
🏅 = Golden Bean Medal Winner
🐸= Our Farm
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Pacas Rainforest Microlot
Washed Process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Agave, sugar, apple, cherry
Aroma: Honey, orange blossom, sugar, creamy
Warm: Hint of jasmine, azahar, orange, agave background, brown sugar, velvety
Cool: Honey, azahar, citric, clementine, jasmine, pear
Pour over
Warm: Jasmine! lilac! azahar
Cool: So jasmine tea, delicate, citric with honey, sweet lemon but not sharp, lemon tea
Fun Fact
We have offices and GMCG teams in both Matagalpa, Nicaragua and Washington D.C. in the USA.
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Caturra Rainforest Microlot
Washed Process 🏅
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Plum, prunes stewed, apple, wholesome (other roast: grapefruit, sweet, citric, agave, honey)
Aroma: Plums, prunes, cinnamon, brown sugar, candy
Warm: Red wine, cherry, oak, body, deep, developed roast, honey, juiciness, silky, pear, cherry
Cool: Brûlée top, sugary, brown sugar, body, juicy, malic acidity medium, honey, applesauce, red cherry and crazy smooth/silky
Pour over
Warm: Red wine, velvety consistency, cherries, red grapes/craisins
Cool: Plum, velvety, similar to an SL-28 Kenyan in the velvety consistency, hint of pear
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Yellow Bourbon
Natural Process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Cantaloupe, lemon Ludens, lemon tart, mango, anise
Aroma: Gingerbread, agave, crema catalana (similar to flan)
Warm: Agave, cantaloupe, gingerbread, lemon
Cool: Juicy, raisin, silky, cantaloupe
Pour over
Warm: Juicy, cantaloupe juice, pineappe juice, silky, touch of cherry, agave
Cool: Honey, cantaloupe, juicy, passion fruit, vanilla Haagen Dazs ice cream
Fun Fact
We bought a rainforest just to protect it! Our private rainforest preserve near our flagship Finca Idealista farm allows endangered plants and animals a habitat in which they can thrive and survive.
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Yellow Pacamara
Natural Nanolot
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now: Approximately 5 bags available
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Agave, yellow peach, white sugar
Aroma: Agave, brown sugar, gingerbread cookie, molasses, white sugar on break
Warm: Yellow peach, soooo juicy, maple syrup, lemon drops with sugar
Cool: Lemon Ricola, lemon drops, smooth/silky, lactic, milky, juicy, yellow peach, banana bread, honey, super!
Pour over
Warm: Very well-defined yellow peach note, very juicy, lemon drops with sugar, coats mouth like maple syrup, lightly-refined maple syrup
Cool: Exquisite juiciness, lemon drops/Ricola, silky! Yellow peach, honey.
Fun Fact
This coffee tastes like it has a yellow peach in it! It has exquisite juiciness, and its body is very silky. A rare coffee experience.
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Carbonic Maceration:
Pacas & Caturra
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Intense plum, bourbon, pineapple, chocolate liquor, cedar, amaretto, blueberry, tequila
Aroma: Rum, pineapple, raisin, blueberry, mango, intense
Warm: Rum, bourbon, black licorice, mango, dates, molasses, tequila, amaretto, grapes, baked apple, intense experience
Cool: Rum, raisins, dates, mango, blackberries, blueberry cobbler
Pour over
Warm: Red wine, silky, mango, rooibos, cherries, rum, pineapple
Fun Fact
This coffee tastes like a signature drink in a fancy bar, or something you'd rave about for years after trying it on a vacation to some tropical island.
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Honey Process Microlot
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Papaya, peach, agave, buttercup, fruity, pineapple, honey, white rose, gingerbread with sugar, mandarin
Aroma: Mango, sugary pineapple, orange with sugar, creamy, pecan pie
Warm: Mandarin orange, mango, sugar with pineapple, juicy, lemon with sugar, lemon cake, candied apple, malic, brown sugar (other roast: cherry notes)
Cool: Mandarin orange, mango, pineapple with sugar, applesauce with cherries, smooth, juicy, brown sugar
Pour over
Warm: Brown sugar, plum, mandarin orange, sweet citric concoction, cherry! pear, juicy, malic
Cool: Red velvet cake, SMOOTH, rooibos tea, juicy, honey, azahar, applesauce, sweet citric
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
"The Mango" Honey Process
Rainforest Microlot 🏅
Sold out of 2021
Already sold out of 2022!
