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Five new additions...enjoy!

Costa Rica Chirripo Crestones - Finca Alaska has raisin and dried plum notes with buttery body and raw cocoa nib finish.

Guatemala Antigua El Inteligente Pulcal is a tremendously well-balanced cup with crisp pear notes and baker's chocolate.

Nicaragua Finca La Tormenta with a huckleberry tartness, honey wheat hints, and turbinado sugar sweetness.

Colombia Vereda Pedregal has green apple, grape, Palestinian sweet lime, and silky body.

Colombia Alto de Topa Microlot is the first microlot from the recently arrived Colombia container and is loaded with sugar browning sweetness, nectar-like mouthfeel and butter creme.

Panama and Colombia lots have arrived, along with a new Kenya, and a custom Decaf

Panama Organic Duncan Estate has creme caramel notes and crisp acidity.

Panama Volcancito Don K is chocolatey with Granny Smith apple and freshly spun honey.

Colombia Vereda Agua Blanca is bursting with fig notes and raw sugar sweetness...we are very excited about these Colombia lots which just arrived in a container directly to our warehouse!

Kenya Nyeri AB Gatomboya is a beautiful cup, sweet and complex with stone fruit notes.

Africa Wazungu SWP Decaf Blend yet another in our series of our own lot that we've sent for decaffeination at Swiss, this one has dark brown sugar, papaya and concord grape with a tea-like finish.

Three New Additions

Ethiopia Kaffa - Michiti Coop has an interesting balance of sweetness and spice with notes of dried peach and strawberry.

Java Sunda Pitaloka has sweet and bittering notes like cocoa dusted cherries, glittering acidity and nut roast tones.

Espresso Workshop #26 - Ethiopiques 2012 returns with new crop lots and is a surprisingly syrupy shot with raisiny ripe fruit, lavender flowers, and satiny chocolate, this year's rendition is fantastic.

New Additions to Our Central and African Lists

This week we continue to fill out both our Central America and Africa lists with two great new coffees from El Salvador and Kenya. El Salvador Finca Siberia Bourbon is a nice, basic cup, with fruit pastry, nut tones, and a variety of chocolate correlating to roast level. Kenya Nyeri AB Kagumo-ini is a juicy cup, with a variety of red fruits, lemon, and citrus zest in the finish. We've been flying through Kenya and El Salvador coffees, so we're very pleased to have these nice, new additions. Both work great as SO espresso.

Three Fantastic New Arrivals

Guatemala Antigua Finca La Folie is very clean with mandarin and pink grapefruit acidity, substantial body and balanced sweetness.

Nicaragua Finca Maria - Miguel Angel Martinez with honey and brown sugar sweetness, apricot, malic brightness and toasted cocoa finish.

Kenya Nyeri AB Ngunguru is prolifically fruited with tropical fruits, butter caramel, creamy body and an effervescent finish.