GHHSelect
La Libertad, El Salvador - GHH Select
New crop of Matalapa just arrived.

Sweet, deep warm Mandarin orange and cherry. A silky smooth body that melts in the mouth. One of our most popular Cafe House coffees.

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Tarrazu, Costa Rica - GHH Select
Our most popular House Coffee, this favorite full bodied coffee is filled with complex sweet nutty flavors and a generous dash of milk chocolate.




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Classic French Roast - GHH Select
A Central American Coffee Roasted in the Classic French Roast Style

Plumes of deep roast aromas. Caramel, walnuts and hints of cola flavors, embedded in a rich body, with an added touch of bitterness.

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Espresso Sorrento - GHH Select
ImageA South Italian Style Espresso Roast of Central American Coffees

Pleasant citrus and mature roast notes are present and harmonious. Candied roasted pecan and walnut melt like chocolate in the mouth. Full bodied, deep and elegant.


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Custom House Blend - GHH Select
Image Bittersweet dark caramel over a dark chocolate bar, nuts, whispers of smokey honey and cherry cola, all coaxed into delicious balance.
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Continental Blend - GHH Select
A blend of Central American Coffees

Medium-dark melange of high grown coffees. Sweet fullness up front, followed by rich and smooth roasty notes.

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Costa Rica Decaf - GHH Select
ImageA Full Flavor Roast of Decaffeinated Central American Coffee

Sweet, ripe, high-grown coffee. Smooth yet lively with marked chocolate flavors mixing with nuts. The aftertaste sweetly disappears.

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Decaf Espresso North Italian - GHH Select
Central American North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Sweet, lively espresso with a heart of dark chocolate. Great for a naturally sweet cappuccino or for a cup of darker roasted decaf coffee. Not a trace of harshness or bitter aftertaste. Roasted in a North Italian style.

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Bolivia
Iced Coffee Sets
Cup of Excellence
Kenya
Ndiara Estate, Kirinyaga, Kenya
Daniel Waruri
Ndiara Farm burst on the scene in 2008 with a spectacular lot that was saturated with blueberry-blackberry notes. Coffee Review gave it a 96 for that harvest.

This 2009 crop is a more classic Kenya: it is full bodied with very creamy black currant-blackberry notes and a long velvet finish.

Ndiara is a five acre farm in the Kirinyaga district on the southern slope of Mt. Kenya at 5,100 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.

Farmer: Daniel Waruri Muriuki
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 5,100 ft.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Soil: Volcanic loam
Arabica variety: Bourbon SL 28 and SL 34
Size of Farm: 5 acres coffee
Roast: Full Flavor
Vintage: 2009

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Kangunu, Murang'a, Kenya
ImageMay 16th~ sold out. Next roast date June 20th.

Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Tasting Notes:
A mouth coating body with sweet, juicy blackberry, crisp acidity and clean finish

The latest farm in our Kenyan offerings is Kangunu, from the Murang'a district.

Murang'a is located northeast of Nairobi. Kangunu was established in 1970 and rests on a 5 acre piece of land serving Kiru, Njumbi and Ngoto villages. The Kangunu Coffee operation is run by Charles Chege with 14 permanent staff and as many as 25 employees during peak harvest season. Kangunu is affiliated with the Kangunu Farmers Co-operative Society. Its membership currently has 1340 are active farmers.

Region: Murang'a
Altitude: 1,700 meters.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Arabica variety: Bourbon SL 28 and SL 34
Size: 5 Acres
Roast: Full Flavor


Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.



Grand Cru Kenya: Mamuto, Kirinyaga
Kirinyaga Road Next Roasts ~ May 30th and June 6th

Tasting Notes:
A powerhouse of blackberry and black currant. Huge body with notes of blueberry.

When I first encountered Mamuto, I believe it was the best lot auctioned in Kenya that year. (All Kenyan coffee lots were auctioned through 2006; in 2008 the system was "liberalized," permitting direct sales as well as auction coffee) In our first year of roasting this coffee, Mamuto received Coffee Review's first-ever score over 95. Mamuto has scored 96, 97 and 96 Points respectively for crops from 2006, 2007 and 2008. We now have Mamuto's best lot from the most recent harvest. We purchased this lot directly and without hesitation; it was, again, one of the most outstanding lots we tried this past buying season and we have been privileged to always cup the cream of the crop!

