Stay up to date on coffee we have coming down the pipeline and our latest green coffee outlook and arrivals schedule.
With no less than a half dozen containers of coffee awaiting pickup at US Ports, and more than twice that shipping from originIn coffee talk, it refers to a coffee-producing region or country; such as, "I was just at origin." Of course "Origin" for most product we use is not..., I feel like we’re just starting to see what we’re facingFacing can mean turning toward, standing up to, being brave. But in coffee roasting though, it means scorching a roast.: Facing refers to scorch marks found on the... in terms of logistics bottlenecks and slowdowns. But being a glass half-full kind of guy, I’d like to lead with good news, which there is quite a bit of at this moment!
As of today (5/10), we have 6 new arrival containers that have either made their way to Oakland from Texas and New Jersey, or have already been unloaded at Continental Terminals Annex, where we store most of our coffee.
A full box of direct tradeA term used by coffee sellers to indicate that the coffee was purchased through a direct relationship with the farmer. Unlike Fair Trade and Organic certifications, Direct Trade... coffees from 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 are now in our position, and we’ll list the first two lots next week. These include fully washed, 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..., and 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... coffees, most of which are from newly erected 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... stations who are buying whole coffee cherryOriginally coffee literature referred to the fruit of the tree as a "berry" but in time it became a cherry. It is of course neither. Nor is the... from the local villages, and processing it in a uniform way. The outcomes from these projects are really impressive, and 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... coffees like Daurfusu, which we’re posting next week, fit right in with coffees from Central American, of which our list is a little light at the moment!
This week saw a container of Yemeni coffees arrive in Oakland, and we are expecting confirmation samples in the next couple of days. In past years, we’ve been conservative in our Yemeni coffee purchases, limiting volume to 1/3 – 1/2 of a shipping container at most (15-20k lbs.). But this year we went all in with 42k lbs. of coffee! The 6 lots we purchased come from distinct growing regions – Matari, Bani Haraz (“Harasi”), Khulani, Hawari, Al-Haimah, and Hajjah – and range in size range from 50 to 150 x 32 kg. bags.
While we work to list coffees from these latest arrivals, we await the transfers of coffees 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...., 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..., 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..., 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..., 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... to our Oakland warehouse. We had the pleasure of tasting the Kenya arrivals last week, and look forward to rolling those out as soon as they become available to us.
From the Cupping Table
April shaped up to be a very busy month at the 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.... tables in both Oakland and Seattle, with a flurry of pre-shipment samples to confirm, and new offers from several origins. For those who don’t know, “pre-shipment” samples are the final coffee samples we taste before a coffee is shipped, and our last opportunity to catch any inconsistencies in the physical coffee gradeThe rating of either a sample or a full lot, according to national standards for export. Nearly every county of origin has its own grading scale. It can... (how it looks), and in the cup (how it tastes). We rarely have issues, but occasionally need to ask an exporter to run a 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... through their milling equipment again to achieve the desired coffee gradingThe evaluation and scoring of physical coffee defects in green coffee.: Coffee grading is the technical skill of evaluating and scoring of physical coffee defects in green coffee.... specifications.
Early Spring is typically a busy month for assessing pre-shipment samples with the tail end of our Ethiopian coffees preparing to ship, and final preparations underway for contracted coffees in Central American origins like 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..., 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..., 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,..., 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.... These origins make up a huge chunk of our annual volume, and the samples behind them make for an incredible amount of our cupping!
Things will slow down for a few weeks here, only to pick back up with the confluence of arrivals from these origins starting to land, and harvest getting underway in 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..., Rwanda, and 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....
Origin Shipping Updates
- Kenya: One container down, two more to go! OK, “down” isn’t exactly accurate as our first box still has to move from Houston to Oakland before we are able to make these first arrivals available. That said, the arrival samples all taste fantastic, and we’ll do our best to put up some larger lots to begin with so they don’t sell out overnight (I’m eying Gathaithi AA, Kamwangi AB, and Kainamui Peaberry…). You can also see in the above image that our second box of Kenyas arrived in NJ, thought still likely a few weeks away from intermodal transit to Oakland.
