Stay up to date on coffee we have coming down the pipeline and our latest green coffee arrivals schedule.
Green Coffee Notes for December 2020:
- All of the West Coast ports are experiencing labor shortages, which is delaying containers being offloaded from incoming vessels. Nearly all imports are being delayed from unloading. We even had a container redirected to another port of entry!
- Coffees that have arrived and are awaiting transfer from the port to the Annex coffee storage
Green coffee can be stored much longer than roasted coffee: Roasted coffee starts to lose its aromatics in 10 days after roasting. Green coffee can be stored months... facility include Brazils from Carmo de Minas and Minas Gerais, and Honduras
Honduran coffee was absent from the top ranks of the Specialty market, but that has changed. It has all the environmental factors on its side: soil, altitude, climate.... micro lots from Beneficio
In Kenya, a "Factory" is actually a coffee wet mill (called a washing station in other parts of Africa) where the fresh cherry is brought for wet-processing. It... San Vicente - Our first BurundiBurundi coffee bears resemblance to neighboring Rwanda, in both cup character, but also the culture surrounding coffee. Burundi is a small landlocked country at the crossroads of East... and RwandaA Bourbon cultivar variant from Rwanda and Burundi. Bourbon coffees are named for the island in the India Ocean where French colonists grew it. Some history from the... containers are slated to start trickling in the last week of December. They have been delayed by container shortages and loading issues in the export country as well as on our end.
- While we run a lean warehouse crew to stay COVID safe, we will be focusing our efforts on fulfilling the rush of holiday orders, and minimizing new coffee additions for the remainder of December.
- We have plenty of reinforcements to restock with come January from 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..., EthiopiaEthiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia, or a coffee cultivar: Ethiopia, or more specifically the Empire under Haile Selassie, was known as Abyssinia. The name is Latin, derived from..., ColombiaColombian coffee is highly marketed and widely available in the US. They have been largely successful at equating the name Colombian Coffee with "Good" Coffee. This is half-true...., and more.
- Our decaf selection is thin but we will be adding more options of our custom-decaffeinated Swiss Water Process coffee soon!
As always, send any coffee questions to us at [email protected], or wholesale questions at [email protected]. We’re here to help.
Upcoming coffees currently on the schedule to be added to our website:
| December Outlook | |||
| Colombia Buesaco Alianza Granjeros | 31 | 70 KG | OAKLAND |
| Ethiopia Miirabawi Buna SWPSWP means Swiss Water Process is a patented water filtration decaf method, not a chemical solvent method. The plant is in Vancouver, Canada. Decaf | 70 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East... Kiambu Fram Farm AB | 50 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| 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... AcehThe northernmost district in SumatraL Aceh District is north of North Sumatra and produces some very classic Sumatra coffees. The center of coffee in Aceh is Lake Tawar... Farmers SWP Decaf | 70 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| January Outlook | |||
| BrazilBrazil is a coffee giant . As Frank Sinatra sang, "they grow an awful lot of coffee in Brazil".: Brazil is a coffee giant . As Frank Sinatra... Dry ProcessDry process coffee is a method for taking the fruit from the tree to an exportable green bean. The whole intact coffee cherry is dried in the sun... FazendaFazenda is the Portuguese word for farm, hence it is the term used in Brazil. Fazenda is not a coffee-specific term. Furnas | 60 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Brazil Dry Process Pedra Branca | 81 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Colombia Urrao Heirloom CaturraCatimor is a broad group of cultivars derived from a Hibrido de Timor (HdT) and Caturra cross, highly productive, sometimes with inferior cup flavor. The main issue is... | 17 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| 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,... Miguel Rojas Rola | 38 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| El SalvadorEl Salvador coffee had an undeservingly poor reputation for years, marred mostly by the inability to deliver coffee of high quality in an unstable political climate. Unfortunately, agriculture... Santa Ana PacasA mutation of Bourbon cultivar that appeared in El Salvador in 1949: Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon cultivar that appeared in El Salvador in 1949. It... | 35 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| El Salvador Santa Ana PacamaraAs the name implies, Pacamara is a large bean cultivar, a cross between Pacas and Maragogype with unique flavor properties. This variant originated in El Salvador in 1958,... | 15 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Ethiopia DP Yirga Cheffe Aricha | 117 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Ethiopia OrganicGrown without the use of artificial fertilizers, herbicides, etc.: Organic coffee has been grown according to organic farming techniques, typically without the use of artificial fertilizers. Some farms... Shakiso Kayon Mountain | 50 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Guatemala Antigua Pulcal Inteligente | 43 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Guatemala Xinabajul La Libertad | 47 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Guatemala Huehuetenango Chalum | 34 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Kenya Nyeri Ichamama PeaberryA peaberry is a green coffee "bean" that has a rounded form: Coffee is the dried seed from the fruit of a flowering tree - each fruit having... | 14 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
Kenya Nyeri Kiruga Peaberry The Spanish-language term for Peaberry is the same for "snail". See Peaberry for more information on the single bean fruit of the coffee tree. A peaberry is the... | 14 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
Nicaragua Nicaraguan coffees from the Segovia, Jinotega, Ocotal and Matagalpa regions are nice balanced cups. They often possess interesting cup character along with body and balance, outperforming many other... Jinotega Selección | 70 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| PeruPeruvian coffees have Central American brightness but in a South American coffee flavor package overall. The good organic lots do have more of a "rustic" coffee character.: Organic... Fair TradeFair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability.: Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach... Organic Don Edy | 16 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Sumatra Aged 5 Years Nusantara | 10 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Sumatra Lintong Sigumpar Village | 22 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
| Sumatra Wet ProcessWet-processing starts by removing the outer skin of the coffee cherry with a machine called a pulper, then fermenting the remaining fruit (with green bean inside) in water... Gunung Tujuh | 13 | 60 KG | OAKLAND |