Taking inspiration from their family, Mr. Mathagu explained to me, he and his wife named the farm by combining the first two letters from three words: his name, Mathagu, as the father; Muthoni, his wife's maiden name, as mother; and toto, meaning child or children in Swahili: thus Mamuto. Mr. and Mrs. Mathagu have six children - three boys, three girls

Farmer: Walter Paul and Muthoni Mathagu
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 5,000 ft.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Soil: Volcanic loam
Arabica variety: Bourbon Sl 28 and SL 34
Size of Farm: 21 acres total; 13 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor


Please click here to view more images of this coffee farm.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.



India
Fair Trade & Organic
Konga Co-op, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
ImageCertified Organic!
Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Temporarily Sold Out!
New crop expected at the end of May!

Winner at the Good Food Awards!

The Konga Cooperative has 1683 farmers of which 133 are female heads of family. The average size of a farm is 1.25 acres on which coffee and various foods for the local market are grown. Yirgacheffe is amazingly lush with vegetation. The coffee is grown at over 6,000 feet in altitude. This Konga also has that lush full-bodied apricot core with exceptionally pronounced clarity and sweetness.

Yirgacheffe is one of the great aromatic coffees of the world. It is often used in the finest Italian espresso blends, such as Illy, to add a critical floral element. The scientist- quality coffee pioneer Ernesto Illy (Illy Coffee) stated at the SCAA Conference in Boston, 2003 that the coffee of this region shared an aromatic component found in Darjeeling tea and Chanel #5.

Favorite of Food & Wine Magazine, March 2006

Certified Organic by: Control Union Certitfications B.V.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2008
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopica



Addis Ketema Espresso Roast, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
ImageNew!
Certified Organic ~ North Italian Espresso Roast!

The Addis Ketema Cooperative has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This fine lot produces a very smooth espresso. It is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and mellow traces of ginger. Mellow acidity with medium body.

Harvest: November 2009
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopian landraces
Certification: Organic


Hawaii
Hawaiian Ka’u – Rusty’s Farm
Lorie ObraCheck back for our next roast.

Tasting Notes:
Very pure clean notes of milk chocolate and almond nougat bathed in delicate notes of pineapple and lime.

At last, a Hawaiian coffee from the big island which delivers 100%!

The Ka’u area is on the slope of great volcano Mauna Loa, as is Kona, but facing south as opposed to Kona’s facing west. This is by far the sweetest Hawaiian coffee I have ever tasted, an instant classic.

Farm owner Lorie Obra's story is compelling. Read more about it here and here.

The Farm's Website:
http://rustyshawaiian.com/

Winner of the Hawaii Coffee Association's 2010 Cupping Competition.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.



Nicaragua
Burundi
Kiryama, Kayanza, Burundi
Tasting Notes:
dark plum | honey | raspberry | orange

This is our first foray into Burundi coffee. Our lot is from the Kiryama (pronounced Kigama) washing station, built in 1988 and owned by the government. It is in northern Burundi at an altitude of 5,800 feet near the border with Rwanda.

Even though our lot is from last summer's harvest (2010), the beans still retain bright yet smooth acidity underpinned by the flavor of light molasses tinged with ripe orange and raspberry. Most coffees acquire generic woody notes after storage this long; nevertheless our lot has lost none of its definition in the long journey to Boston. Getting coffees quickly from land-locked Burundi and Rwanda, its neighbor just to the north, is always very difficult and shipments almost always arrives quite late.

The beans are from the Mibirizi and Jackson cultivars, both variants of the heirloom Bourbon variety. Mibirizi is the name of a mission in Rwanda where Bourbon trees from Guatemala were first planted in 1905. I cannot find any information on the Jackson version of Bourbon. These plants have adapted well to the environments of Rwanda and, later in 1930, Burundi.

Burundi has made extraordinary leaps towards producing great quality coffees in very few years. I have been invited to and eagerly accepted to be a cupping juror in a Cup of Excellence practice competition in Burundi this summer in preparation for the real event in 2012.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2010
Altitude: 5700 ft.
Region: Kayanza
Process: Washed
Varieties: Bourbon, Mibirizi, and Jackson

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El Salvador
Matalapa North Italian Style Espresso Roast
Tasting Notes:
Layered orange-blossom honey, hint of jasmine and a creamy dark caramel finish. Matalapa’s soft acidity is ideal for a light espresso, providing great sweetness with buttery body.

