Here’s a travelog of my trip to Ethiopia to cup at many exporters in Addis Ababa, and get ready for the new crop coffee. It was a brief time, but I learned a lot … and the market in Addis is great! (The woman in the image insisted I take a picture of her beautiful vegetables!) You can also check out these images on our Image Gallery test site.
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
We have a few special coffees in time for the holidays - two El Salvadors - a peaberry “Aida’s Grand Reserve” and Finca Kilimanjaro. Aida is Aida Batlle, who has several small farms of great distinction on the Santa Ana Volcano. (You can read about Aida in our Kilimanjaro review). Like no other small-lot coffee Tom has tasted (or even heard about), Aida’s Grand Reserve is the product of careful propagation, harvesting, picking, processing, and blending. The Kilimanjaro farm is also owned by the Batlle in the same region. Both are special coffees that you might want to try.
- Maria
The Behmor 1600 roaster is here and we have posted the review on this page. The Behmor will be a great roaster for a number of people I am sure - but it is not without its limitations. Please be sure to check out the review - all 5 pages! Or at least the review summary page.
The 2007 holiday rush seems to be on now - ah, the sweet aroma of holiday stress is wafting through the air! Please remember that we can fall behind our usual speedy turn around this time of year - usually just the beginning of the week and especially after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. So if we are a bit slower responding to your email, phone message, or shipping your order, please understand that we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Holiday schedule: Closed November 22nd and 23rd.
Closed December 20th through January 1st
We re-open January 2nd, 2008
- Maria
I am off to Yemen (my first time there!), so am up late adding a whole bunch of new arrivals to the list tonight. We have some unusual offerings that diverge from typical processing methods to produce some remarkable lots -Tom
- Bali Kintamani Arabica: This is a traditional processed Indonesia coffee, low acidity, thick body, rustic notes …
- Ethiopia Organic Limu (Indonesia-Style) is absolutely non-traditional, a bright coffee (like a wet-process Yirgacheffe) prepared as they do in Sulawesi and Sumatra, resulting in full body with a honey-lemonade brightness. On the flip side….
- Sulawesi Toarco Jaya Wet-Process is non-traditional, since most Sulawesi are nearly dry-processed. The result is a brighter, cleaner cup with floral aromatics, and lighter body, yet Indonesia roots come through with pine and other foresty notes.
- Mexico Organic Nayarit Terruno: After all these exotic lots, a crisp, balanced cup like this lot can be welcoming!
- El Salvador Las Ranas WP Decaf: A pulp-natural process decaf with great body and chocolate notes.
- Nicaragua Dipilto WP Decaf: Dipilto coffees are bright, lighter body and laced with fruit and floral aspects.
- Papua New Guinea Kimel WP Decaf: The first time we have offered a PNG decaf, and a great lot it is.
It’s another one of those massive arrivals of new crop lots, so here’s the list:
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