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2023 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Fruit punch, sugar, tropical, mango juice, pineapple juice, orange juice, grilled mandarin, peach
Aroma: Papaya, stewed mango, honey, creamy, brown sugar, pecan squares
Warm: Malic, agave, thick honey, cooked mandarin, tangy orange, pineapple juice, candied mango, brown sugar
Cool: Mango jelly, sweet pineapple juice, orange candy, grilled mandarin orange, juicy, orange tang, honey, brown sugar, balanced, smooth
Pour over
Warm: Very big mango note, pineapple, juicy, smooth, jasmine, yellow apple, honey
Cool: Juiciness increases
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Natural Process
Rainforest Microlot🏅
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Cooked mandarin, well-rounded, wholesome, cherry
Aroma: Cherry, brown sugar
Warm: Cherry, pear, smooth, malic, white grapes, mandarin, macerated strawberries, very clean
Cool: Smooth, cherry sauce, apple sauce, delicate, very clean
Pour over
Aroma: Apple cider with cinnamon, cranberry, cotton candy, Craisins, cranberries in apple compote
Warm: Citric, malic, white grapes, smooth, clean, juicy, cinnamon, macerated strawberries
Cool: Grapes, juicy, citric, malic
SANTOS & TERESA
The Reds Red Catuai
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Plums, prunes, juicy, sugary, nice, smooth, sweet milk, stewed prunes
Aroma: Vanilla ice cream with cherries
Warm: Cherries, rooibos, touch of honey, azahar, floral
Cool: Jasmine, vanilla, creamier, azahar, touch of honey, delicate, floral, gets even creamier as it cools
Pour over
Warm: Red cherries, silky, citric, touch of lemon, Mott's apple sauce, cranberry in apple sauce compote, vanilla custard, creamy
Fun fact
We connected Santos, Teresa & their family to the electrical grid. We also gave them an entire fertilizer application to try to help them to increase their yield without any deforestation.
SANTOS & TERESA
The Yellows Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Yellow Nicaraguan prunes, orange, chia in milk, potpourri, touch of cedar
Aroma: Banana, papaya, vanilla
Warm: Agave, stewed yellow apples, yellow peach
Cool: Agave, butter, floral, yellow peach
Pour over
Warm: Yellow prunes from Nicaragua, yellow coffee cherries, grilled lemon that's juicy, SL-28 Kenya-like, velvety/silky, agave, orange syrup
Cool: Insanely smooth, yellow Life Saver, well integrated malic acidity, cooked mandarin orange
SANTOS & TERESA
The Yellows Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Yellow Nicaraguan prunes, orange, chia in milk, potpourri, touch of cedar
Aroma: Banana, papaya, vanilla
Warm: Agave, stewed yellow apples, yellow peach
Cool: Agave, butter, floral, yellow peach
Pour over
Warm: Yellow prunes from Nicaragua, yellow coffee cherries, grilled lemon that's juicy, SL-28 Kenya-like, velvety/silky, agave, orange syrup
Cool: Insanely smooth, yellow Life Saver, well integrated malic acidity, cooked mandarin orange
SANTOS & TERESA
The Yellows Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Yellow Nicaraguan prunes, orange, chia in milk, potpourri, touch of cedar
Aroma: Banana, papaya, vanilla
Warm: Agave, stewed yellow apples, yellow peach
Cool: Agave, butter, floral, yellow peach
Pour over
Warm: Yellow prunes from Nicaragua, yellow coffee cherries, grilled lemon that's juicy, SL-28 Kenya-like, velvety/silky, agave, orange syrup
Cool: Insanely smooth, yellow Life Saver, well integrated malic acidity, cooked mandarin orange
DENIS & YEIMIN
Cantaloupe Forward Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Hazelnut, bubble gum
Aroma: Black licorice, cardamom, cinnamon
Warm: Cantaloupe, orange, honey, juicy, silky
Cool: Candied orange, apple juice, sweet citric, cantaloupe, white grape, honey
Pour over
Cantaloupe, red and black licorice, silky
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Carbonic Maceration:
Yellow Pacamara
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Rum, tequila, mango, stout, cinnamon, white currant, orange
Aroma: Prune juice, cooked prunes, plum sauce, red wine, mango, tequila, rum, dates, molasses
Warm: Tequila, rum, mango, white grape, a signature drink, white currant, pineapple, melted sugar, prune juice
Cool: Mango, tequila, orange candy, lemon drops, white currant, tequila, intense, brown sugar melted, mango juice, juicy raisins, thick
Fun Fact
The fact that its base is a rare Yellow Pacamara with high sugar content and incredible body makes it just that much more out of this world!
