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Here is a list of the coffee currently in stock.

Guatemala Huehuetenango

Uganda Bugisu

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe

Zimbabwe Leopard Forest

Tanzania Hope Project

Sulawesi Kalossi Toraja

Brazil Espresso Blend

DECAF Guatemala

DECAF Ethiopia



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Guatemala Huehuetenango

City Roast. This is a direct-trade coffee from the Palacios family, which has cultivated coffee in Palmira, Huehuetenango for three generations. The coffee is grown in natural shade at 1,500 meters and offers a well rounded cup with hints caramel and chocolate.

Uganda Bugisu AA Kawomera

City + Roast. This is a fair-trade, organic coffee from Uganda's Kawomera cooperative that offers a unique combination of African flavors that blend the citrusy brightness of a Kenyan with the sweet fruit of a sun-dried Ethiopian.

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Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Koke

Full City Roast. This is a washed coffee from Koke, the first region in Ethiopia to use this modern process. Increasing quality standards means ever cleaner flavor profiles. This translates to a creamy and flavorful coffee that offers a mix of chocolate, citrus and spice tones. Works well with both drip or French press brewing.

Zimbabwe Leopard Forest

Full City Roast. One of my long running favorites, the new crop has just come in. This is grown on a farm that practices sustainable agriculture and supports the local community. This brews up as a nicely balanced cup that hints at the big citrus of a Kenyan. It's a great breakfast coffee.

El Salvador SHG Everest

Full City Roast. This is a workhorse Salvadoran bean offering all the classic flavors characteristic of these renowned coffees. Grown at 1,200 meters and higher, it's the altitude without the attitude. The beans are grown on bourbon varietal trees. Lots of tangy fruit and dark chocolate.

Tanzania AB Hope Project

Full City Roast. The Hope Project has set up washing stations around Tanzania that enable farmers to improve the quality of their crops and therefore the price they get for the coffee they grow. These mixed size beans offer lots of sweet fruit tones with a rich and creamy body.

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Sulawesi Kalossi Toraja Gr. 1

Vienna. This is a particularly bright and rich Indonesian coffee which has been double picked to remove imperfect beans and foreign material that are common to such rustically produced coffees.
The coffee exhibits an earthy spiciness with hints of butterscotch.

Mexico Terruņo Nayorita

French. This is an organic, high-grown coffee collected from a cooperative of small farms in the Nayarit region of Mexico, most of which ring an extinct volcano. Sun drying of the coffee cherries imparts sweet fruit tones.

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Brazil Daterra Espresso Reserve

Full City + Roast. This sustainable estate coffee is grown on a number of small plots in and around the Cerrado region. Micro-environments yield a surprising diversity of flavors. They are leveraged in this classic espresso blend that highlights chocolate and nut tones in a coffee smooth enough to drink alone, but bold enough to complement steamed milk.

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Ethiopia Natural Process Djimma WP

Medium Roast. This is an organically grown coffee straight from the birthplace of coffee. Drying the cherries in the sun imparts earthy richness with lots of sweet fruit tones. This is a water processed decaf coffee that is sure please. Works well drip or French press brewed.

Guatemala Oriente

Dark Roast. This mountain water-process decaffeinated coffee comes from the Oriente region of Guatemala and displays classic earthiness with chocolate and sweet fruit tones as well as hints of molasses.