above statement. He finds the hardest working individuals with great work ethics that for one reason or another have really been put down with employment and troubled times to help them recover and build a resume while also being able to help others.
One can feel really good about supporting any of Cafe Kreyol’s projects and for the most part – really tasty coffees as well.
Cafe Kreyol projects including this one are project coffees, these are not a 0 defect large screen coffee. It takes around 5-7 years to really turn out a prime coffee operation and most of these are on year 2-3. Great tasting cups but keep in mind – not the worlds best screen.
In 1943, Mr. Belarminio Ramirez started a small company dedicated to the cultivation and marketing of coffee, which over the years grew into a family tradition involving three generations already. The Belarminio Ramirez Group was named in his honor. Currently, the company owns 350 hectares of coffee production, located in the mountains of the central range between 800 and 1500 meters above sea.
This family-owned estate is extraordinarily socially conscious. They use fermented coffee cherries to create natural gas, which partially powers their operation. They also donate books and computers to the local schools, and in a more rural area, they built and funded a new school preventing small children from having to walk over 15 km each way to class. They also help Haitians obtain legal residence in the Dominican Republic, in order to receive fair wages. We pay roughly 300% higher wages to this Estate for their exceptional care of the environment, organic certification, care for local Haitian immigrants, and high cupping scores.
A half pound each of:
Dominican Org. Ramirez Estate – Washed Processed
This was a lovely arrival, similar to last season, a very tasty unique coffee. Cleaner at the lighter roasts with a little acidity upfront, a bit nutty/caramel and floral at the lighter roast points. Turns into a very classic tasting Dominican coffee at the fuller roasts. Fuller bodied with low acidity and very complex darker tones; chocolate, tobacco earthiness, molasses and smoky – it is one complex tasting coffee.
Dominican Org Ramirez Estate – Red Honey
A very cool, very exotic cup of coffee. One can tell this is a cousin to the natural processed coffee with its strong red fruit tones upfront. Lighter roasting presents a ton of floral and fruit with an almost oak/peat finish, very sweet with just a ton going on but does risk some underdeveloped tones with its two-toned roasting. Medium roasts were our favorite, still plenty wild but develop enough of the chocolate and smoky tones – which most Dominican coffees are known for – to balance all those more exotic fruity and citric tones. Darker roasts will burn out most of what distinguishes this cup, the washed processed handles those roast level much better; interesting and still exotic but strong and edgy, it will retain some fruity factor with very strong and less sweet, smoky, tobacco and bakers chocolate type notes.
Dominican Org Ramirez Estate – Aged Natural Processed
A very cool, very exotic cup of coffee. One can tell this is a slow dry natural processed coffee with its strong ripe red fruit tones upfront. Lighter roasting presents a ton of floral and fruit with an almost oak/peat boozy finish, very sweet with just a ton going on but does risk some underdeveloped tones with its two-toned roasting. Medium roasts were our favorite, still plenty wild but develop enough of the chocolate and smoky tones – which most Dominican coffees are known for – to balance all those more exotic fruity and citric tones. Darker roasts will burn out most of what distinguishes this cup, the washed processed handles those roast level much better; interesting and still exotic but strong and edgy, it will retain some fruity factor with very strong and less sweet, smoky, tobacco and bakers chocolate type notes.
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