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Cascara Fermentation
Brand new this year
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Prune, cherry, red rose
Aroma: Pecan pie
Warm: Juicy, cherry, silky, white grape, red rose, hibiscus, clove (roast)
Cool: Cherry juice, rooibos, hibiscus, pecan, similar to our Norwegian yeast anaerobic fermentation natural process coffee
Pour over
Juicy, white grape, red velvet cake, white rose
GUADALUPE
Guadalupe and the Giant Peach Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Peach, mandarin, agave, cantaloupe, potpourri
Aroma: Apple, yellow peach, cranberries, deep, rooibos, cherry
Warm: Yellow peach, silky, plum, malic, grilled lemon note, agave, tropical, papaya
Cool: Yellow peach, vanilla custard, agave, creamy, juicy, yellow peachy, opens up, malic, floral, potpourri, peach tea, nice
Pour over
Warm: Cooked yellow peach, mandarin, honey, body, malic peachy, very drinkable, smooth, silky
Cool: Cinnamon, brown sugar, sooo juicy, apple juice, peach, white grape juice
MARIA VELASQUEZ
& DAUGHTERS
Washed Microlot
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Agave, honey, white sugar
Aroma: Praline
Warm: Jasmine, cherry, floral, smooth
Cool: Jasmine, floral, smooth
Pour over
Warm: White grape, jasmine, malic acidity, smooth body, velvety
Cool: Apple juice, jasmine, malic, white grape, body increases, touch of chocolate (from the roast, can be eliminated if desired)
JOSE & MARIA'S
Cherry Concentrate Microlot 🏅
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Plums, agave, apple, lots of cherry notes, cranberry sauce, sugar, confectioner's sugar
Aroma: Rooibos tea, vanilla, red apple, cinnamon bun with sugar glaze, cherry
Warm: Pecan square inside, cherry concentrate, black cherry, great,
Cool: Juicy, solid, black cherry concentrate, body, deep, substantial
Pour over
Warm: Velvety, Kenya-like, cherry concentrate, malic, body, 60% melted chocolate, crushed blackberries on finish, rum
Cool: More apple as cools, crazy body, still crazy cherry, pure cherry juice, creamy, lactic
MARIA VELASQUEZ
& DAUGHTERS
Natural Process Microlot
2 bags available spot
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Cooked mango, plum, red grapes, smooth
Aroma: Concord grapes, lilac, caramel, nice
Warm: Smooth, mango with banana smoothie, juicy, papaya, nice
Cool: Mango syrup, beautiful, custard, cake batter lemon/sugar/vanilla
Pour over
Warm: Apricot, prunes, strawberry concentrate, honey, juicy, thick, sweet, malic, blueberry, rum
Cool: Fruit, juicy, sweet citric, plum/prunes, fruit leather, strawberry concentrate, body, lemon candy, less rummy, apricot juice
MATAGALPA
Matagalpa Community Coffee🏅
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Tootsie Roll, mulled wine (with clove and cinnamon spices), red wine, oak, Brazil nuts
Aroma: Cranberries, pecans, Brazil nuts
Warm: Lingering sweetness, lemon, chocolate, mixed nuts (other roast: caramel, 50% chocolate, foamy Swiss Miss, juicy-malic acidity)
Cool: Graham cracker, vanilla ice cream, creamy, medium body, chocolate (other roast: juiciness, yellow peach)
Pour over
Warm: Buttery, buttercup, velvety background, melted buttery chocolate with high cacao content (Swiss chocolate), hot cocoa
Fun fact
Our Matagalpa Community Coffee offering is an economical option for roasters who are price sensitive. It's specialty coffee and is a mix of various producers, whose traceability we maintain so we and you know exactly which lots make up this offering.
