Green Coffee Outlook – June 2022 – for Sweet Maria’s and Coffee Shrub

Stay up to date on coffee we have coming down the pipeline and our latest green coffee outlook and arrivals schedule.

May wound up being a fairly quiet month in our cuppingCupping is a method of tasting coffee by steeping grounds in separate cups for discrete amounts of ground coffee, to reveal good flavors and defects to their fullest.... labs, mostly consisting of approving pre-ship samples from Central American regions like 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... and NicaraguaNicaraguan 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..., and cup testing arrivals from 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..., 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..., and 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.... Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to be excited about, and the work of processingThe removal of the cherry and parchment from the coffee seed.: Coffee is either wet-processed (also called washed or wet-milled) or dry-processed (also called wild, natural or natural... arrivals is about to grow exponentially.

June is shaping up to be a big month for incoming coffees. Running the numbers before sitting down to write this update, I counted a dozen containers of coffee either just arriving, or scheduled to land this month (June). Each one of those boxes holds 42,000 pounds of coffee. That’s a whole lot of beans! See the full contents list below.

Origin Shipping Updates

• Central America: Our first Guatemalan containers have landed in Houston and includes all of our Antigua and Chimaltenango coffees for the year (see below). If all goes as planned, the first lots from these boxes will be available by the 1st week of July. Our Proyecto Xinabajul coffees from Huehuetenango and not far behind, and currently have an ETA of June 15th. A full box of El Salvador coffees have also arrived in Houston carrying several varietal separations from the La Esperanza and Miravalle farms. As you can see from the position below, we have well over 1,000 bags of coffee between 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,..., Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala still en route, and expect to see everything stateside by early July.
• Africa: Hopefully you’ve had a chance to sample our initial offerings from Kenya that we’ve managed to post on the site in the last two weeks. This is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come. Our second arrival is currently awaiting transfer from New Jersey, plus almost 2 full boxes nearing the East Coast ports. About half of our Ethiopia’s are on the water, and the other half are scheduled to be loaded onto shipping vessels over the next two weeks. We have a limited amount of fresh crop here now, and are listing 1 new coffee each week starting today (6/10) for the next 3 weeks.
• 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... & SE Asia: Our mixed container of Indonesian coffees from 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..., 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... and 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... has finally come ashore. If good things come to those who wait, these just might be the best coffees of the year (Harhar). Seriously, we’re glad the wait is almost over and look forward to diving into these arrivals in the next few weeks. We have a few on the July schedule, and will likely add a few more as we continue to fill out that month. Sumatra’s are also on the horizon. This month sees the departure of a full container of Sumatra’s that include several different process types from coops and collectors in and around the 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... Tengah region.

Upcoming green coffees currently on the schedule to be added to our website:

Please keep in mind that the coffees on the Upcoming Coffee Outlook schedule with a location status of “In Transit” are still a bit of a wild card, and the month we have them listed under is based on the current shipping ETA, and subject to interruptions out of our control. Thanks for your patience!

June Coffee Outlook

Coffee LotCoffee can be separated by lot in any number of ways usually by the processor to distinguish one area of the farm, a particular altitude, particular trees, a...	Bags	Size	Location
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... Cerrado Fred Terumi	35	60 KG	Oakland
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... 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... Agahore	26	60 KG	Oakland
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.... Coop de Caldas EA Decaf	15	70 KG	Oakland
Colombia Urrao John Alexander	13	70 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...	6	70 KG	Oakland
Colombia Inzá Vereda San Antonio	13	70 KG	Oakland
Costa Rica Tarrazu Cafetales de Dota	75	69 KG	Oakland
Ethiopia Dry Process Benti Nenka	100	60 KG	Oakland
Ethiopia Guji Shakiso Reji	100	60 KG	Oakland
Kenya Nyeri Kagumo AB	43	60 KG	Oakland
Kenya Muranga Riakiberu 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...	16	60 KG	Oakland
MexicoMexican coffee originates from South-central to Southern regions of the country. For that reason, coffees from Coatepec and Veracruz are much different from Oaxacan Plumas, which are in... Comunidad de Coatepec	10	69 KG	Oakland
Rwanda Rubavu Rwinyoni	50	60 KG	Oakland
Rwanda Honey ProcessThe 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... Kanyege	30	60 KG	Oakland
TanzaniaIn terms of the Tanzania coffee character, it belongs to the Central/East African family of washed (wet-processed) coffees, bright (acidy), and mostly aggressively flavorful of which Kenya is... Sepukila Cooperative AB	39	60 KG	Oakland
ZambiaFrom the country formerly known as upper Rhodesia in a country now named for the Zambezi River, Zambian coffees range from Kenya-like brightness to subtle, balanced coffee with... Yeast FermentationYeast 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... Mafinga	15	60 KG	Oakland

July Coffee Outlook (so far!)