- 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...: Getting coffee out of the country has proved increasingly difficult the last two months. The major decline of imported goods Ethiopia has seen amidst civil unrest and the pandemic has meant a serious lack of shipping containers, leaving exporters scrambling. It’s also led to a limited amount of service from the major shipping lines, in some cases dropping their schedules from a weekly vessel, to a single vessel each month! All of this at a time when Ethiopian coffee exports are at their peak. We breathe a sigh of relief that our first container avoided these snags, and arrived in NJ yesterday (5/10), carrying coffees from Hambela Dabaye, Benti Nenka, and Buliye. Unfortunately, we’re likely 3 weeks away from seeing those in Oakland, as it still needs to gate out at the Port, move to Continental Terminals in NJ, and then rail across the country.
- Guatemala: All of our contracts for coffees from Huehuetenango (“Proyecto Xinabajul”), Antigua, and Chimaltenango are in place, the coffees milled, and ready to ship. The totality of these containers are scheduled to ship mid-May, headed for Houston where they will transfer to Oakland by rail. Our collective fingers are crossed that there are no hiccups along the way!
- Costa Rica: Last month following elections, Costa Rica fell victim to a cyber security breach by the Russian cyber terrorist group, Conti. The attack has lasted several weeks now, disrupting government functions, including customs’ ability to process documents required for exporting goods, which obviously includes coffee (our container included). The damage is widespread, affecting everything from issuance of social security, to the collection of taxes, and we hope they are able to restore services soon.
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!
May Coffee Outlook
| Coffee Lot | 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... Patrocínio FazendaFazenda is the Portuguese word for farm, hence it is the term used in Brazil. Fazenda is not a coffee-specific term. Escalada | 56 | 59 KG | Oakland |
| Burundi Gaterama Agahore Station | 28 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Burundi Gatare Masha | 45 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Congo 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... Kirumba Kavisa | 40 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Mengesha Farm | 50 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Ethiopia Uraga Raro Boda | 105 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Chelchele | 120 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Guatemala Huehuetenango Aguacatones Honey | 6 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| HondurasHonduran 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.... Las Vegas Mario Martinez | 4 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| Honduras Las 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... Nelson ParainemaParainema is a hybrid with some disease resistance developed in Honduras by IHCAFE (Instituto Hondureño del Café). It is related to Sarchimor, another disease-resisitant type. Both have arabica... | 4 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| Honduras Juan Carlos Sabillon Parainema | 8 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| Nicaragua Dry Process Buenos Aires | 5 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| Nicaragua 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... San Salvador 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... | 5 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| Peru Bello Horizonte Andres Burga | 29 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| 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... Kuta Waghi | 30 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Peru Las Pirias Ramiro Vela | 23 | 69 KG | Oakland |
| Rwanda Rusizi Gaseke | 25 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Rwanda Ngororero | 25 | 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... Dry 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... | 10 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Timor Leste Dukurai Daurfusu | 65 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Timor Leste Dry Process Lulirema | 18 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Tanzania Sepukila Cooperative AB | 39 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| YemenYemen has a coffee culture like no other place, and perhaps some of what we enjoy in this cup is due to their old style of trade...: Technically,... Al Qafr Hawari | 50 | 32 KG | Oakland |
| Yemen MokhaThe Yemeni type of coffee, both in terms of the family of cultivars planted there, and the general trade name.: Mokha Yemeni type of coffee, both in terms... Matari | 150 | 32 KG | Oakland |
June Coffee Outlook (so far!)
| Coffee Lot | Bags | Size | Location |
| Brazil Cerrado Fred Terumi | 35 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Brazil Carmo Fazenda Furnas | 74 | 59 KG | Oakland |
| Brazil Mogiana Vera Lucia | 20 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Burundi Dry Process Agahore | 26 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Burundi 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... Yandaro | 20 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Colombia Veradas Vecinas | 79 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Inzá Vereda Guanacas | 26 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Urrao John Alexander | 13 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| 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 | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Coop de Caldas EA Decaf | 15 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Ethiopia Agaro Kedamai | 25 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Ethiopia Guji Gorebeti SWPSWP means Swiss Water Process is a patented water filtration decaf method, not a chemical solvent method. The plant is in Vancouver, Canada. Decaf | 71 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Kenya Nyeri Gathaithi AA | 48 | 60 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi AB | 60 | 60 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Kainamui 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... | 31 | 60 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Thunguri 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... | 9 | 60 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Kenya Thika Karatu Peaberry | 6 | 60 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Timor Leste Dry Process Daurfusu | 55 | 60 KG | Oakland |
