The boat came in, again. While we continue to run out of early-season lots, later arrivals (and a new cropRefers to fresh shipments of green coffee within the first month or two of the earliest arrivals ... not quite the same as Current Crop, which means the... ...more of IndonesiaUSDA is (obviously) the United States Department of Agriculture. USDA also had coffee plant breeding programs in the past and one variety they distributed to Indonesia and was... ...more JavaThere are several types of Abyssinia variety coffee, but they are not from Ethiopia but rather Indonesia. Abyssinia 3 = AB3. PJS Cramer, a Dutch plant researcher, introduced this variety... ...more) have emerged. I know there’s a lot of coffees coming in but I would loathe “pacing out” these arrivals artificially, since what we do here at SM is simply a reflection of the coffee crop cycleThe Coffee Crop Cycle refers to the period of growth of the cherry to maturation and harvest. Coffee has one harvest period a year, although in some there... ...more, and what small, outstanding lots of new crop coffee we can source. Guatemala FTO Quiche – Maya Ixil is a milder, lower acid Central with a really nice milk chocolateA general flavor or aroma term reminiscent of chocolate. But what type? Usually described with more specifics.: Chocolate is a broad, general flavor or aroma term reminiscent of... ...more and fruit character. A sleeper “generic” Colombia Excelso 13356 … hey, cup quality is wherever you find it, with or without estateA "coffee estate" is used to imply a farm that has its own processing facility, a wet-mill. In Spanish this is called an Hacienda. A Finca (farm) does... ...more or micro-regional pedigree. Here’s a completely wild and even questionable coffee, but I had to put it out there: Ethiopia FTO DP Lekempti. The review explains why. And on the flip side, that heavy-body, tame-flavored new crop Java Government Estate Djampit is here. If you are overstocked on green, just put down the credit card and roll back from that computer … these lots will be here at least a couple months. – Tom
