The pause on reciprocal tariffs has ended, bringing new anxieties around coffee prices.
With the threat of a frost in 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... ...more nearly in the rearview mirror comes a renewed uncertainty of additional costs from tariffs. The 90 day pause on reciprocal tariffs expired on July 9, opening the door for the President to increase tariff amounts for specific countries. This is in addition to the 10% tariff currently applied to all imported goods, including coffee.
So far only 14 countries have been singled out for reciprocal tariffs. However, we’re already seen that this number can change rather quickly. Just this week, an additional 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil was threatened. While still just a threat, this would bring the total tax on Brazilian imports to 60%, the highest reciprocal tariff yet.
The tariffs are supposed to be about balancing trade deficits. Never mind the fact that with Brazil we have a trade surplus. Brazil is the world’s largest supplier of coffee (the US being the largest buyer), and any possible disruption of that supply chain – price hikes included – will certainly impact coffee prices globally. One of the biggest drivers of coffee market volatility is the threat of frost damage to Brazilian coffee crops, but we may have found a bigger specter in the threat of tariffs.
The problem with all of this, is that it’s not the countries who pay the tax – it’s us. At the current rate of 10%, a $150,000 container of Brazilian coffee sees about a $14,000 tariff added on top. A 60% tariff would increase that amount to a whopping $80,000. To a small business, both numbers are quite painful.
Tom recently posted a photo of an “Entry Summary” invoice that we now receive for all our arrivals, showing how these new tariffs are applied. As he pointed out in that post, the added costs are significant ($20,000 in this particular instance), and not something we are able to absorb. We have to pass it along in our prices. Not that there’s ever a good time for tariffs, but this is all happening in a coffee market that’s recently soared to historic levels.
It is what it is, and like everyone else, we will muddle through. We count ourselves lucky to have customers who are willing to muddle through with us. In fact, we’ve received some really thoughtful responses to previous missives on the topic, and will continue to talk openly about this, doing our best to keep folks posted on any changes. What happens tomorrow is really anyone’s guess.
July and August bring arrivals from Ethiopia and Central America
You may have noticed a few 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 offers trickling out to the site from Guatemala and Mexico, but the bulk of shipments from Central America, 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... ...more arrive over the next two months. In fact between 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... ...more, 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,... ...more, and 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... ...more, we’ve seen four containers last during the past two weeks alone. This includes coffees we buy yearly, like Pulcal, Cabrejo, and La Folie from Guatemala, as well as 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.... ...more Jose, Don Oscar, and Don Mayo from Costa Rica.
Ethiopian arrivals are still about 2 weeks away from landing in Oakland, the first box includes washed 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... ...more coffees from Hambela Dabaye, Buliye, and Benti Nenka. After 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.... ...more the pre-shipment samples 2 weeks ago, I can honestly say that the quality from these sites is phenomenal. We hope to have our initial offerings available by the 2nd week of August.
Scroll through the Upcoming Coffees lists below for an updated schedule of coffees rolling out in July/August, including quite a few from these first arrivals. In response to requests for more details about when coffees will be available, we’ve added a new column with the projected “Launch Week”. While it’s a good estimate of when things will launch, please keep in mind that we may occasionally push back the schedule due to issues outside our control. Whatever the case, hopefully this guesstimate helps folks plan ahead!
One last thing to note is that you’ll see quite a few Central American coffees in our “Incoming Coffees” list with a status of “ARRIVED”. This means the container is in Oakland, but not yet in our possession. It generally takes a couple of weeks for incoming shipments to be physically moved to the offsite storageGreen 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... ...more facility we use. Once they are transferred, they will be removed from our “Incoming” list. On that note, just because a coffee’s disappeared – like some of the Guatemala’s and Costa Rica’s have from the May Outlook – doesn’t mean you missed them. It means they are now in our possession and you should see them on our launch schedule shortly.