| Yemen Bani Haraz | 100 | 32 KG | Oakland |
| Sweet Maria’s Moka Kadir Blend | n/a | n/a | Oakland |
| Sweet Maria’s Moka Java SWP Decaf | n/a | n/a | Oakland |
Incoming coffees currently on the water: March – May
Ethiopia Incoming Coffees
| Incoming Coffees | Bags | Size | ETA |
| Ethiopia Guji Hambela Dabaye | 100 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Buliye | 120 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Benti Nenka | 100 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Ethiopia Guji Buku Sayisa | 50 | 60 KG | ETA 6/21 |
| Ethiopia Yirgacheffee Banko Gotiti | 70 | 60 KG | ETA 6/21 |
| Ethiopia Sidama Arsi Refisa | 100 | 60 KG | ETA 6/21 |
| Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Chelbesa Danche | 100 | 60 KG | ETA 6/21 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Gedeb | 160 | 60 KG | ETA 6/21 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Idido | 160 | 60 KG | ETA 6/21 |
| Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Taaroo | 160 | 60 KG | ETA 6/23 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Benti Nenka | 160 | 60 KG | ETA 6/23 |
| Ethiopia Limu Ayetu Gera Farm | 140 | 60 KG | ETA 6/6 |
| Ethiopia Agaro Kedamai | 60 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Agaro Hunda Oli | 80 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Geta Bore Cooperative | 80 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Yukiro Cooperative | 50 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Gera Genji Challa | 50 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Gera Nano Challa | 80 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Agaro Duromina | 80 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Beshasha Birbisa | 160 | 60 KG | ETA 7/5 |
| Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Burka Gudina | 200 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Gerba | 100 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Buno Dambi Uddo | 120 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Abiyot Bobea | 100 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Kecho Anderecha | 130 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Mansur Aba Hikam | 50 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Mahamed Aba Nura | 50 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Aba Mecha | 20 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Aba Bulgu | 70 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Dehab | 150 | 60 KG | SI Sent |
Kenya Incoming Coffees
| Incoming Coffees | Bags | Size | ETA |
| Kenya Nyeri Kagumo AB | 42 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi Peaberry | 25 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi AB | 60 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Muranga Riakiberu Peaberry | 16 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Muranga Kagumoini AB | 40 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Kainamui Peaberry | 31 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Nyeri Kagumo AA | 17 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Thunguri Peaberry | 9 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Thika Karatu Peaberry | 6 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Kiambu Ndumberi Peaberry | 25 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Nyeri Gathaithi AA | 48 | 60 KG | Arrived Houston 5/6 |
| Kenya Nyeri Kagumo Peaberry | 27 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Kenya Nyeri Gatomboya Peaberry | 16 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi Peaberry | 33 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Kenya Kiambu Ngaita Peaberry | 16 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Kenya Kiambu Riabai AB | 14 | 60 KG | Arrived NJ 5/10 |
| Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AB | 53 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Kamoini Peaberry | 12 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Kagunyu AA | 5 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Kagunyu AB | 13 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Ichamama AA | 50 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Ichamama PB | 21 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Gichichi AA | 4 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Gichichi AB | 11 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Gaikundo AA | 14 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Thunguri AB | 14 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Rukira AB | 20 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Maganjo AA | 9 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AA | 19 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Mahiga PB | 7 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Gatugi AA | 50 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Gatugi AB | 70 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Gatugi PB | 26 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Kiaguthu AA | 27 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Kiaguthu PB | 10 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AA | 34 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Thika Oreti AA | 12 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Thika Oreti AB | 19 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Thika Oreti Peaberry | 1 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Wanja AA | 14 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Muranga Nguku AB | 45 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Muranga Nguku Peaberry | 4 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Kiambu Fram Farm AA | 18 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Kiambu Fram Farm AB | 66 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Kenya Kiambu Fram Farm Peaberry | 4 | 60 KG | TBD |
Africa / Arabia Incoming Coffees
| Incoming Coffees | Bags | Size | ETA |
| Rwanda Rubavu Rwinyoni | 60 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Rusizi Gaseke | 25 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Nyamasheke Nyakabingo | 25 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Ngororero | 25 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Nyamasheke Macuba | 45 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Dry Process Kanyege | 25 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Honey Process Kanyege | 30 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Dry Process Macuba | 40 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Dry Process Nyamiyaga | 20 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
| Rwanda Honey Process Karambi | 30 | 60 KG | Arrived Oak 4/20 |
South America Incoming Coffees
