The coffee was grown by smallholder farmers living around the town of Banco Gotete in Gedeo County, Yirgacheffe region, Ethiopia. Most contributing farmers own less than a hectare of land, and they grow coffee simply as a backyard cash crop. Coffee will usually be interspersed with other subsistence crops, such as sweet potato, mangos and […]
Numerous smallholder farmers, all of whom are members of the Ruchu Gacharage Farmers Co-Operative Society, produced this AB lot. They delivered their coffee cherries to the Ruchu Coffee Factory (as washing stations/wet mills are called in Kenya) and the lot was produced from their deliveries. General Info: Farm: Ruchu Factory; Ruchu Gacharage Farmers Co-Operative […]
A look at the Specs Buf Café was founded in 2003 by Epiphanie Mukashyaka, a dynamic businesswoman and a source of inspiration to countless other female entrepreneurs in Rwanda’s coffee sector and beyond. Buf is now managed by Epiphanie and her son, Samuel Muhirwa, who is taking an increasingly active role in running and expanding […]
Owner, Pablo José Ferrigno Figueroa, a third generation coffee grower, has his roots in coffee. His grandfather came from Italy and had established several farms alongside a coffee exporting business. His father also had a farm. Pablo had cultivated an interest in coffee from an early age and had worked on his family’s farms for […]
Finca San Jose occupies approximately 70 hectares on El Salvador’s’ Santa Ana Volcano, in the Canton of Los Naranjos, Juayua, Sonsonate. Around 56 hectares of the farm is planted under coffee and the remainder of the land is reserved as natural cloud forest. The high altitude here combined with the cool climate makes for the […]
This lot was produced by 3 smallholder farmers: Alindor Mirez, Luciano Mendoza & Jaime Marino Guevara. The lot name ‘La Palma’ was chosen as it is the town closest to the farms of all three producers. The farms are small, at around 3 hectares each, and are named after trees that grow within their confines: […]
Iyenga Cooperative Iyenga Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society (Iyenga AMCOS) was registered in 2003 under the Tanzanian cooperative act. The cooperative deals only with coffee and collects from more than 500 farmers within the Mbeya region. Of these 500 farmers, only around 191 are registered members of the cooperative. Iyenga AMCOS is known within the region as […]
Finca San Rafael Urias is located in one of the most traditional coffee regions of Guatemala: Antigua. It is one of the oldest and most reputable farms in the region. Founded at the end of the nineteenth century by Don Rafael Valdés Quiroa, today the farm is run by the third generation of the Valdés […]
A Look at the Specs Farm: Finca Veracruz Varietal(s): Colombia & Caturra Processing: Extended fermentation, washed & dried on raised beds Altitude: 1 650 masl Owner: Echavarria family Town: Amaga Region: Antioquia Country: Colombia The estate and its history The Santa Barbara Estate is composed of 5 farms that lie across three neighbouring regions […]
Summer Blend V2 Colombia Inza Cauca El Salvador San Jose Ataco Uganda White Nile Flavour: White chocolate, passion fruit, berry spice Body: medium, high Roast: light — medium Acidity: yellow plums Brewing method: espresso, Mokapot, pourover Varietal(s):Caturra, Colombia, Castillo, Pacas, Sarchimor, SL 14 & Catimor Processing: Wet processed Altitude: 1 250 — 1 800 masl […]