Upcoming Coffees July
| Launch Week | Coffee Name | Bags |
| 7/14 – 7/18 | 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... ...more Dry Process Colline Kigina | 20 |
| 7/14 – 7/18 | Costa Rica Chirripo Finca Jose | 50 |
| 7/14 – 7/18 | Costa Rica Cerro Alto La Union | 35 |
| 7/14 – 7/18 | 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... ...more 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... ...more | 22 |
| 7/14 – 7/18 | 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... ...more Sierra Madre de Chiapas | 30 |
| 7/14 – 7/18 | 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... ...more 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... ...more Kerinci Pendekar | 10 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | Brazil Dry Process Sítio Três Barras | 19 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | 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.... ...more Cajamarca Alexander Mancilla | 11 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | Costa Rica Don Oscar Aguacates | 40 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | Costa Rica Tarrazú Cerro La Cruz | 25 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | Mexico 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... ...more Granjeros Chiapas WP Decaf | 50 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | 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,... ...more Al Qafr Hawari | 51 |
| 7/21 – 7/25 | Sweet Maria’s Altiplano Blend | n/a |
Below is a list of upcoming green coffees currently on the schedule to be added to our website in July and the start of August.
Upcoming Coffees August (so far)
| Launch Week | Coffee Name | Bags |
| 7/28 – 8/1 | 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... ...more Gabriel Wagner | 58 |
| 7/28 – 8/1 | Colombia Edward Sandoval 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... ...more | 9 |
| 7/28 – 8/1 | Costa Rica 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... ...more Sumava SL-28Scott Laboratories of Kabete Kenya developed the selection SL-28 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with Bourbon, in 1935. It supposedly is selected from Tanganyika Drought Resistant cultivar, found... ...more | 10 |
| 7/28 – 8/1 | Guatemala Antigua Pulcal Inteligente | 51 |
| 7/28 – 8/1 | Guatemala Antigua La Folie | 45 |
| 7/28 – 8/1 | Kenya Nyeri Gatomboya AA | 30 |
| 8/4 – 8/8 | Colombia Pitalito Evelio Pink BourbonA variant of Bourbon that ripens to a pink color, versus a red color. As a variant, it is not really a coffee variety, but simply a mutation... ...more | 10 |
| 8/4 – 8/8 | Guatemala FTOFTO is shorthand for a coffee that is certified as both Fair Trade and Organic. ...more Dry Process Chaucús | 30 |
| 8/4 – 8/8 | Kenya Nyeri Kangocho AB | 30 |
| 8/4 – 8/8 | Laos Paksong Hills Typica VarietyA botanical variety is a rank in the taxonomic hierarchy below the rank of species and subspecies and above the rank of form (form / variety / subspecies... ...more | 12 |
| 8/4 – 8/8 | Laos Paksong Hills Gesha | 12 |
| 8/4 – 8/8 | Laos Paksong Hills CatiguaCatigua coffee variety is a cross between Yellow Catuai IAC 86 and Hibrido de Timor. it was developed in 1980s by The Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais... ...more Variety | 12 |
| 8/11 – 8/15 | Colombia El Virgel Carlos Emilio Chiroso"Chiroso" is the name given to a unique variety of coffee rediscovered in Colombia in the early 2000's, and is still mostly limited to the country. Originally thought... ...more | 7 |
| 8/11 – 8/15 | Ethiopia Hambela Benti Nenka | 60 |
| 8/11 – 8/15 | Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Buliye | 100 |
| 8/11 – 8/15 | Guatemala Antigua Finca Cabrejo | 30 |
| 8/11 – 8/15 | 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... ...more Anaerobic Karambi | 20 |
| 8/11 – 8/15 | 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... ...more Dry Process Napu 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... ...more | 5 |
| 8/18 – 8/22 | Brazil Dry Process Alta da Serra | 10 |
| 8/18 – 8/22 | Sumatra Dry Process Bebesen Aulia | 20 |
Incoming coffees currently on the water: February onward
Please keep in mind that names may change when we list the coffee on our website. Location status of “TBD” are also a bit of a wild card, as logistical disruptions are out of our control! You also may notice some of the coffees from last month’s list have disappeared. Don’t worry, you probably haven’t missed them. They are now in our possession and should be on our launch schedule soon. Thanks for your patience!
