(06/10/10)
Today is a big day for the coffee offerings at Shrub. We’ve sold out of three of our best sellers: SumatraIndonesians are available as a unique wet-hulled or dry-hulled (washed) coffees. Giling Basah is the name for the wet-hulling process in Bahasa language, and will have more body and often more of the "character" that Tarbarita, Ethiopia
Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee: it is in the forests of the Kaffa region that coffee arabica grew wild. Coffee is "Bun" or "Buna" in Ethiopia, so Coffee Bean is quite possibly a poor Maduro, and GuatemalaGuatemalan coffee is considered a top quality coffee producer in Central America. Due to our proximity to Guatemala, some of the nicest coffees from this origin come to the United States. : Guatemalan growing regions Finca
Spanish 101: Finca is the Spanish word for farm. Sometimes the term Hacienda is used to imply an Estate, which would mean the farm has its own wet-mill. A Finca does not necessarily have a Florencia. But don’t worry, fresh on their heels are a new dry-process Ethiopia going up today and (coming soon) 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 most recent harvest. As a stable dried Tarbarita, a new Guat, and another Costa RicaCosta Rican coffee is typically very clean, sweet, with lots of floral accents. hey are prized for their high notes: bright citrus or berry-like flavors in the acidity, with distinct nut-to-chocolate roasty flavors.: Can a.
For today: We’re putting up the aforementioned DP Ethiopia, the delicious-but-blandly-named Ethiopia Grade 3 DP Yirga Cheffe, a fantastically fruitedIn some coffee taster’s lexicon, “fruity” means the coffee is tainted with fruit, and “fruited” means a coffee is graced by positive fruit notes. We don't exactly see the difference in terms of these two lot we purchased through the ECX. And, we’re adding a bit of an experimental Shrub coffee: HawaiiThe Kona district on the big island of Hawaii produces the best coffee from this state - clean, sweet and mild. : Ah, Hawaii... what a nice place. They grow nuts, fruit, and coffee. The KonaKona coffee comes from farms along the Kona Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii: Kona coffee comes from farms along the Kona Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. Coffee is grown at elevations – Kowali Farm Typicaa classic Kona coffee in all respects. We’re not sure if Shrub is the right venue for a high-priced coffee like a Kona, but we thought that we’d give it a try and see if there any takers. We’re selling this one in 15 pound packs since the price per pound is higher than normal. Enjoy!