NICOLAS & ANGELA'S
Jasmine Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Plums, rooibos tea, cooked cherry, pleasant, orange, red pear (other roast: orange blossom, citric and kiwi)
Aroma: rooibos tea, buttercup
Warm: Lilac, geisha-like, nice, juicy, smooth, cherry, jasmine, vanilla bean Haagen Dazs, creamy, body (other roast: Concord grape, integrated malic acidity)
Cool: Orange syrup, floral, azahar, pour over, juicy, malic, Concord grapes, syrup, molasses, jasmine/lilac, UNIQUE!
Pour over
Warm: Jasmine upfront, lilac, Concord grapes, medium juiciness, malic, juicy aftertaste, smooth, geisha similarities
Cool: Jasmine upfront, lilac, velvety, Concord grape aftertaste, lavender, Concord grape juice at coldest
NICOLAS & ANGELA'S
Honey Process Microlot
1 nitro-flushed box (76 lbs) available spot; pending sale
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Agave, melted sugar, peach, papaya, cherry
Aroma: Sugary, yellow peach, grilled mango, grilled pineapple, sweet, vanilla cake
Warm: Similar to a Yirgacheffe yet more full-mouth feel, pear juice, caramelized grapefruit
Cool: Juicy, lilac, Concord grapes, body, smooth
Pour over
Warm: Rose water, honey, brown sugar, rooibos, sea salt, toffee, lemon
Cool: Cherry, grapefruit
JOSE FRANCISCO & EMMA'S
Cherry Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Agave, plums, red and orange Life Savers
Aroma: cherries, 60% chocolate, dark chocolate with cherry, touch of oak
Warm: Apple sauce, cherries, malic acidity medium, citric
Cool: Applesauce, cherries cooked, faint touch of nut (lighter roast: more honey & citric notes)
DON ISIDRO'S
Mulled Red Wine Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Nectary, nice, peach, sweet, nectary tea, juicy, orange (other roast: peach, star fruit, cherry)
Aroma: Oak, red wine, orange blossom (other roast: mulled red wine, wine, nutmeg)
Warm: Citric, azahar, earl grey, jasmine, floral, could develop the roast a little more (other roast: cooked red wine, nice with a steak dinner, deep, body, "serious")
Cool: Red wine, jasmine, s'mores (other roast: mulled red wine, juicy, great, pear, solid, would be an amazing espresso)
Pour over
Warm: Substantial, juicy, brown sugar, cherry, juicy apple rind, body, plum, smooth
Cool: Velvety, SL-28, juicy, red cherry, malic, red apple rind, juicy, great
FINCA IDEALISTA 🐸
Anaerobic Norwegian Yeast Natural
Brand new this year
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Available in nitro-flushed boxes of 76 lbs each
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Red velvet cake, red cherry candy, baked apple
Aroma: Red velvet cake
Warm: Red velvet cake, white wine, very clearly defined red cherry note, silly, white grape juice
Cool: Red velvet cake, white grape juice, honeydew, pears
Pour over
Warm: Hibiscus, white grape, blackberry, red velvet cake, mandarin orange, croissant, black cherry
Cool: Black cherry juice, white currant, high malic acidity, molasses, sweet, bubble gum as cooling further
NATURALLY NEIGHBORS
GMCG Member Farmers Microlot
Natural process
15 bags available spot
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Mango, pineapple, sugar
Aroma: Mango, pineapple
Warm: Mango, pineapple, sugar, malic, apple, cranberry
Cool: Silky, pineapple, sugar, mango, honey
SABINO & MARIA JESUS'
Pear Notes Microlot 🏅
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Peach, star fruit, white sugar, sweet citric
Aroma: Yellow peach, wholesome, agave
Warm: Pear juice, smooth, cantaloupe, body full-mouth, pour over
Cool: Juicy, star fruit, pear, whole mouth, smooth, tea-like
Pour over
Warm: Craisins, juicy, cherry, pear, sweet citric, Lemonhead candy, more of a fruit tea with a full-mouth feel than a coffee
Cool: Literally apple or white peach juice not coffee, fruit tea, apple juice with sweet lemon drops, pineapple juice with honey when coldest
Fun fact
You could almost call this an apple lemon tea with honey in it!