African Incoming Coffees
| Lot ID | Bags | Arrival Date |
| Ethiopia Hambela Dabaye | 60 | ETA 7/21 |
| Ethiopia Hambela Benti Nenka | 60 | ETA 7/21 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Benti Nenka | 100 | ETA 7/21 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Buliye | 100 | ETA 7/21 |
| Ethiopia Guji Goro Bedessa | 120 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Taaroo | 100 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Guji Goro Bedessa | 100 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia 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... ...more Guji Goro | 10 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Suke Quto | 100 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Buku | 110 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Uraga | 100 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Buno Dambi Uddo | 80 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Goro | 80 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Uraga Barkume | 115 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Honey Process Barkume | 45 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Bensa Kokose | 35 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Uraga Siko | 90 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Gogogu | 90 | ETA 8/16 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Tuku | 100 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Dry ProcessDogo Sodu | 120 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Gerba Hechere | 100 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Banko Gotiti | 80 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Goro Badesa | 80 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Halo Beriti | 80 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Uraga Yabitu Koba | 80 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Duromina Aba Bulgu | 80 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Organic Agaro Geta Bore | 40 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Organic Gera Nano Challa | 80 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Organic Agaro Kenisa | 40 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Birbirsa | 60 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Uraga Gogogu | 120 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Uraga Raro Boda | 100 | ETA 9/20 |
| Ethiopia Dry Process Chelbesa Danche | 100 | ETA 9/20 |
| Rwanda Rulindo Tumba 319 | 45 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Rulindo Tumba 531 | 10 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Coproca | 30 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Rusizi Gaseke | 50 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Nyamasheke Nyungwe | 50 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Rusizi Mushaka | 50 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Nyamasheke Gitwe | 50 | August Ship |
| Rwanda Milles Collines 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... ...more | 35 | August Ship |
Central America Incoming Coffees
| Lot ID | Bags | Arrival Date |
| Guatemala San Diego Buena Vista 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 | 70 | ARRIVED |
| Guatemala Acatenango Gesha A | 60 | ARRIVED |
| Guatemala Acatenango Gesha AA | 70 | ARRIVED |
| Guatemala San Diego Buena Vista 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,... ...more | 134 | ARRIVED |
| Guatemala San Diego Buena Vista Pink Bourbon | 5 | ARRIVED |
| Guatemala San Martin Jilotepeque | 43 | ARRIVED |
| Guatemala Chimaltenango Tecpan | 29 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Miravalles Sampacho | 49 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Atiquizaya Tabi | 36 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Finca Miravalles CaturraCatuai is a high-yield Arabica cultivar resulting from a cross of Mundo Novo and yellow Caturra. The tree is short, with lateral branches forming close angles to the... ...more | 9 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Finca Miravalles CastilloCastillo is a selection of the Colombia cultivar that has become the most commonly grown coffee in Colombia. It is preferred to the older resistant variety, Variedad Colombia... ...more | 51 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Finca Miravalles Bourbon | 28 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Finca San Miguel Bourbon | 14 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Miravalles 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... ...more | 12 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Honey Process Finca Miravalles | 23 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Dry Process Finca San Luis | 30 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Dry Process Ana Café | 19 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Dry Process Cuscatleco | 8 | ARRIVED |
| El Salvador Miravalles 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,... ...more | 4 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Chirripo Joicafe | 60 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Zarcero Monte Brisas Danto | 40 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Dry Process Higuito | 10 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Zarcero Monte Brisas Centroamericano | 30 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Honey Chirripo Bambú | 30 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Honey Process HaciendaHacienda is used to imply an Estate that has a full processing facility (wet mill): Sometimes the term Hacienda is used to imply an Estate, which would mean... ...more Sonora | 3 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Zarcero Monte Typica | 16 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Zarcero Monte Cassiopea | 20 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Dry Process Hacienda Sonora | 50 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Anaerobic Arecas | 10 | ARRIVED |
