Current Offerings:
ETHIOPIA ORGANIC CHELBESA RAISED BED NATURAL | 12oz./340g
A traditional natural coffee from Gedeb, Ethiopia, grown by smallholders organized around METAD’s Chelbesa washing station. The flavor profile is bold and aromatic, with strong blackberry and dark chocolate notes leading to more complex and subtle flavors like watermelon and guava.
From our Distributor:
This coffee is sourced from METAD Agricultural Development PLC (METAD). METAD is a third generation family owned business with a rich history that began after World War II when the Ethiopian Emperor awarded Muluemebet Emiru, the first African female pilot and family matriarch, with land in the Guji and Sidama zones that has become the Hambela Coffee Estate. METAD is managed by Aman Adinew who returned to Ethiopia after many years working abroad at the executive level for multiple fortune 500 companies because he wanted to make a difference for his family and community. Through Aman’s leadership, METAD has strengthened the local community with employment opportunities including a workforce that is over seventy percent women, educational opportunities including sponsorship for a state-of-the-art elementary school with more than four hundred students, and healthcare for employees. METAD was also first to partner with Grounds for Health in Ethiopia to implement a successful cervical cancer screening program for women within the coffee growing communities. METAD provides technical assistance and shares modern farming equipment with other local farmers. METAD also has the first and only private state-of-the-art SCAA certified coffee quality control lab on the African continent used to train both domestic and international coffee professionals.
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PERU FARMGATE MENDOSAYOC ERMITAÑO HUILLCA QUISPE RAISED BED WASHED | 12oz./340g
A traditional washed coffee from the Calca province of Peru, produced by Ermitaño Huillca Quispe on his 1.5 hectare farm, in association with Café Orígenes. The coffee is designated as “Farmgate,” with transparency published back to the price paid to the farmer. The flavor profile is decadently sweet and full bodied with notes of peach, caramel, raspberry, orange, and toffee.
From our Distributor:
Ermitaño Huillca Quispe’s farm is 1.5 hectares in size and located in the Mendosayoc community, part of the Yanatile valley north of Cusco city. The vast majority of Ermitaño’s coffee is Typica, which, even in Peru, one of the Americas’ last bastions of the variety, is quite rare to find. In addition to coffee Ermitaño also grows citrus fruits, cherimoya, and granadilla (a species of passionfruit). As a small farmer, Ermitaño manages all aspects of processing himself, depulping, fermenting, and drying on shaded raised beds on his own property. Ermitaño is a member of a newly-formed regional association called Café Orígenes. Café Orígenes is in its second year of business exporting coffee from the Yanatile region of southern Peru. After recognizing that producers in Peru’s Lacco Valley, part of historic the Yanatile/Cusco producing zone, were outnumbered by predatory local buyers and with no direct market access, the founders solicited the help of a local NGO, Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development (AASD). With financial and legislative support of AASD, along with coffee farmers from the area, Café Orígenes was created. In addition to marketing and exportation Café Orígenes also invests in farmer soil fertility and farm resistance to disease, conducts quality control and lot building to maximize differentiation for farmers, and offers full price transparency to their buyers. 100% of profits are re-invested in the organization to expand access of their services to farmers.
Each bag of beans is roasted individually in very small quantities and our subscription list is currently full. Feel free to send us an email to add your name to the wait list. There are a few bags available for sale when we do coffee service. Check our home page for the schedule :)