$19.95
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$18.95 $125.00
Cherries received at the APG wet-mill are meticulously sorted and floated to remove underripe and damaged coffee before depulping. Depulped coffee undergoes an extended fermentation process with pH and temperature controls to promote optimum flavor profiles. After the coffee is washed it is slowly dried on raised beds. The dried coffee is stored in Grainpro cocoons until it is time to mill. The milling and preparation is also done at the APG dry mill, meaning the coffee enjoys personal care from farm to export. The APG dry mill is also recognized for its attention towards preparing specialty lots and was selected to mill the 2022 Cup of Excellence winning lots.
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$21.50 $70.00
WE TASTE: Aromas of gingerbread open up to sweet grape jelly and maple syrup, with a lingering chocolate finish.
COUNTRY: Peru
REGION: Cajamarca
ELEVATION: 1200-1,800 masl
PROCESS: Washed
OTHER: Traceable, organic farm, Rainforest Alliance
FARM INFO
Sourced from the lush highlands of Peru, Cooperativa Agraria Amoju’s Rainforest Alliance coffee represents the perfect harmony between sustainability and exceptional quality. This coffee is cultivated by smallholder farmers dedicated to eco-friendly practices and the preservation of their rainforest environment.
Rainforest Alliance certification ensures that the coffee is produced in ways to protect biodiversity, support local communities, and promote sustainable livelihoods. Combined with organic farming methods, these efforts result in a product that is as kind to the earth as it is to your palate.
$23.50 $79.00
TASTING NOTES: Floral aromas lead to notes of bittersweet chocolate, lavender, and lemon with a silky body.
ROAST LEVEL: Light
COUNTRY: Ethiopia
REGION: Banko Chelchele Kabele, Gedeb Woreda
GROWER: Smallholder farmers organized organized around the Banko Chelchele washing station
ELEVATION: 1900-2100masl
PROCESS: Washed
OTHER: Traceable, Single Origin
FARM INFO
The municipality of Gedeb is a bustling outpost that links commerce between the Guji Zone and Gedeo Zones, with an expansive network of processing stations who buy cherry from across zone borders. Coffees from this community, much closer to Guji Zone than the rest of Yirgacheffe, are often the most explosive cup profiles from anywhere in Ethiopia. Fully washed lots are often sparklingly clean and fruit candy-like in structure.
The communities surrounding Gedeb reach some of the highest growing elevations for coffee in the world. Banko Chelchele is one of the communities east of Gedeb, part of a greater area known as “Worka”. This dense corner of Gedeb includes farmers that are cooperative-affiliated, as well as independent washing stations of various types, many of which are simply named “Chelchele”.
396 local farmers contribute cherry to Worka Chelchele. The washing station was built in 2021, on 2.5 hectares of land with 12 fermentation tanks and over 250 raised beds for drying. Washed coffees at Worka Chelchele are depulped and fermented for 48 hours, washed clean with fresh water, soaked again in fresh water, and dried on raised beds for an average of 18 days.
Worka Chelchele, as well as the entire export chain for this coffee, is owned by Tadesse Desta Import & Export, a small but modernized coffee logistics company. They use electronic color sorters at their small dry mill in Addis, and are currently in the middle of their organic and RFA certification processes, which they expect to have in place next year. Worka Chelchele is their main processing source for the best coffees they export.
Origin photo by Royal Coffee
