Coffee Bios
The Sumatra Lintong Raja Batak comes from selected producers surrounding the town of Lintongnihuta in the Provinsi Sumatera Utara (Northern Sumatra Province). This specific area is located on the southern shores of Lake Toba, which is the largest volcanic lake in the world. The soil around the southern part of the lake is volcanic which leads to exceptional terrain for growing coffee. Raja Batak is a premium Peaberry selection and is very limited in its availability.
Kenyan coffee enjoys a celebrated reputation for its bold and distinctive flavor. La Minita cups hundreds of samples each year and selects only the most intense and sophisticated top auction lots. We have a special fondness for brilliant Kenya coffees with their wine-like acidity and ripe fruit flavors.
Kenyan coffee enjoys a celebrated reputation for its bold and distinctive flavor. La Minita cups hundreds of samples each year and selects only the most intense and sophisticated top auction lots. We have a special fondness for brilliant Kenya coffees with their wine-like acidity and ripe fruit flavors.
The Asociacion de Mujeres Caficultoras “Los Lirios de Chirinos” is a group of eight women coffee producers in northern Peru who banded together to increase their profits through better quality coffee. The group was started in 2017 by two sisters, Silvia and Nancy Lizana. They are daughters of coffee producers, fourth generation farmers, and country girls at heart.
Juarez Colatino Barros is part of the COANOP Cooperative of smallholder farmers.
Here is Juarez’s story in his own words:
“My name is Juarez Colatino Barros, I grew up helping my parents Noel and Maria Barros in the coffee field. At the age of 12 I remember waking up very early to help them on the coffee harvest….
Dulcineia is part of the Mataõ Women In Coffee project. Mataõ is a remote region in southern Brazil and the group formed to support these women’s efforts to run a portion of their family farm with a focus on quality instead of quantity. The group’s coffees have won competition accolades but the best part might be that they have made their husbands jealous with the premium pricing and recognition they have received.
Eloir is part of the Mataõ Women In Coffee project. Mataõ is a remote region in southern Brazil and the group formed to support these women’s efforts to run a portion of their family farm with a focus on quality instead of quantity. The group’s coffees have won competition accolades but the best part might be that they have made their husbands jealous with the premium pricing and recognition they have received.
In addition to the Chonti our Quality Assurance team developed a mark called La Llama. La Llama is a fully washed SHB from the Chanchamayo Valley located in the province of Junin and the region around Chontali This coffee is grown between 1200 to 1400 m and exhibits good acidity, medium body with a very pleasant sweet finish. La Llama can be certified Rainforest Alliance or Organic.
Our Jardin Excelso is the smaller-beaned sibling to our Alma del Café produced in Jardin, Colombia. It is therefore similarly delicately fruited in taste, with dominant flavors of chocolate and caramel. Slightly less intense than the Alma del Café, this Excelso is nonetheless clean and straightforward, and adaptable to many different roasting styles and levels of development.
Sourced from the best farms in the Antioquia region, our Jardin Alma de Café is milled and prepared for export at our own mill in Jardin Colombia. We oversee the same exacting processing systems as we undertake in our Nariño mill and control the end quality of every bag of Alma de Café. This coffee is clean and sweet, with a softened acidity and medium body. Flavors of cocoa and caramel mingle with hints of tropical fruit.
The flow of coffee is very unique in Sumatra as compared to other origins and in the region where we produce this coffee, women are the backbone of the coffee business and make all of the quality and buying decisions. Boru means the link to the maternal line of the family and we thought that we should pay homage to them with naming this coffee Boru Batak.
Blend 56 is a proprietary blend developed especially for use as espresso or a base in espresso blends. We combine both natural and semi-washed coffees from select fazendas in the Cerrado region to make up the desired profile. The end result is a blend that is balanced and sweet, with fresh noticeable acidity, flavor nuances of clean berries and fruits, and a thick creamy body.
