Pak Aulia shows takes us on a tour of his farm early in the harvest season. Aceh, Sumatra.
Archived
Chocolate Liqueur
Dried Date
Thick Body
Dry Process (Natural)
City+ to Full City+
Abyssinia, Ateng, Tim Tim
87.6
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Sumatra Dry Process Bebesen Aulia

Francisco Alonzo Chiroy poses for a photo near his coffee farm in Turbala town, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala.
Archived
Honey
Green Apple
Dried Tamarind
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Catimor, Lempira
88.3
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Guatemala Turbala Finca Alonzo

We don't have photos of Chichupak, or Coban, but this is another 2000 meter green coffee farm in San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
Archived
Turbinado Sugar
Baked Apple
Chocolate Bar
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Catuaí, Catimor, Pache
87.0
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Guatemala Coban Chichupak Coop

Coffee sprouts in Chiapas. You can see how the seed stretches up on the new shoot from the ground.
Archived
Burnt Sugar
Chocolate
Almond Granola
Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Mundo Novo, Typica, Oro Azteca, Pluma Hidalgo
86.0
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Mexico Chiapas Villa Corzo

Two farmers pick ripe coffee cherries from a coffee plant at a small farm in Paksong region of Laos.
Archived
Brown Sugar
Baked Apple
Green Herb
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Catigua
86.3
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Laos Paksong Hills Catigua Variety

Coffee cherries of varying ripeness are run through a hand-cranked pulper made of wood in Aceh region of Sumatra.
Archived
Burnt Sugar
Smokey Cedar
Tobacco
Wet Hulled (Giling Basah)
Full City to Full City+
Ateng, Jember, Tim Tim, Typica
86.3
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Sumatra Wet Hulled Lake Tawar

The hand-painted
Archived
Cherry Lemonade
Darjeeling Tea
Black Currant
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11
91.7
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Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi Peaberry

Wood-frame drying tables filled with parchment coffee at the Karatu Farmer's Cooperarive Society in Thika, Kenya.
Archived
Cola
Citrus
Whole Spices
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to City+
SL-28, SL-34
90.2
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Kenya Thika Karatu Peaberry

The hand-painted sign on the cement wall outside of the factory that reads,
Archived
Concord Grape
Boysenberry
Mulled Cider
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
92.0
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Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry

Alexander Mancilla poses for a photo at his coffee farm in Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia.
Archived
Dark Chocolate
Candied Nuts
Green Herbs
Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Variedad Colombia, Castillo
86.0
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Colombia Cajamarca Alexander Mancilla

Reinel displays his coffee plants full of cherries during the harvest season in Pitalito.
Archived
Caramel
Cocoa Powder
Dark Chocolate
Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Caturra
86.4
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Colombia Pitalito El Mirador Caturra

A farmer delivers coffee cherries at an Indian coffee mill (not Ratnagiri)
Archived
Cocoa
Roasted Almond
Dense Body
Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Kent, S-795
86.3
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India Ratnagiri Estate AB

A farmer harvests ripe cherries at his farm in Chiapas, Mexico.
Archived
Clean Sweetness
Praline Nut
Cacao
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Caturra, Costa Rica, Typica, Marsellesa
86.7
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Mexico Organic Granjeros de Chiapas

Parchment-covered green coffee drying on patios in Karnataka region of India.
Archived
Bittersweet
Praline Nut
Burnt Sugar
Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Kent, S-795
86.6
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India Pearl Mountain Estate Peaberry

After pulping and fermenting, the wet parchment is moved to the drying tables where it is spread to a thin layer to dry in the sun. Migoti coffee washing station, Burundi.
Archived
Layered Sweetness
Aromatic Tea
Citrus
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon
88.6
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Burundi Mutambu Migoti Hill

Goats along the road in Collines Murambi, where this coffee is from. Burundi.
Archived
Honey
Syrupy Body
Black Tea
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon
88.3
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Burundi Monge Murambi Hill

Flowering coffee shrub at a farm in Minas Geraís region, not too far from Sao Sebastiao do Paraiso. We were not able to visit Alto da Serra on our last visit to this part of Brazil
Archived
Deep-Toned
Mild Acidity
Tahini
Dry Process (Natural)
Full City to Full City+
Mundo Novo
85.7
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Brazil Dry Process Alta da Serra

A worker spreads the wet process coffee, still in its parchment layer, on raised drying beds at a cooperative in Tanzania. (Not Makonga, which we haven't visited).
Archived
Honey
Lime
Black Tea
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon, Kent
88.7
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Tanzania Ruvuma Makonga Peaberry

A heavily pruned Kent variety at a coffee plantation in India.
Archived
Rustic Bittering
Low Acid
Earth-toned
Special Process (See Review)
Full City+ to French - not a coffee for light roasting!
Kent
85.0
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India Monsoon Malabar

Red coffee cherries ripening on a shrub in Tanzania. This is old Mbozi Mission variety, the original type of Bourbon coffee planted in this area. The clumping fruit-set hints at the fact it is Bourbon. Mbozi, Tanzania.
Archived
Lemon
Green Tea
Mouth-refreshing
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon
89.2
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Tanzania Mbozi Lukululu Peaberry