Terroir Select Coffees - New & Notes For December - Vol 2
New & Notes For December - Vol 2

What's Happening at the George Howell Coffee Company

 

December 11th , 2008

Upcoming Limited Edition Roasts

Roasting Monday December 15th to arrive before December 25th!

Last Roast!
Maria Santos' Los Sauces, Cauca, Colombia

During this holiday season, we wanted to save one of our most exceptional coffees for a special holiday roast. When we found out Maria Santos was retiring this year, we saved a last batch of her coffee to roast during this holiday season. We have less than 20 pounds remaining. It will be sold on a first come first serve basis. Don't hesitate and place your order now!

Los Sauces is one of those very rare Colombian coffees and has extraordinary, elegant complexity, refined flavor and sweetness. Maria Santos' coffee is a class above - and shows a Colombian, perhaps an Andean, terroir flavor-profile that is just emerging to more discerning palates in the specialty roasting business.

$17.95 per 12 ounces
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2008 La Esmeralda, Boquette, Panama
La Esmeralda is like few other coffees grown in the Americas. If ever there was proof that the variety of Arabica can have an effect on coffee flavor, this is it. Here is Ken Davids' review of our coffee: "Blind Assessment: Richly and sweetly bright aroma with aromatic wood, peach-toned fruit and cocoa notes. In the cup quietly acidy, elegantly crisply sweet, deeply floral, with distinct peach-toned fruit and hints of cocoaish chocolate that carry into a long, flavor-glistening finish. Who should drink it: Balanced, complete; authoritative yet aromatically lavish."

$22.95 per 8 ounces.
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2008 El Salvador Cup of Excellence winner Matalapa


We have been proud to present Matalapa as a regular Reserve Weboffering now for over two years. We offered it as a Vienna Roast. This Cup of Excellence Matalapa lot is very small and was prepared for the competition. There is a growing consensus in our specialty ranks that El Salvador may be producing the sweetest coffees in Central America. The Matalapa is an excellent example. Its acidity is refined and distinct but not pronounced. The flavors are rich, creamy almond butter, juicy caramel and a touch of orange with sweet lime. Those who really like Daterra Reserve should try this coffee; it is a perfect bridge from Brazil to the fruitier Central American coffees. Also, we are roasting it Full Flavor, so this is your chance to taste a beautifully milled classic El Salvador Bourbon variety coffee.

$22.95 for 12 ounces.
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La Lainez, Cup of Excellence, El Salvador


Coffees from El Salvador may be the sweetest coffees of Central America, and 2008 Cup of Excellence winner La Lainez is a perfect example. Grown at over 5,000 feet this very small lot is an exceptionally elegant, silky coffee layered with light chocolate, caramelized apple, ripe raspberry and soft citrus flavors smoothly arching into a clean, sweetly lingering aftertaste. This is a coffee which builds harmoniously with every sip.

$23.95 for 8 ounces.
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Roasting every Monday - Ndiara Estate, Kirinyaga, Kenya
Awarded a 96 point score in Coffee Review!

Ndiara is another powerful coffee from Kirinyaga, an equal, in my Reserve Webopinion, to Mamuto. If ever there was a coffee that should be called jammy, this is it! (La Esperanza is the Colombian version of this!) It presents massive body with a berry fruit-basket of flavors. If you have not tried it you should.
Ndiara is an eight acre farm in the Kirinyaga district on the southern slope of Mt. Kenya at 5,500 feet. It is named after a pre-historic site nearby. Mr. Daniel Waruri Muriuki started it in 1979 when he acquired the land and planted 6,000 Bourbon SL-28 and SL-34 coffee trees; he later added an additional 500 trees.

$22.95 for 12 ounces
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La Esperanza, Huila, Colombia

La Esperanza, is a jammy ripe dark plum saturated coffee, layered with tropical fruits and streaks of honeyed raw sugar cane. It is among the finest of any Colombian I have had, an exemplary coffee revealing a peak expression of Colombian terroir.

$21.95 for 12 ounces
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Please note: When ordering our Limited Edition Coffees, orders must be placed by 8:00 am Eastern time on the day they are scheduled to be roasted. Thanks!

A special sale on our GHH Select line of Coffees!

Save on the following Coffees from our GHH Select line!

