Matagalpa | Nicaragua
We have been working with Fincas Mierisch since 2015. They run some fantastic coffee farms in Nicaragua, and are careful and meticulous millers.
Coffee Bios
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.
Ayarza is located in Santa Rosa department, northeast in Guatemala. Ayarza is an important plot for specialty coffee production in Guatemala, due to the altitudes where coffee is planted and climatic conditions. Most of the producers are smallholders with the predominant practice of selling the coffee in cherry. Some of them are already processing their own coffee increasing potential to separate great qualities.
The coffee arrives at the mills in large trucks. These trucks pick up the coffee from the receiving stations (recibidores) on the farms and transport it through the mountains to the mills. It is critical that processing of the coffee begins within 24 hours of the coffee being picked from the trees.
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.
El Indio is the classic San Marcos coffee; it is very well-balanced with a heavy body and high, slightly winey acidity. Flavor attributes are complex and range from tropical nuts and dark chocolate to citrus fruit. The dense beans that make up El Indio lend themselves well to many different styles of roasting.
Bela Vista farm is located in South of Minas, under a special micro region which produces top quality coffee from high lands. It’s a familiar and traditional farm with most updated farming techniques. Producing under best agricultural practices with full traceability and certified by Utz Good Inside. In addition, the farm sponsors a primary school to worker's children and rural community which surrounds the farm. Fazenda Bela Vista Washed Yellow Bourbon has notes of red fruit, a mild acidity, and a creamy body.
Calahute means Free Deer. The farm is currently managed by the third generation of the Anzueto family, who have worked since 1952 when the production was approximately thirty (30) quintals (46kg) of parchment coffee. We continue working with the same mission of producing a differentiated specialty coffee, maintaining good agricultural practices and friendly to the environment.
Look to the east and the verdant Amazon basin stretches out before you. Look to the west—mountains of the high Andes grow taller and taller as they disappear into the distance. Coffee from Peru’s Cajamarca region grows at high elevations, meaning it matures slowly and the dense beans reflect this in the complex cup profile.
Finca el Botón is part of La Minita's Jardín mill quality program where producers are paid a per pound premium for exceptionally picked and processed coffees. El Botón produces the large-beaned Maragogipe variety and experiments with other processing methods such as natural coffees. Finca El Boton exhibits notes of cherry-chocolate, malt, and walnut.
Finca La Bella is a well regarded plantation in Guatemala. La Minita has been working with Juan de la Cerda and his family for recent years. The farm produces mild washed coffees and utilizes many techniques that are beneficial to their environment. The coffees exhibit a winey acidity, creamy body with a chocolate aroma.