THE PACAMARA COLLABORATIVE
Apple Notes Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Citric, white sugar, apple just picked
Aroma: Pear, apple, nice, yellow plum, yellow peach, citric, touch of banana
Warm: Juicy, malic, smooth, cherry/cranberry, peach, cherry, APPLE!
Cool: Cherries, apples, smooth, malic, pecans, white grape
Pour over
Warm: APPLE and CHERRY JUICE mixed together! so smooth, tea-like body, coats your mouth, raspberries
Cool: Apple juice, body increases, white grape, white peach, cherry Life Saver, wow
Fun fact
We think that if you run out of apple juice at home, this would solve your shortage 😉.
Sample roast notes: 5:45 light crack (395 degrees), 7:10 more cracks (403 degrees), pulled at 8:09 (careful--it's easy to over-develop Pacamara by mistake)
THE BRIX BREAKER
Pacamara Natural Process Microlot 🏅
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Mango, papaya, cherry, red grapes, and more!
Aroma: Concord grapes, mango, developed, brown sugar concentrate, papaya
Warm: Juicy, Yirgacheffe-like, awesome, espresso would be insane, cherry, malic, sweet, Ethiopian-like!
Cool: Yirgacheffe-like, juicy smooth, Concord grapes, steak, lilac, floral, body, sugary, apples, sweet, SO NICE
Pour over
Warm: Kenya, SL-28, velvety, smooth, malic, apple, plum sauce, first second of biting into a blueberry, blackberry, cognac
Cool: Apple, an orange lifesaver melted in your mouth, grilled grapefruit with sugar, apple candy, candied apricot, WOW
Fun Fact
This coffee is beyond incredible. Experience it! An absolutely exceptional lot resulting from lots of hard work and teamwork. Always in high demand and sells out quickly. This is a great competition coffee.
JUAN CARLOS & ARACELY'S
Red & Yellow Catuai Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Buttercup, citric, grapefruit
Aroma: Hazelnut syrup
Warm: Smooth, red notes, cranberries/raspberries, compote cherries, applesauce
Cool: Melon, Tootsie Roll, fudge, high body, 50% melted chocolate
Pour over
Warm: Silky, apricot, deep honey, smooth, yellow raisin, sweet grilled caramelized lemon
Cool: Custard, vanilla pudding, yellow raisin, smooth, body, nice
DON ROGER & ISABEL'S
Tropical Fruit Symphony - Natural Process 🏅
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Raisins, blueberries, pineapple, mango, grapes, tropical, agave
Aroma: Mango, juicy, plum juice, creamy
Warm: Malic, orange, guava, juicy, smooth, body, praline, pineapple, tropical
Cool: Mango/orange drink with touch of nutmeg, body, smooth, great, unique, tropical
Fun fact
This is a D.C. office staff favorite!