| Incoming Coffees | Bags | Size | ETA |
| 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 | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Inzá Anibal Pillimue | 2 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Urrao Heirloom 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... | 6 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Inzá Robinson Pillimué | 12 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Urrao John Alexander | 13 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Cajamarca Neftali Castro | 15 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Inzá Rafael Rivas | 28 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Cresta El Hato | 15 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Vereda Guanacas | 26 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Vereda San Antonio | 23 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Honey Process Aponte | 9 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Rio Chiquito Don Luis | 22 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
| Colombia Veradas Vecinas | 79 | 70 KG | Transfering Houston |
Central America Incoming Coffees
| Incoming Coffees | Bags | Size | ETA |
| Costa Rica La Pradera | 75 | 69 KG | Transferring Houston |
| Costa Rica Cafetales de Dota Lot 2 | 75 | 69 KG | Transferring Houston |
| Costa Rica Cafetales de Dota Lot 3 | 50 | 69 KG | Transferring Houston |
| El Salvador Finca La Esperanza | 75 | 69 KG | ETA 6/1 |
| El Salvador Miravalle Centroamericaono | 61 | 69 KG | ETA 6/1 |
| El Salvador Finca Miravalle Tabi | 41 | 69 KG | ETA 6/1 |
| El Salvador Apaneca Finca Miravalle | 48 | 69 KG | ETA 6/1 |
| El Salvador Miravalle Sampacho | 54 | 69 KG | ETA 6/1 |
| El Salvador Dry Process Finca San Luis | 6 | 69 KG | ETA 6/1 |
| Guatemala Chimaltenango Tecpan | 37 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Chimaltenango Jilotepeque | 92 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines | 71 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| 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 | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines Catuaí | 24 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua Santa Ines Caturra | 20 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Acatenango SDBV Bourbon | 14 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Acatenango SDBV Red Bourbon | 40 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua Pulcal | 40 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua Pulcal Inteligente | 20 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua Cabrejo | 50 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Patzun Finca Las Camelias | 42 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Antigua La Parcela Melanie | 5 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Acatenango GeishaGesha 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... AA | 45 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Acatenango Geisha | 40 | 46 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajulu Bojonalito | 16 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Flavio Del Cerro | 25 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Peña Roja | 89 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Virgilio | 25 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Producers | 40 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Idmar de Jesus Velasquez | 25 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul El Paraiso | 26 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Michicoy | 29 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Aler Villatoro | 66 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Aurelio Del Cerro | 58 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Boqueroncito | 50 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Rosalio Villatoro | 56 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul San Pedro Necta | 25 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Jose Villatoro | 20 | 69 KG | ETD May 15 |
Indonesia & SE Asia Incoming Coffees
| Incoming Coffees | Bags | Size | ETA |
| 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... Enrekang Rodo Rodo | 17 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Sulawesi Wet Hulled Latimojong | 40 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Sulawesi Panaikang Village Pak Sulaiman | 8 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Sulawesi Desa Topidi | 8 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Sulawesi Honey Process Gowa | 5 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Sulawesi Dry Process Topidi | 11 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Java Wet Hulled Siki Alit | 30 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Java Wet Hulled Waspada | 40 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Flores Wawo Muda | 18 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Flores Gunung Waja Mala | 18 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Flores Wolo Wio | 38 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Flores Dry Process Bei Poso Village | 7 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Java Wet Hulled Waspada | 50 | 60 KG | ETA 5/14 |
| Sumatra Kerinci Barokah Bersama | 50 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Sumatra Wet Process Barokah Coop | 30 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Sumatra Honey Process Barokah Coop | 30 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Sumatra Honey Labu Barokah Bersama | 30 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Sumatra Dry Process Barokah Coop | 20 | 60 KG | TBD |
| Papua New Guinea Korgua Peaberry | 26 | 60 KG | TBD |
5 Responses
It has been so nice to see Burundi coffees back in stock. They were kind of my surprise favorites among my earliest roasting attempts last year. Same with some of the fantastic Rwandan coffees you’ve had over the past few months. Great to see more coming!
I’ve only had one coffee from Timor Leste so far, but I enjoyed it, so I’ll have to try and grab some of these newer ones to sample.
So many awesome coffees… It’s just too bad I have limited financial/roasting/storage capacities. I appreciate all the hard work you guys put in to make them available for us.
Yes – I am definitely excited about the Burundi arrival. It was very late due to ocean freight logistics, all those container delays globally, but the arrival cup quality is great! It’s a coffee I take home for weekends for sure
Really looking forward to the coffee from Tanzania!
Hey Mark, us too! We are hoping to launch the first lot of AB end of next week.
Be on the lookout.
-Dan
Awesome site! Great information!!