Finally, the second lot of Ethiopia Organic Idido Misty Valley DP has arrived. This is a very special preparationPreparation refers to the dry-milling steps of preparing coffee for export: hulling, grading, classifying, sorting.: Preparation refers to the dry-milling steps of preparing coffee for export: hulling, grading,... ...more, Grade 1 dry-process Yirgacheffe … quite different than both traditional wet-process Yirgacheffe, and typical Sidamo and Harar dry-process. We Have a really nice Peru Norte Especial that came in too, a case where a particular conventionalConventional coffee means that a coffee is not organic certified, in the coffee trader parlance. ...more lot comes in way better than expected. We have had a lot of questions about KonaKona coffee comes from farms along the Kona Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii: Kona coffee comes from farms along the Kona Coast on the Big Island... ...more, but now we are getting to that window in the crop cycle when the higher altitude farms are ready: our first small-farm arrival, HawaiiThe Kona district on the big island of Hawaii produces the best coffee from this state - clean, sweet and mild. : Ah, Hawaii... what a nice place.... ...more Kona – Kowali Farm TypicaA 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 is excellent again this year. And we have a interesting East African arrival with rusticA general characterization of pleasantly "natural" flavors, less sophisticated and less refined, but appealing. : What is Rustic? This is a general term we came up with... Dried... ...more butterscotch sweetnessSweetness is an important positive quality in fine coffees, and is one of five basic tastes: Sour, Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Savory (Umami). In coffee, sweetness is a highly... ...more: Tanzania Mount Meru Nkoanekoli (one of our toughest coffee names to pronounce too!) -Tom