DON ROGER & ISABEL'S
Honey Process Microlot
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Agave, mango, lilacs, prunes, papaya, peach
Aroma: Mango, plum, rose water, agave, honey, white grapes, brown sugar
Warm: Juicy, honey, orange, cherry, sweetness on sides of mouth, sugar, candied orange
Cool: Papaya, mango, juicy, sooo smooth, candied orange
Pour over
Warm: Red cherry, Kenya SL-28 consistency (silky, smooth), red velvet cake, pecan square, juicy inside, Tiramisu, sugary, plum
Cool: Pure cherry syrup, angelic body, melted marshmallow insides, SL-28 consistency, red velvet cake, malic
DON ROGER & ISABEL'S
Javanica Nanolot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Cupping
Fragrance: Faint jasmine, deep, balsamic
Aroma: Break jasmine and lilac/earl grey
Warm: Steak, jasmine, portabella, lilac, floral, clean, smooth
Cooling: So floral! jasmine! blueberry, body smooth, floral
DON FRANCISCO & BLANCA NIEVE
The Reds: Red Caturra/Catuai 🏅
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Cupping
Fragrance: Pear, agave, cranberries, rooibos tea, papaya, grilled mandarin, nectary, peach
Aroma: Rooibos, cherry, prunes
Warm: Cherry, juicy, malic, red apple, sweet red wine, plum sauce
Cool: Malic, juicy, body! red wine! warm red wine, touch agave, cherry!! honey, sweet, pear, sippable, versatile from pour over all the way through espresso applications
Pour over
Warm: Similar to SL-28, juicy, malic, cacao bean raw with red wine notes, Kenya-like, velvety texture, touch jasmine, great, body
Cool: Juicy, malic, smooth, red cherry, sweet, honey, soooo smooth, apple at coldest
Fun fact
Enjoyed by Washington Post food critic in published test of 9 brewing methods!
MARIO & ANGELICA'S
Miracles
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Red Concord grapes, touch of peach, hazelnut, Brazil nut, mandarin orange
Aroma: Apple, cherry, vanilla, crema catalana, Brazil nut
Warm: Pear, juicy-ish, red velvet cake, smooth! cranberry in applesauce
Cool: Graham cracker, black cherry, vanilla, pear, still pear at coldest
Pour over
Warm: Malic background, yellow apple, white grapes
Cool: Malic background, blackberries, macadamia, body, citric
JINOTEGA
Community Coffee 🏅
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Watermelon Jolly Rancher, guava, tropical, nectar, star fruit
Aroma: Chestnuts, cinnamon
Warm: Juicy, body high, cranberry, malic, apple
Cool: Sweet, cherry, cranberry
Fun Fact
Our Jinotega Community Coffee offering is an economical option for roasters who are price sensitive. It's still great specialty coffee and is a mix of various producers, whose traceability we maintain 100%.
BAKLAVA & MANGO
Natural Process Microlot
20 bags available spot; pending sale
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Raspberry, cherry, apple
Aroma: Yellow peach, mango, praline
Warm: Baklava, mango, yellow peach cobbler, smooth, body, cherry
Cool: Blueberries, praline, smooth, body, low acidity
Pour over
Cantaloupe, silky, honey, mandarin orange, papaya, buttery, croissant, dates, mango, pineapple
Fun Fact
This would be an awesome espresso!
MICROECONOMICS
Volume lot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Tootsie Roll, hazelnut, raisin, fudge
Aroma: Spices, clove, anise
Warm: Cloves, Graham cracker, pecans, cherry, baking chocolate fondue, browned butter, body
Cool: Smooth! chocolate fondue, plum, spices, clove, black cherry, body
Pour over
Warm: Malic, body high!
Cool: Velvety, silky, juicy
Fun fact
Need an inexpensive wholesale or many-store coffee option? This is it. Great for espresso and pour over.
FINCA SAN FRANCISCO
Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Brown sugar, fresh plum, cherry, peach, agave, yellow apple
Aroma: Prune, candied red cherries
Warm: Hazelnut, prune, malic background, dark roast, body, juicy, cherry, smooth, juicy
Cool: Malic, cherry, nice as it cools, plum sauce, body, nice! so smooth, developed roast, vanilla yogurt, lactic, creamy, cherry in applesauce, juicy, touch of pear
LORENZO'S
White Wine Natural Process Nanolot
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Cupping
Fragrance: Concord grape, mango, confectioner's sugar, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, rum, honey
Aroma: Grape, juicy, sugar, honey, white grape, mango, pineapple, juicy, dates
Warm: White grape, almond, blueberry, prune juice, smooth, low acidity, apple
Cool: Juicy, prunes
NOBODY'S PERFECT!