Coffee Lot	Bags	Size	Location
Brazil Carmo FazendaFazenda is the Portuguese word for farm, hence it is the term used in Brazil. Fazenda is not a coffee-specific term. Furnas	74	60 KG	Oakland
Brazil Mogiana Vera Lucia	20	60 KG	Oakland
Colombia Pavón FincaSpanish 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.... Los Palomos	12	70 KG	Oakland
El Salvador Finca La Esperanza	75	69 KG	Houston
El Salvador Finca Miravalle Tabi	41	69 KG	Houston
Flores Wolo Wio	38	60 KG	Oakland
Guatemala Antigua Cabrejo	50	46 KG	Houston
Guatemala Chimaltenango Jilotepeque	92	46 KG	Houston
Guatemala Acatenango GeshaGesha is a long-bean Ethiopia selection with unique cup character. Gesha is the name of the town in Western Ethiopia where the original samples were collected. Spelling it...	40	46 KG	Houston
Java Wet Hulled Waspada	40	60 KG	Oakland
Sulawesi Wet Hulled Latimojong	40	60 KG	Oakland
Tanzania Mbamba Namku AA	30	60 KG	Oakland
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 Dry Process Daurfusu	55	60 KG	Oakland

Incoming coffees currently on the water: June – July

Ethiopia Incoming Coffees

Incoming Coffees	Bags	Size	ETA
Ethiopia Limu Ayetu Gera Farm	140	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Ethiopia Guji Buku Sayisa	50	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Ethiopia Yirgacheffee Banko Gotiti	70	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Ethiopia Sidama Arsi Refisa	100	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Chelbesa Danche	100	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Ethiopia Agaro Kedamai	60	60 KG	ETA 6/15
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... Agaro Hunda Oli	80	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Organic Geta Bore Cooperative	80	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Yukiro Cooperative	50	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Organic Gera Genji Challa	50	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Organic Gera Nano Challa	80	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Organic Agaro Duromina	80	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Beshasha Birbisa	160	60 KG	ETA 6/15
Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Gedeb	160	60 KG	ETA 6/25
Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Idido	160	60 KG	ETA 6/25
Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Taaroo	160	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Benti Nenka	160	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Gerba	100	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Buno Dambi Uddo	120	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Abiyot Bobea	100	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Kecho Anderecha	130	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Mansur Aba Hikam	50	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Mahamed Aba Nura	50	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Aba Mecha	20	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Dry Process Aba Bulgu	70	60 KG	ETA 7/16
Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Burka Gudina	200	60 KG	Not Shipped

Kenya Incoming Coffees

Incoming Coffees	Bags	Size	ETA
Kenya Nyeri Kagumo PeaberryThe 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...	27	60 KG	Arrived NJ
Kenya Nyeri Gatomboya Peaberry	16	60 KG	Arrived NJ
Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi Peaberry	33	60 KG	Arrived NJ
Kenya Kiambu Ngaita Peaberry	16	60 KG	Arrived NJ
Kenya Kiambu Riabai AB	14	60 KG	Arrived NJ
Kenya Thika Oreti AA	12	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Thika Oreti AB	19	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Thika Oreti Peaberry	1	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Kirinyaga Wanja AA	14	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Muranga Nguku AB	45	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Muranga Nguku Peaberry	4	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Kiambu Fram Farm AA	18	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Kiambu Fram Farm AB	66	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Kiambu Fram Farm Peaberry	4	60 KG	ETA 6/10
Kenya Nyeri Gichichi AA	4	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Gichichi AB	11	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Gaikundo AA	14	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Kirinyaga Thunguri AB	14	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Rukira AB	20	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Maganjo AA	9	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AA	19	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Mahiga PB	7	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Gatugi AA	50	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Gatugi AB	70	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Gatugi PB	26	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kiaguthu AA	27	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kiaguthu PB	10	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AA	34	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AB	53	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kamoini Peaberry	12	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kagunyu AA	15	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Kagunyu AB	13	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Ichamama AA	50	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Kenya Nyeri Ichamama PB	21	60 KG	ETA 7/10
Cameroon 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...	40	60 KG	ETA 6/23
Tanzania Tarime Town AB	40	60 KG	ETA 7/20
Tanzania Mara Tarime Peaberry	10	60 KG	ETA 7/20