Incoming coffees currently on the water:
| Brazil Dry Process Pedra Branca | 31 | 60 KG | AFLOAT |
| Brazil Dry Process Carmo Estates | 28 | 60 KG | AFLOAT |
| Brazil Pulp NaturalPulp natural is a hybrid method of processing coffee to transform it from the tree fruit to a green bean, ready for export. Specifically, it involves the removal... Pedra Branca Yellow BourbonYellow Bourbon is a subtype that has fruit which ripens to a yellow color, found mainly in Brazil where it was first grown. Bourbon coffees are named for... | 31 | 60 KG | AFLOAT |
| Brazil Dry Process Pedra Branca | 50 | 60 KG | AFLOAT |
| Brazil Dry Process Fazenda Furnas | 60 | 60 KG | AFLOAT |
| Brazil Ricardo Vagne Ignotti | 30 | 60 KG | AFLOAT |
| Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of the island it shares with the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, part of Indonesia. The two primary areas for... Baroida Morita | 65 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Papua New Guinea Norikiri | 10 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Papua New Guinea Kainantu Urara | 25 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Kayanza Yagikawa Motongo | 30 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Kayanza Dusangirijambo | 35 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Kazoza N’Ikawa Station | 34 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Kazoza N’Ikawa Station | 20 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Rwiri Yagikawa | 20 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Mutambu Colline Migoti | 20 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Monge Murambi Hill | 60 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Mutambu Colline Migoti | 60 | 60 KG | Dec 29 |
| Burundi Wet Process Gahahe | 65 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
| Burundi Yandaro | 50 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
Burundi Honey Process The honey process has nothing to do with honey other than the fact that they're both sticky! It's a term that became popularized in Costa Rica as another... Gahahe | 50 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
Burundi Yeast Fermentation Yeast fermentation involves adding different types of external yeasts to the fermentation stage of wet processing in order to help control the outcome, and ultimately, how the coffee... Nemba | 5 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
| Burundi Dry Process Kibingo | 50 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
| Burundi Murambi | 40 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
| Burundi Dry Process Agahore | 40 | 60 KG | Jan 5 |
| Rwanda Nyakarenzo Rusizi | 30 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Mushonyi Rutsiro | 30 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Nyamasheke Macuba | 25 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Ngororero | 30 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Yellow HoneyIn coffee, honey-like sweetness is often found, but we use terms such as refined honey (highly filtered and processed) as opposed to raw honey rustic honey sweetness. This... Kanyege | 20 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Dry Process Rusizi | 25 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Dry Process Kanyege | 20 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Dry Process Nyakabingo | 20 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| CongoKivu is the general name for East Congo (Kinshasa), covering a very broad geographical area, and the lake of the same name that divides them. It borders on... Cocaska Cooperative | 50 | 60 KG | Jan 16 |
| Rwanda Gitwe Peaberry | 40 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| Rwanda Gatare Peaberry | 20 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| Rwanda Mutovu | 25 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| Rwanda Karongi Gitesi | 45 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| Rwanda Gitwe | 50 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| Rwanda Tumba | 49 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| Rwanda Kageyo | 57 | 60 KG | Jan 22 |
| TimorTimor-Leste (East Timor) is a tiny island between Australia and Sulawesi, annexed by Indonesia and liberated in a referendum several years ago. Small scale coffee farming was jump-started... Leste Goulala 4 | 25 | 60 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Timor Leste Lekisala | 25 | 60 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Timor Leste Koliate 14 | 25 | 60 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Timor Leste Loi-ludo | 25 | 60 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Sulalwesi Pulu Pulu Washed | 28 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Sulalwesi Angin Angin Washed | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| SulawesiSulawesi coffees are low-acid with great body and that deep, brooding cup profile akin to Sumatra. The coffee is sometimes known as Celebes, which was the Dutch colonial... Topidi Washed | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Sulawesi Topidi Honey | 20 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Sulawesi Topidi Natural | 20 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Sulawesi Sisola Honey | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| FloresFlores is an Indonesian island, and as a coffee bears more resemblance to the coffees of Timor-Leste, New Guinea and Java than to the wet-hulled coffees of Sumatra... Wawo Muda Washed | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Flores Wolo Wio Washed | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Flores Waja Mala Washed | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Flores Sobo Washed | 30 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Flores Tangkul Washed | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
Java There 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... Tambak Ruyung Wet Hulled | 50 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Java Cikuray Wet Hulled | 50 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
Java Temanggung Robusta Ateng is a common name for Catimor coffees widely planted in Sumatra and other Indonesia isles.: Ateng, with several subtypes, is a common name for Catimor coffees widely... | 40 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
| Java Frinsa Saccharic Honey | 20 | 30 KG | Feb 2021 |
4 Responses
Such a great view into your business and an opportunity to scan incoming beans for favorites! Thank you for sharing info like this and your trip visits.
We’re glad you’re finding this info useful! Statuses can change, and this year has been particularly unpredictable. We plan to update both lists every few weeks to reflect the most recent updates. Thanks for your comment!
Love the opportunity to see what’s en-route to your warehouse! Making notes on what to look out for. My recent order of various beans for home roasting has turned out fantastic!
Thanks for the note and we’re glad this list will help you plan ahead! You can expect another update in the next week now that we’re almost through all the holiday closures.
-Dan