Sunday, August 31, 2008
We have a new Costa Rica Tarrazu Microlot in!
I just got all the listings changed on both stores.
Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans
Costa Rica Tarrazu La Violeta Microlot
1 pound Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans
Specifics:
- Name: La Violeta AGRIVID Micromill
- Origin: Costa Rica
- Region: Tarrazu
- Farm: Beneficio El Cedro
- Varietal: Caturra
- Altitude: 1200 to 1700 meters (I do not know exactly)
- Processing Method: Washed
Cupping Notes:
Rich chocolate, complex, creamy, delicate, peach, winey acidity.
About this Coffee:
Our Importer, Cafe Imports bought the entire microlot of coffee from this small micromill! Another way that we are trying to help the growers and mills directly! Better than Fair Trade!
A small group of producers from the region forms AGRIVID. Asociación de Agrícultores de la Violeta de Desamparados.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
We are now only carrying the Sterling Series of Mountain Water Decafs from Cafe Imports!
Watch for the new listings on our stores!
Sterling Series Mountain Water Process
Decaffeinated Coffee
Quality beans produce a superb decaf – Our Importer, Café Imports uses only top-grade beans to make Sterling Series Decaf Green Coffee. Our hand-selected beans are gently decaffeinated using mountain water processing. So full of flavor and aroma, the Sterling Series erases the line between regular and decaf.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
I just got the description done for our newest addition to our Earth Friendly Coffee! It is from the Chiapas region of Mexico. Below is the first draft of how the new listing will look on our stores
Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans
Fair Trade Mexico Altura Chiapas
El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve Shade Grown
Sustainable Coffee
1 Pound Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans
Specifics:
- Name: El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve
Shade Grown Sustainable Coffee FLO 935
- Origin: Mexico
- Region: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Farm: Campesinos Ecológicos de la Sierra Madre
de Chiapas coop
- Varietal: Typica, Bourbon, Mundo Novo
- Altitude: 1200 meters
- Processing Method: Washed
Cupping Notes:
Chocolate, sweet, balanced.
About this Coffee:
This coffee is produced by Campesinos Ecológicos de la Sierra Madre
de Chiapas (CESMACH), a fair-trade and organic certified coop located within
the buffer zone of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Located in the highlands of
the Sierra Madre de Chiapas. El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve is one of the world’s
most diverse forest reserves. This reserve contains Mesoamerica’s largest
continuous cloud forest, and it serves as a refuge to thousands of plant and
animal species.
El Triunfo is a rare and valuable sanctuary requiring continued protection,
and CESMACH ensures this protection through various sustainable practices. All
coffee is shade grown, and biological corridors are created in order to facilitate
bird and animal migration. In addition our Importer, Cafe Imports pays a 10
cent premium for each pound of this coffee that is to be used for the continued
maintenance of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.