| Costa Rica Anaerobic Cristian Alvarez | 10 | ARRIVED |
| 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... ...more Buenos Aires Los Pinos | 40 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Acopio Suyatal | 50 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Dipilto Monte Libano | 30 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Ojo de Agua | 15 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Finca Buenos Aires | 40 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Los Alpes 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... ...more | 5 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Buenos Aires Peaberry | 5 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua 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... ...more Los Medios | 20 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Buenos Aires Java | 20 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Buenos Aires Maracaturra | 20 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Honey Process Maracaturra | 20 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Dry Process Maracaturra | 20 | ETA 8/3 |
| Nicaragua Dipilto Finca La Laguna | 5 | ETA 8/3 |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Carmelino Sales | 10 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Lisandro Hidalgo | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Axel Villatoro | 14 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Miriam Gomez | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Michicoy Finca Rosma | 34 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul San Pedro Necta | 40 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Bojonalito | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Keneth Merida Pacamara | 13 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Honey Process Aguacatones | 5 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Anaerobic Aguacatones | 2 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Dry Process Finca Rosma | 5 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Dry Process Aguacatones | 5 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Aler Villatoro | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Rosalio Villatoro | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Huehuetenango Boqueroncito | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Xinabajul Flavio Martinez | 20 | August Ship |
| Guatemala Libertad Aurelio del Cerro | 22 | August Ship |
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Is the CR Monte Brisas Danto a Villa Sarchi lot?
Hi Stuart, it sure is. This container arrived at the port last week, and we’re hoping to have that one up sometime in August.
Thanks,
Dan
Dan, maybe I missed it but I did not see Burundi Gatara Masha mentioned. I really enjoyed that one last year and, man oh man, did it make an excellent iced coffee too!
Hey Todd, we’re actually selecting those coffees now. I do see a few Masha samples on the list! You can expect those to be spelled out by the next outlook.
Cheers,
Dan
How much coffee is in a bag?
It varies by origin. If you click on a coffee in the store and then click “specs” you can see the bag size. Typically 60 kg – 70kg (132 lb – 154 lb).
Looking forward to the Laos Paksong Hills being available soon, will these be offered on Coffee Shrub and if so, will 20# option be available?
Another Thank You to Sweet Maria’s Team for the exceptional coffee offerings!
Hey Kent, thanks for saying that. We do our best! We hope to make all three variety separations from Laos available the week of 8/4. 20# will be available on Sweet Maria’s, but not Shrub for this one. We will have 50# bags though. Hope that helps.
Best,
Dan
I’m so excited for Aug-Sept!!!! So much Ethiopian arriving. Ethiopian coffee is my favorite. Especially Hambela Goro
Us too! Goro is cupping super strong, too. I just checked the ETA and it’s slated to land last week Aug. We hope to have it available mid-Sept.
Any idea if the Ethiopian natural Dari kidame will come back? I believe it’s a Guji coffee. One of the best I’ve had. Have yet to have anything that is comparable
The lots from Dari haven’t been as impressive lately, but this area is in Hambela Wamena district. We have other coffees from this area you might really like. In fact the first container from new crop is landing with coffees from Hambela and Kercha, which is the Kebele (county) right beside it. So they are all clustered in the same area. Hopefully you will find something there that works for you as well as Dari did.
This list is great! Thanks for sharing it. I’m really looking forward to more Rwanda Nyamasheke Gitwe. That made excellent cappuccinos in the last batch I had.
Yes that station is really in a nice area – was just there a couple months ago as well…
Hi! Looks like a good lineup. I’m only seeing one offering from Yemen… I thought I’d seen on an earlier outlook that the Yemen Mokha Sanani was making a comeback. Is it still on the horizon?