Tarrazu, Costa Rica
La Libertad, El Salvador
Asorcafe, Cauca Colombia
Espresso Sorrento
Custom House Blend

All on sale for $10.95 per 12 ounces
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A Special Sale through December 15th, 2008

We often receive calls from Boston area café and restaurant goers, who have tasted some of George Howell's custom coffees created for many of Boston's greatest Cafes, Bistros and Restaurants. Several are blends of both Terroir and GHH Select coffees resulting from collaborative efforts between George and many of Boston's renowned Chefs.

 

Technivorm Brewers - Back In stock!

KBT741 Thermal Brewers available now!

We are pleased to announce that we have both Technivorm thermal carafe brewers (model KBT741) and Technivorm glass carafe brewers (model KB741) back in stock!

The KBT741 is now selling at $265.00 and the KB741 at $245.00, Technivorm's Reserve Web minimum advertised price ("MAP"). Technivorm requires us to sell at this MAP price.

With your purchase, we will include:
A 12 oz. bag of Terroir Coffee (Roaster's Choice),
A box of Filtropa #4 Filters (100 Count)
and Free Shipping. (Via UPS ground. Domestic shipments only. We will adjust the shipping charge on your invoice before processing.)
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A Special Offer for December

Receive one of the following free with your purchase of any 4 coffees:

For the month of December we are offering one of the following coffees for free with the purchase of any 4 coffees!

Choose from:
Alejandro Ahumado's Boca Chica,Colombia, Chania Thika, Kenya North Italian Roast or Matalapa, La Libertad, El Salvador

Use one of the following promotion codes to receive a bag free with your order!

 

For Boca Chica -
use promo code: bocadecember08

 

 

 

 

 

For Chania -
use promo code: chaniadecember08

 

 

 

 

 

For Matalapa -
use promo code: matalapa08

 

 

 

 

Offer valid with the purchase of 4 bags of coffee. Not to be combined with any other offer. Limit 1 bag per customer. Offer expires December 31, 2008.

 

Gift Sets for the Holidays

Some of our Finest and Most Popular Coffees at a Special Price!

Roasting this Monday, December 15, 2008!
Limited Edition Coffee Gift Box:

Get three stellar coffees in one package:
Panama La Esmeralda (8 oz),
Kenya Ndiara Estate (12 oz) and
Costa Rica La Minita (12 oz)
All for $49.95
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Please note: This gift set will be roasted and shipped on the same schedule as the limited edition roasts.
Please click here to see our limited edition schedule

 

 

Roasting this Monday, December 15, 2008!
Limited Edition Coffee Gift Box #2:

Get of our most exquisite coffees in one package:
Kenya Mamuto,
Colombia La Esperanza and
Ethiopia Konga Co-op (all 12 oz)
All for $49.95
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Espresso Coffee Gift Box:

For the espresso aficionado! Get three of our finest espressos in one package:
Ethiopia Ademe Bedane North Italian Style Roast,
Brazil Daterra Calabria Style Roast and
Brazil Daterra North Italian Style Roast (all 12 oz)
All for $34.95
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Classic Gift Box:

Get three of our most popular coffees in one package:
Kenya Kangocho FF Roast,
Guatemala El Injerto
and
Ethiopia Ademe Bedane FF Roast (all 12 oz)
All for $38.95

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Open House Coming!

Mark your calendars for our next open house, Saturday January 10th at 9:00 am!

Come meet the staff, see our facilities and taste coffees from around the world!

Come meet the staff, see our facilities and taste coffees from around the world! George will be giving a slide show on coffee quality and his recent travels. We will also give a presentation on brewing to the Gold Cup standard at home!

Space is limited to 50 people.
Please call to reserve a place at (978) 635-9033 or (866) 444-5282!

For Directions:
http://www.terroircoffee.com/contact/

 

Please Note Our Holiday Schedule


We will be closed Wednesday December 24, 2008 and Thursday December 25, 2008.

Christmas week, we will be closed Wednesday December 24, 2008 and Thursday December 25, 2008. UPS does not make regular deliveries those two days.

New Year's week we will be closed New Year's Day, Thursday January 1st. Please note: UPS does not make regular deliveries on Wednesday December 31st as well as New Year's Day.

Please consult our shipping map for standard UPS ground shipping times to plan accordingly.