Volume lot
Washed, Honey & Natural Process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Fragrance of a natural process, mango, peanut butter, butter, baking chocolate
Aroma: Banana, mango, green pepper, tropical, Brazil nut cinnamon
Warm: Tropical fruit, praline background, graham cracker, nutty, vanilla sauce, baking chocolate
Cool: Mango! praline! graham cracker, astringent aftertaste slightly, green pepper grilled, body, bit dry, vanilla, pineapple! papaya, taste of a natural process
Pour over
Warm: Mango, almond butter, praline, escalivada green pepper (grilled green pepper), people will like this from the fruitiness, some nuttiness on the aftertaste
Cool: Way more nutty, mango, peanuts, fruity, peanut butter
Fun fact
Our absolute LOWEST-cost option, that tastes way better than we expected and has a positive impact despite its low cost. This coffee includes naturally-processed unripe beans from the end of the harvest and washed beans selected off the conveyor belts. The combo brings out both nut and fruit notes.
DOS LORENZOS'
Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Cupping notes
Fragrance: Hazelnut, white grape
Aroma: Cranberries, black licorice
Warm: Yellow peach, cranberry, Brazil nut
Cool: Cantaloupe, orange, white grape, Brazil nut
Pour over
Rooibos tea, cherry, marinara sauce with basil, smooth, hint of floral
FERNANDO & JULIA'S
Dream Microlot
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Cupping notes
Fragrance: Black licorice, pine forest
Aroma: Pecan squares, cranberry, yellow Lifesaver
Warm: Juicy, orange, honey, Brazil nut
Cool: Peach juice, honey, Brazil nut
Pour over
Mandarin orange, clementine, sweet
GEISHA NATURAL
Small nanolot to be sent to your mailbox
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Concord grapes, white grapes, lilac, jasmine
Aroma: Jasmine, natural, red cherry
Warm: Tea, jasmine, juicy
Cool: Juicy, velvety, lilac, would be great as a pour over, complex
Fun fact
This is the entire lot!
COLOMBIA
Finca El Camilo
Washed process
Sold out of 2021
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Mango, pineapple, agave, syrupy, red grapes
Aroma: Gingerbread with orange on break, orange/mango, strawberry
Warm: Body, chocolate, buttery, lemon butter
Cool: Applesauce with cooked cherry, Craisins, buttery, malic, floral, sweetness, nice body
COLOMBIA
Huila Sweet Sixteen
Washed process
56 bags available spot
Reserve for Aug/Sept 2022 now
Type sample notes:
Cupping
Fragrance: Hazelnut, red cherry
Aroma: Cinnamon, crème brûlée, butternut squash, cloves
Warm: Raisin, hazelnut, juicy, lemon drop
Cool: Honeycrisp apple, citrus, juicy, lime, honey, Nutella (milk chocolate with hazelnut)
Fun fact
The beans for this coffee come from 16 different farmers in the Huila region of Colombia, hence the name "Sweet Sixteen."
PACAMARA COFFEE CHERRY TEA
"More than just Cascara"
IN STOCK
Cupping
Warm: Apricot nectar notes, honey, baked apple, smooth, body, incredible sweetness
Cool: Smooth, body, sweet
2 LB minimum per order
FREE SHIPPING to USA customers
International shipping available
Fun fact
Our tea is different because it is from perfectly-ripe coffee cherries, and we find the best microlots and even nanolots to use for tea. Our teams at origin sort through to separate impurities. It takes a lot of effort but it's worth it!
HOME ROASTER VARIETY PACK
Nicaraguan Specialty Coffees
IN STOCK
Variety pack of high cupping Nicaraguan specialty coffee available by the pound. We are excited to be able to offer this home roaster experience (limited quantities depending on the time of year ordered and harvest yields).
20 LB minimum per order
Parcel shipping available to all over the world
DEFECT CONSULTING KIT
Be a more savvy sourcer
IN STOCK
Are you interested in becoming more knowledgeable about coffee defects? We can help with that.
Our Defect Consulting Kit includes samples of common coffee defects to roast so that you can learn their tastes and prevent your roastery from buying coffee with these defects. We are also available for in-person or remote consulting. Learn more about our consulting services here.