Hello, we have several Yemens up at the time of this reply. We will have Sanani again this year, but we don’t have a date when it will be added to the store for purchase yet.
I am curious if you have the pricing and tasting notes for the Ethiopia Dry Process Benti Nenka available yet. I was about to place an order for the Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Buliye (which sounds amazing!) but was hoping to compare the two before moving forward. Thanks!
Hello, the Benti Nenka is scheduled to be available this Wednesday, so you’ll be able to see the final review shortly.
Hi, any upcoming colombian inza rio paez? I have been drinking it for 3 years and my supply is running out soon.
Hey Mo, unfortunately it looks like you just missed it. We had it on the site through June and July, when it sold out. I looked around the warehouse to see if we had any straggler 1lb bags around but couldn’t find any. We do have another, different Colombia Inza lot that is very low stock on the website now and another that may pop up soon. Not seeing too much else on the horizon. Wish I had better news.
Hey Mo, just a few more details about Rio Paez, and Inza coffee generally. Like Jarrett pointed out, we don’t have another lot with that name on the way. We do have a lot from Vereda Belen, a village where we source a lot of the coffee lots that go into Rio Paez. It’s not yet on the schedule, but I plan to squeeze it in around mid-September. We’re also building a container from Colombia right now, but unfortunately not a lot of Inzá coffee at the moment. The main harvest isn’t until closer to the end of the year. There will be a 20ish bag blend that may come in under the “Rio Paez” name, but we need to cup the rest of the offer samples first. The other name possibility would be “Veredas Vecinas”, which would be a great replacement if you catch it on the site. Look for those in early November.
Hope that helps!
Dan
Hello Sweet Maria’s
Purchased Guatemala Antigua Hunapu May of 2024, I’m not seeing any on your outlook. [ appreciate having this available]Any for 2025? if not, what would be another option . Thanks again for all your doing!
Hi Kent, we do have one 15 bag lot from Hunapu, “Ciudad Vieja”, that will likely launch late September, early October. You’re in luck though, as most of the Guatemala’s currently on the site are great replacements. Specifically, La Folie, Pulcal, and Cabrejo, are all from the same folks we source the Hunapu coffees from, and while single estate lots, they have a very similar profile to the Hunapu coffees. If I had to pick one, I’d say try Cabrejo and see how it compares. You can find all three here.
Hope that helps get you through til we launch Hunapu later this year!
Best,
Dan
Question about how to interpret the list. The launch date seems to be the date that the coffee will be available on the site to order. The incoming coffee arrival dates are the dates you anticipate taking possession of the coffee? Is there generally about a one month lag after arrival date to launch date, or availability on the site? Looking at a significant number of Ethiopians that were supposed to be coming in, their ETA was in the past week, would we be looking for those to be available mid September? Of course that’s just an estimate based conditions available to you at the time, but what would be a good rule of them to use between arrival date and launch date? Thank you.
Hey Guy, your assessment is mostly correct. The ETA is when the coffee is scheduled to physically arrive at the Port. Turnarounds vary based on a few things. Right now it’s taking around 2 weeks from ETA for a coffee container to be moved and processed at the Annex storage facility in Alameda. At that point we can start taking the coffee, however, the timing of that depends on how soon we need it, and how much space we have in our warehouse! We can only sell coffees that we physically have onsite, and unfortunately our warehouse isn’t large enough to store our entire back-stock. That means that at any given time, we might have 50+ coffees at the Annex waiting in the proverbial queue. It can be confusing seeing coffees drop off the Incoming Coffees list, which is part of the reason I decided to post a Launch Schedule as well. Just keep in mind that it only covers a 4-8 weeks out, and there are a lot more coffees at the Annex waiting to be added to the schedule.
Hopefully that answers your question. You can always reach out to us to check on the status of a particular coffee lot or origin!
Best,
Dan
Wow! I was excited to get some Guatemala Cabrejo or Inteligente from you, as I remember seeing it mentioned in a recent email. Is it really all gone already? Are you planning to make more available soon?