Matalapa is a fourth generation 190 acre farm at 4,100 feet above sea level. It was founded in the late 1800's by Fidelia Lima, great grandmother of the current owner, Vickie Ann Dalton de Diaz. She maintains 14 acres of virgin tropical forest and keeps her coffee plants shaded with over 40 varieties of shades trees. Terroir has been following this farm for several years now and have been very impressed with each year's improvements since winning in the 2003 El Salvador Cup of Excellence. The crop is very impressive for its sweetness and buttery body.

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Matalapa, La Libertad, El Salvador
ImageOf the many lots produced at Finca Matalapa we've been particularly fond of the coffees harvested in Calagual, a section situated in the upper portion of the finca ranging from 4,000 t0 4,300 feet above sea level. It is planted with Pacas and Bourbon varietals, 70% and 30% respectively and lies in a canyon subject to the strong winds prevalent in Matalapa. Calagual faces  the Pacific Ocean, to the south, which provides afternoon mists helpful in maintaining moisture for the coffee trees.

Matalapa is a fourth generation 190 acre farm at 4,100 feet above sea level. It was founded in the late 1800's by Fidelia Lima, great grandmother of the current owner, Vickie Ann Dalton de Diaz. She maintains 14 acres of virgin tropical forest and keeps her coffee plants shaded with over forty varieties of shades trees.

Since winning the 2003 El Salvador Cup of Excellence Matalapa has only gotten better. This year's crop is very impressive for its sweetness and buttery body.

Farm: Matalapa
Section: Calagual
Farmer: Vickie Ann Dalton de Diaz
Region: La Libertad
Altitude: 4,100 ft
Rainfall: 86 - 98 in. per year
Soil: Clay loam.
Varietal: 100% Bourbon
Roast: Full Flavor


Please click here to view more images of this coffee farm.

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La Libertad, El Salvador - GHH Select
New crop of Matalapa just arrived.

Sweet, deep warm Mandarin orange and cherry. A silky smooth body that melts in the mouth. One of our most popular Cafe House coffees.

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Honduras
Colombia
El Roble, Santander, Colombia
EL Roble PatioNew!
Certified Organic and
Rainforest Alliance!

Tasting Notes:
Full bodied with a candied-apple caramel core.

Our latest Colombian entry is from the north of Colombia, unlike all our past offerings.

Finca El Roble is in the department of Santander, near the border with Venezuela; it is one of the first places in Colombia that coffee was grown. Coffees from this area have traditionally been called Bucaramanga, after the city which dominates the region. Bucara is a bird, and manga means wide open space.

Rainforest Alliance and USDA OrganicEl Roble is a 740 acre organic farm owned by Oswaldo Acevedo. It is fairly flat, belying the fact that it is on a small plateau, Mesa de Los Santos, perched over 5,000 feet above sea level with one of Colombia's most spectacular canyons, Chicamocha, just a mile or so to the east and steep descents of several thousand feet on the other sides. This creates a unique climate for El Roble.

El Roble has low to moderate rainfall that is distributed in such a way as to produce a single harvest per year, December-January, unlike most Colombian farms which have two harvests per year, due to greater and more evenly distributed rains.

El Roble also has an organic chicken farm, which produces over five pounds of chicken manure per coffee tree each year. It has over 120 full time employees with a dedicated human resources department.

Last year Mr. Acevedo began a campaign to dramatically upgrade the quality of his coffee, making procedural and structural improvements wherever necessary. This lot is part of that effort and the quality is indeed there!
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Aranzazu, Huila, Colombia
Next roast ~ May 23rd!

Tasting Notes:
This Aranzazu lot offers mouth coating body beaming great bright notes of apple, citrus and sugar cane with a hint of wintergreen.

We have been periodically enjoying the coffees of La Esperanza, Colombia ever since that farm won first prize in the Colombia 2007 Cup of Excellence. Now comes Isaias Cantillo's younger brother and next door neighbor, Eugenio Cantillo, with a fantastic micro lot of just 300 lbs. from his farm, Aranzazu. It has the same terroir and shares a similar flavor range as La Esperanza. Eugenio is on the left and Isaias on the right in this photo taken by Alejandro Cadena of Virmax.

Colombian farmers have struggled these past two years to produce the sweet ethereally aromatic coffees they are capable of; the lack of sun amidst unrelenting rains has been merciless. So this lot and three other small lots we have purchased from the Cantillo brothers are all the more welcome after a period of absence.

