Coffee Bios
We started this relationship in 2017 and are very excited to bring in coffees from Cajamarca. We can offer coffees scoring in the mid 80’s are medium bodied, nice acidity with flavors of stone fruit, almonds and honey. They come from a cooperative in the Cajamarca region of the northern highlands of Peru.
This coffee is drawn from the finest Colombian plantations in the department of Nariño, the country’s southernmost province. We select only those coffees from high altitude farms that grow the Borbon and Caturra varieties and then process those to our exacting standards. The extra-large Supremo-size beans are sorted out for this trademark and sold as our “Proprietor’s Reserve.”
This is a new 2018 offering from La Minita's mill in Jardín, Antioquia. This coffee comes from 138 members of the Emberá-chamí tribe living in Jardín who grouped together to form a coffee farming association. They recently installed covered solar dryers at over half their farms to improve the drying process. Our RIC exhibits complex notes of berries, cherry, and chocolate.
La Minita has been working with the Silva family and San Cayetano since 2005, but have only brought the coffee in since 2014. With the Silva’s family dedication to quality is illustrated in the cup quality. They have various processes to offer including: semi washed, patio dried, various honey and natural processes.
Farm History: Santa Emilia Estate has been in the Homberger family for 3 generations and was Rainforest Alliance certified in 2006. Santa Emilia is practicing sustainable farming methods and does not use herbicides on the farm, rather using “Noble Herbs” for soil amendments and to keep weeds at bay. The farm also is promoting social responsibility.
The coffee culture in the district of "Matão" has reached 100 years this year according to reports of the oldest. The culture was passed on from generation to generation. The group started in 2013, but the real change began in 2015 after the first win at the Paraná Quality Competition, coffee produced by Eloir Nogueira de Souza.
Our Suku Batak is yet another completely sun-dried coffee, also grown around Lake Toba in the Lintongnihuta area to the south and Seribu Dolok area to the ease. It is a double picked preparation with a little wider classification. This consistently clean coffee has a heavy-bodied with mellow acidity and flavors of fresh earth, leather, peat moss and herbal nuances.
The Washed “La Minita Prep” represents our newest trademarked offering. We’ve worked with a mill in Bahia for two years fine-tuning our quality requirements and dialing in our demanding specifications for this project. The coffee is fully washed, which allows us to precisely control the taste profile to deliver a consistent product to our clients. Full of body and rich with flavors of cashew and maple, the “La Minita Prep” is a superb example of the best Brazilian coffees. It makes a perfect contribution to an espresso blend.