It arrived but hasn’t been listed yet. It will be coming soon!
Hey Dennis, unfortunately we sold through the initial launch of both Pulcal Inteligente and Cabrejo. We do have 100-200# of each on deck to be relaunched in the next 1-2 weeks, but that’s it for the year. There was a small harvest in Antigua, and we just weren’t offered the volumes from some of these estates that we’re used to seeing. On the bright side, we have a couple excellent lots from the same family we buy those two from, Hunapu Ciudad Vieja, and Pavon. I find these share some similar cup features.
Any chance you receive our newsletters? That’s the best place to monitor the launches as they happen (weekly). You can sign up at the bottom of our homepage.
Sorry to disappoint, but hopefully that info helps.
Best,
Dan
Any word on Peruvians? Just noticed that there are no Peruvian’s available or on the incoming list, so didn’t know if they were a long-standing victim to the tariff situation or just unknown at this time.
Thanks!
Hi Kristine,
Last harvest was small, and we had less coffee to offer. The good news is this year is looking good for our normal volumes, and we’re actually just starting to make selections from the new crop. We’re shooting to have new offers before the end of the year.
Thanks!
Dan
Hi Dan,
I messaged you in July regarding Ethiopia Hambela Goro and you mentioned that hopefully it would be released mid September. I reached out via IG to get a status update, and I was told that there is variability to the names year over year. I’ve been very mindful with all your drops, and I dont recall seeing Hambela Goro or or if it was renamed I dont recall seing a similar cupping description as Hambela Goro. I really hope I didn’t miss out because of a rename as this is my favorite coffee, and ive been eagerly waiting for its release.
Hey James, that’s correct. We try to use the same names every year, but variability does occur if it suits us. In this case, I overlooked that we do still have the lot of Dry Process Hambela Goro from the same supplier as what you bought last year, just not available to us yet. Hopefully we’ll have it by late Nov, or Dec, but can’t promise that timeline as we have more Ethiopia than we can list over the next two months. I can confirm you didn’t miss it.
A point of clarity on the name; Hambela Wamena is the name of the Woreda, and Goro is the name of the mill and town. There are a few Goro mills all buying from the same area/farmers, so the naming convention can get a bit confusing. But you can expect similar qualities from other “Dry Process Goro” coffees, even without Hambela in the name. We have two dry process Goro coffees this year, Dry Process Guji Goro being the other.
Hope that helps.
Best,
Dan
Hi, do you have an idea of when the Ethiopia Dry Process Chelbesa Danche will be added to the site? The washed version from a few years ago was one of my all time favorites. Looking forward to this one.
Thanks,
Jon
Hey Jon, yes. We actually have dry process Chelbesa scheduled for week after next. This year’s coffee is very nice!
-D
Wondering when you will get any of the Colombian Chiroso varieties in, and the Ethiopian dambe Uddo–wonderful coffees – also nothing on the horizon for Burundi—
I need a new fan switch for my popper-how can I get one?
Hey Gary, good timing. We have Chiroso from Edward Sandoval scheduled for the middle of December. We also have one lot of Dambi Uddo that will likely launch in January. Burundi’s are shipping now and should be in Oakland sometime in January if all goes well.
Shoot us an email about the popper fan at [email protected]. Be sure to include any specifics about what’s going on with your roaster and we’ll do our best to get you sorted!
Best,
Dan
Dan,
Thanks so much for the green update–my brother and I will look forward to the Dambi uddo(and me anticipating the Chiroso).
I’ll send to ‘info’ as requested about the popper fan knob(but that’s where I sent the first question about the knob)-
it’s loose, sometimes not going between high and low – can’t find a set screw that holds the knob on, so guess it might be a press-on type of knob–that has worn
You bet Gary. We’ll be on the lookout for your email and get back to you about it asap. By the way, here’s the latest green coffee outlook with an updated list of upcoming coffees.
Best,
Dan