Archived Coffees
Below is a list of archived coffees, those that we've sold in times past, but which are currently sold out.
| Brazil Daterra Farms - Sweet Blue |
The dry fragrance has strong almond character in the lighter roasts, and in darker roasts is a little turpeny and pungent as well, laced with bittersweet chocolate. The wet aroma is darkly sweet... |
| Brazil Daterra Farms Sweet Yellow |
This coffee is versatile, for espresso single origin espresso, espresso blends, or brewed coffee. The dry fragrance has caramel/molasses and warm spice, caraway, a sweet-savory scent (umami). The... |
| Brazil Fazenda Campos Altos Peaberry |
The dry fragrance has a sweet nutty scent, with caramelized sugar, banana, creamy milk and malt aspects. At first the wet aroma struck me as a fairly standard Brazil coffee, but clean and without... |
| Brazil Organic Nossa Senhora de Fatima |
The dry fragrance is clearly fruited, but clean (as opposed to fermenty fruit). There are berry syrup notes and baked peach pie, which a sweet chocolate backdrop. Adding water, the wet aromatic... |
| Colombia Finca La Carolina, Luis F. Rincon |
The aromatics were what really drew me to this cup. The dry fragrance was permeated with sweet floral qualities, confectionery sweetness, and caramelized sugar. The wet aroma unleashes some... |
| Colombia Organic Tolima - Finca La Coqueta, Jose Zapata |
A lightly fruited sweetness (golden raisin in the light roast) is the primary attribute in the dry fragrance, with milk chocolate appearing as the roast level nears Full City. The wet aroma is... |
| Colombia Tolima Florestales, Maximino Gutierrez |
This is a very aromatic coffee: The dry fragrance is stunning, especially in the lighter roasts where we found candied peach and apple pie scents, very sweet, fruited, and floral. The wet aroma... |
| Costa Rica Cafetin San Martin |
The floral notes in the dry fragrance are those I prize, a sweet rose-like scent, praline nut/pecan toffee; a wonderful combination of smells. The wet aromatics are similar, floral, a raspberry... |
| Costa Rica Chirripo Los Crestones |
The dry fragrance at lighter roast levels has a "jam on toast" scent; whole wheat toast derived mostly from the sweetness of the roast and a peach preserve jammy note. I was really surprised by... |
| Costa Rica Herbazu Red Honey |
Be prepared for an unconventional Central flavor profile! The dry fragrance has a unique savory sweetness, sweet toasted grains in the light roast and an emerging milk chocolate a bit darker. The... |
| Costa Rica La Magnolia SWP Decaf |
I noticed right away in the dry fragrance a caramel and malty sweet note, with just a hint of molasses and fruit. This continues through the wet aroma and into the cup, with sweetness, mild cherry... |
| Costa Rica Lourdes de Naranjo -Finca Genesis |
This coffee is so amazingly sweet, potent, and somewhat exotic compared to the standard Costa Rica wet-process flavor profile. The dry fragrance is intensely sweet, with malt syrup, praline, dark... |
| Ecuador El Guabo -Teofilo Jimenez Microlot |
The dry fragrance is very "Typica-like" ... it expresses the cultivar well. I get an amazing fresh raspberry scent, quite stunning! The wet aromatics after adding hot water are syrupy and sweet,... |
| El Salvador Cup of Excellence La Montañita Pacamara |
The cup is really outstanding! The dry fragrance from the grounds is unusual, with molasses and caramel syrup, aromatic wood, raisin, dried plum, malt. Adding hot water, the wet aromatics have a... |
| El Salvador Finca Matalapa |
Matalapa is a versatile coffee, that accepts a wide range of roast treatments. It has classic balance and sweet accent notes that can be coaxed into the cup, based on degree of roast. The dry... |
| El Salvador Pacamara "Los Luchadores" |
I was surprised at the sweet, clean fruit aromas from the light levels. It wasn't pulpy fruit; the dry fragrance has fig, plum and a hint of lychee. The FC roast was very chocolaty, but laced with... |
| Ethiopia DP Haile Selassie Sidamo |
The fragrance from the ground coffee has a richly layered fruit quality, with tamarind, guava, peach, as well as a creamy milk chocolate scent. There is a yerba matte note when pouring the hot... |
| Ethiopia Grade 3 Dry Process Yirga Cheffe |
It's not common to ship naturals in GrainPro bags, and even somewhat risky, but the results here are truly great. The dry fragrance is heavily fruited, with intense lemon wafer cookie, apricot jam... |
| Ethiopia Organic Guji Sidamo Maduro |
Everything about the sensorial analysis of this coffee becomes an object lesson about the effect of coffee cherry ripeness. The dry fragrance offers an explosive, room-filling scent of plum, melon... |
| Ethiopia Organic Guji Sidamo SWP Decaf |
