NEW ARRIVALS
Bolivia Buenavista (Direct Trade, Organic)
The Buenavista washing station is located in the Sur Yungas capital of Caranavi, home to Bolivia's finest coffee growing regions. Caturra, Catuai and Typica varietals cultivated by 15 smallholder producers from the hamlet of San Ignacio compose this pristine lot. Their coffee cherry was depulped with Penagos equipment, fermented in tiled tanks overnight, washed manually and dried at even temperature in a drum dryer to 10-12% moisture content. Muscat grape and macadamia flavor notes pair well with caramel and milk chocolate in this cup.
Colombia El Jordan (Direct Trade)
Our El Jordan lots reflect the focused efforts of only 17 smallholder coffee farmers in the war torn region of Planadas de Tolima. Gaitania, the subregion of Planadas where these farmers reside, is a hidden paradise encompassed by steep emerald green slopes studded with ruby red coffee cherry. Our producers depulp their coffee into fermentation tanks using hand cranked depulping machines. The coffee beans are washed in the tanks then laid out to dry on parabolic drying beds. Our Jordan resembles a sweet, tart candy in a cup which brandishes flavors of lemon, raspberry, green apple, apricot and salted caramel.
Colombia La Piramide (Direct Trade)
We've collaborated directly with the ASORCAFE coffee producers association in Pedregal de Cauca for years to improve quality, make the supply chain transparent and reward smallholder farmers for their dedication to excellence. Caturra, Bourbon and Typica cherries are manually depulped, fermented in tanks overnight and washed by hand before being laid to dry on parabolic beds. An alluring aroma of cinnamon and cranberry graces this cup teeming with flavors of bing cherry, sarsaparilla, dark chocolate, green grape and cotton candy.
Colombia La Piramide Reserva (Direct Trade)
Piramide Reserva is cultivated in the coffee growing paradise of Pedregal de Cauca. The Caturra varietal flourishes resulting in intriguing and dynamic flavors in the cup. This select lot predominately comes from Ignacio Quintero, but Edimer, Edwin, and Juvenal Penna also contributed several lots. These producers focus scrupulously on cherry selection, followed by clean, detailed fermentation and washing. The fragrance of honey and black cherry emerges from a complex cup replete with flavors of blackberry, candied ginger, lemon and apple juice.
Peru Cecovasa (Direct Trade, Organic)
After many years of project work in the southern portion of the country, particularly in Cuzco, we're happy to unveil Cecovasa from the province of Puno. We sourced this lot from several farmers located in the highlands surrounding the tiny hamlet of Puntica Punco and beyond. These smallholder farmers depulp the beans from their cherry using hand cranked depulping machines, ferment them in small plastic tanks, wash them by hand and then the beans are sun dried on patios. This Peruvian lot begins with an aroma of nutmeg and toasted almond in a cup sustained by flavors of shortbread, bittersweet cocoa, peach and white wine.
Coeur d’Afrique (Direct Trade)
Coeur d'Afrique embodies the focus and care Stumptown has given to both Rwanda and Burundi over the last seven years. Translating to 'Heart of Africa', Coeur d'Afrique consists of coffees from both countries seamlessly blended together which synergize to create a harmonious and complete cup. All coffees comprising this blend are fully washed of their fruit, gently pre-dried under shade and laid to rest to their final point of drying on raised beds. This cup divulges flavors of dark chocolate, huckleberry, date, black olive, fig and nectarine permeated by violet aromatics.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Adado (Organic)
The Adado cooperative cultivates their coffee in the fabled region of Yirgacheffe. The 1250 farmer member cooperative is a subsidiary of the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union which was established in 2002. This Gedeo Zone cooperative recently built new drying beds, educated local farmers about sustainable processes and added an eco depulper. After being depulped of their skins, these coffees beans are mechanically demucilaged and dried on traditional Ethiopian raised drying beds. Sweet honey and ginger coalesce within flavors of cola, peach tea and cane sugar in a cup redolent of rose.
Guatemala Finca El Injerto - El Tanque
(Direct Trade)
El Tanque, one of two Grand Cru micro lots prepared exclusively for Stumptown Coffee Roasters, consists of 100% Tekisik Bourbon varietal, which we love for its layered fruit flavors and succulent sweetness. The Aguirre's sent their finest pickers to select the cherry in the Patagonia Norte section of the farm at the height of the harvest for this micro lot. After depulping, El Tanque was fermented for 72 hours in perfectly clean conditions before being washed, soaked for 24 hours and dried in the sun. Cinnamon and nutmeg highlight flavors of salted caramel, molasses, stone fruits and sipping chocolate in our El Tanque.