Indonesia & SE Asia Incoming Coffees

Incoming Coffees	Bags	Size	ETA
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... Kerinci Barokah Bersama	50	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Wet Process Barokah Coop	30	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra 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... Process Barokah Coop	30	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Honey Labu Barokah Bersama	30	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Dry Process Barokah Coop	20	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Aceh Bebesen Aulia	20	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Honey Process Bebesen Aulia	10	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Anaerobic Bebesen Aulia	10	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Wet Process Ribang GayoGayo is ethnic group from the area of Aceh Sumatra around Lake Takengon. They use the name Gayo Coffee to market their production. The Acehnese are a different...	40	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Lintong Sigumpar Village	30	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sumatra Aceh Teritit	50	60 KG	Not Shipped
Sulawesi Enrekang Rodo Rodo	17	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Sulawesi Wet Hulled Latimojong	40	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Sulawesi Panaikang Village Pak Sulaiman	8	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Sulawesi Desa Topidi	8	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Sulawesi Honey Process Gowa	5	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Sulawesi Dry Process Topidi	11	60 KG	Arrived Oakland

Java Wet Hulled Siki Alit	30	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Java Wet Hulled Waspada	40	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Flores Wawo Muda	18	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Flores Gunung Waja Mala	18	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Flores Wolo Wio	38	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Flores Dry Process Bei Poso Village	7	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Java Wet Hulled Waspada	50	60 KG	Arrived Oakland
Java Dry Process Kuningan RobustaAteng 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...	30	60 KG	Arrived Oakland

Central America Incoming Coffees

El Salvador Finca La Esperanza	75	69 KG	Arrived Houston
El Salvador Miravalle Centroamericaono	61	69 KG	Arrived Houston
El Salvador Finca Miravalle Tabi	41	69 KG	Arrived Houston
El Salvador Apaneca Finca Miravalle	48	69 KG	Arrived Houston
El Salvador Miravalle Sampacho	54	69 KG	Arrived Houston
El Salvador Dry Process Finca San Luis	6	69 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Chimaltenango Tecpan	37	69 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Chimaltenango Jilotepeque	92	69 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines	71	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines BourbonA coffee cultivar; a cross between Typica and Bourbon, originally grown in Brazil: Mundo Novo is a commercial coffee cultivar; a natural hybrid between "Sumatra" and Red Bourbon,...	26	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines Catuaí	24	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines CaturraCaturra is an Arabica cultivar discovered as a natural mutant of Bourbon in Brazil in the first decade of the 20th century,  but wasn't studied until 1937. It...	20	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala San Diego Buena Vista Yellow Bouron	14	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala San Diego Buena Vista	40	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Pulcal	40	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Pulcal Inteligente	20	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua Cabrejo	50	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Patzun Finca Las Camelias	42	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Antigua La Parcela Melanie	5	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Acatenango Gesha	45	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Acatenango Gesha	40	46 KG	Arrived Houston
Guatemala Xinabajulu Bojonalito	16	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Flavio Del Cerro	25	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Peña Roja	89	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Virgilio	25	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Producers	40	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Idmar de Jesus Velasquez	25	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul El Paraiso	26	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Michicoy	29	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Aler Villatoro	66	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Aurelio Del Cerro	58	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Boqueroncito	50	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Rosalio Villatoro	56	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul San Pedro Necta	25	69 KG	ETA 6/15
Guatemala Xinabajul Jose Villatoro	20	69 KG	ETA 6/15
PanamaPanama coffee ranges from medium quality lower altitude farms to those at 1600 - 1800 meters centered in the area of Boquete in the Chirqui district near the... Boquete Finca La Gloria	50	60 KG	ETA 6/29
Panama Boquete Oscarcito Gesha	7	23 KG	ETA 6/29
Costa Rica Zarcero Finca Salaca	40	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Honey Process Palmichal	40	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Yellow Honey La Guaria	50	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Honey Palmichal Vecindario	30	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Red Honey Los Monge	30	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Santa Maria Solis y Cordero	30	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Chirripo Corazon de Jesus	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Tarrazú Cerro La Cruz	25	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Jardin de Aromas	25	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Helsar Eliomar Lopez	25	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Don Oscar Hermanos Solis	25	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Tarrazú Cerro La Cruz	25	69 KG	Not Shipped
Costa Rica Tarrazú La Casona	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Finca Buenos Aires	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Buenos Aires San Salvador	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Buenos Aires MaracaturraAs the name indicates cross between large-bean Maragogype and Caturra cultivars. : As the name indicates cross between large-bean Maragogype and Caturra cultivars. It seems to be found... Juniors	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Jinotega La Bastilla 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...	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Los Altiplanos Java	49	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Buenos Aires Los Pinos	30	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Finca El Lino	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Ojo de Agua	30	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Finca Buenos Aires	40	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Dipilto Finca La Laguna	40	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Buenos Aires San Salvador	10	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Buenos Aires Maracaturra	10	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Maracaturra Juniors	20	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Honey Process Buenos Aires	10	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Honey Process San Salvador Java	2	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Dry Process Buenos Aires	5	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Dry Process El Suyatal	10	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Acopio Suyatal	40	69 KG	Not Shipped
Nicaragua Buenos Aires San Salvador	20	69 KG	Not Shipped