The dry fragrance has floral hints, nutty roast tone, and is quite sweet. The wet aroma from the light roast is very sweet, dripping in honey, with a touch of citrus. Darker roasts have a deep... |
| Ethiopia Organic Yirga Cheffe, Koke Coop |
This coffee has amazing sweetness and brightness. It's a coffee where I feel the flavor profile is heavily influenced buy the cherry selection in harvesting: this is what coffee tastes like when... |
| Guatemala Finca Concepción Pixcaya |
A classic Guatemala coffee with a well-structured cup, approachable, if not somewhat restrained. The dry fragrance has malty sweetness, caramel, with some soft berry notes emerging at City+ to... |
| Guatemala Finca Florencia Caturra |
Caturra is a natural mutation of Bourbon cultivar, but in this case displays a bright, dynamic character that tipifies this variety. The fragrance from the dry grounds has floral hints of rose,... |
| Guatemala Finca San Diego Buena Vista Bourbon |
It's a really classic Guatemala coffee too, a balanced and well-structured flavor profile. The dry fragrance of the SDBVB is has a really distinct toffee sweet scent, as well as honey on buttered... |
| Guatemala Finca San José Ocaña |
I found this coffee has a very wide range of roasts that have great results, from a light City roast through Full City+. The lighter roasts have a punctuated fruitiness to them, bright tannic... |
| Honduras Organic -Ana Cecilia Rouco Microlot |
This is one of the sweetest Honduran coffees we have cupped lately. The dry fragrance from the grounds at lighter roast levels attests to this: caramel and malt syrup scents dominate. At Full City... |
| Kenya AA Nyeri Tambaya |
Tambaya has a restrained dry fragrance (for a Kenya) with vanilla notes and a bit of spice. The wet aroma has muted fruited sweet notes. The cup is outstanding, bright, alto-tones yet with balance... |
| Kenya Kiambu Peaberry - Riuki |
This lot has a malty sweet scent in the dry fragrance, and the wet aroma has fruit juice notes, a bit of peach and apricot in the light roast. Ruiki Peaberry is certainly a bright coffee,... |
| Kenya Kirinyaga Peaberry Gakuyu-ini |
A vividly bright Kenya with dynamic aromatics! The dry fragrance has a slightly winey grape note, red flame grape, sweet raisin, and plum pudding, with a touch of clove and allspice. Adding hot... |
| Kenya Nyeri Ndiaini-Kiagundo WP Decaf |
The dry fragrance is intensely sweet, caramely, and delightfully fruited with red apple, peach and plum. The wet aromatics bring out different fruits and berries: pineapple, dry plum, strawberry.... |
| Nicaragua Finca San Jose Java Longberry |
The dry fragrance from the ground coffee is extremely mild, with a plain sweetness and a faint hint of citric acid and quince. It opens up in the wet aromatics. The light roast (City is... |
| Panama Boquete Volcancito Estate |
The dry fragrance is caramelly, toffee and praline-like, with a nice raisin-fruited chocolate scent and, in darker roasts, a fairly strong bittersweetness. The wet aromatic has the same raisiny... |
| Panama Guyami Indian Robusta Rustico |
Besides the insane story of how this coffee is picked and processed, it is a unique example of coffea canefora that can actually be brewed and consumed without gagging! Yes, this robusta coffee... |
| Peru Las Delicias - Lucio Huaman Microlot |
It's a mild cup with floral and soft fruit aromatics. The dry fragrance has a clean fruited note, caramel, as well as a gardenia flower hint. The wet aroma has delicate sweetness, lightly... |
| Rwanda Fair Trade Rushashi Duhingekawa Womens Coop |
I cupped it against various A1 and A2 lots from other nearby washing stations (mills) and found a very distinct, beautiful character in this coffee. The fragrance here has soft floral notes and (a... |
| Sulawesi Toarco Wet-Process Peaberry |
The peaberry selection of this coffee is slightly brighter than the flatbean arrival, and I am sure some tasters will not believe this could be a Sulawesi coffee! The dry fragrance is potent,... |
| Sumatra Blue Batak Tarbarita Peaberry |
I find Sumatras like this more complex in the lighter roasts than in the usual darker roasts they receive. The main reason is that many commercial roasters use color and surface texture as... |
| Sumatra Lintong Dolok Sanggul |
The dry fragrance has chocolate and caramel biscuit tones, but with a slight earthy and graham cracker graininess. Surprising fruits come forward in the wet aroma, even a momentary whiff of citrus... |
| Sumatra Mandheling WP Decaf |
The results of my roasts from C+ to FC+ are impressive; not so much when the cup is hot (perhaps it loses a step on the non-decaf Sumatra in this respect), but as it cools. It has great espresso... |
| Yemen Mokha Harazi |
Harazi are very high-grown, and quite "clean" for a Yemeni coffee. The dry fragrance has sorghum syrup and banana scent in the light roasts, turning to molasses and aromatic wood notes (sandalwood... |