Eugenio's coffee is composed of the same complex web of Arabica varieties as Isaias. The farms are adjacent and have heavy shade protecting their steep slopes. Aranzazu has seven and a half acres of coffee and five of forest. No herbicides or pesticides are used.

The Farm derives its name from Our Lady of Aranzazu, reputed to have first appeared in the late fifteenth century in Northern Spain. In Basque aranzazu means "you in the thorns."

In the second photo, above, also by Alejandro Cadena, we see Eugenio and his family, including Micaela, the farm's resident Kinkajou. It loves very ripe coffee cherries; the next producer of Kopi Luwak? We hope not!

Farmer: Eugenio Cantillo
Region: Huila
Altitude: 5,500 ft.
Rainfall: Moderate+
Soil: Franco Arciloso
Arabica variety: San Bernardo, Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Var. de Colombia
Size of Farm: 7.5 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor


Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.


Indonesia
Sumatra, Mandheling, Indonesia
Sold out of this crop! Check back in July for our next shipment.

Our latest Sumatra lot is called Lake Tawar, a blend of triple hand-picked coffee from small three to five acre farmers in the Lintong (Mandheling) and Aceh regions. This special coffee lot tastes exactly like the Sumatra I was purchasing for The Coffee Connection two decades ago: extra clean, providing the transparency necessary to allow this coffee's unique full-bodied nuts and herb accented butterscotch to come through. Mellow acidity.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2010
Altitude: average 4,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Typica locally called Bergendal




Aged Sumatra, Mandheling, Indonesia
May 9th roast - sold out! Check back soon for next limited roast date.

Tasting Notes:
Notes of brandy and tawny port, fresh sweet tobaccos, roots, leather, autumn leaves and butterscotch entwine into a unique coffee experience.

This very heavy-bodied liqueur-like coffee has been specially selected and then carefully aged for over three years. The raw beans are no longer blue-green but a deep orange-brown color. No coffee ages with the same grace as Sumatra Mandheling and its sweetness is retained over time.

Our last crop of this exquisite coffee was rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. To read the review click here.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.


Ethiopia
Konga Co-op, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
ImageCertified Organic!
Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Temporarily Sold Out!
New crop expected at the end of May!

Winner at the Good Food Awards!

The Konga Cooperative has 1683 farmers of which 133 are female heads of family. The average size of a farm is 1.25 acres on which coffee and various foods for the local market are grown. Yirgacheffe is amazingly lush with vegetation. The coffee is grown at over 6,000 feet in altitude. This Konga also has that lush full-bodied apricot core with exceptionally pronounced clarity and sweetness.

Yirgacheffe is one of the great aromatic coffees of the world. It is often used in the finest Italian espresso blends, such as Illy, to add a critical floral element. The scientist- quality coffee pioneer Ernesto Illy (Illy Coffee) stated at the SCAA Conference in Boston, 2003 that the coffee of this region shared an aromatic component found in Darjeeling tea and Chanel #5.

Favorite of Food & Wine Magazine, March 2006

Certified Organic by: Control Union Certitfications B.V.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2008
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopica



Addis Ketema Espresso Roast, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
ImageNew!
Certified Organic ~ North Italian Espresso Roast!

The Addis Ketema Cooperative has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This fine lot produces a very smooth espresso. It is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and mellow traces of ginger. Mellow acidity with medium body.

Harvest: November 2009
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopian landraces
Certification: Organic


Panama
La Esmeralda Baru Lot, Boquete, Panama, 2010 Crop!
ImageNext Roast June 6th

Tasting Notes :
A lush fruit basket of peach, blueberry, and gingered lemon candy accented with tropical fruit.

Barú is the name given to the La Esmeralda coffee growing in the Cañas Verdes growing region. It was planted with the Geisha coffee variety just 4 years ago and this is its first year of production. Cañas Verdes lies west of the Boquete Valley, unlike the other sectors, such as the Mario Carnaval we have been offering this past year, which are to the east. It is on the slopes of Volcan Barú and its national park and has a different micro climate than the other area of La Esmeralda: a more distinct dry season with less rain and more sun over the year. The first impression is of lively, powerful aromatic plumes of sweet ripe apricot.

A brief history of La Esmeralda: La Esmeralda has won the Best of Panama Competition every year it has participated since it first appeared in 2004 when it took the international jury by storm. Geisha, an Arabica coffee variety exported from the wild forests of Ethiopia in 1931, was introduced into Central America in the 1950’s. It was a disappointment back then because its production was quite poor and so very little was grown. Then in 2004 Price Peterson and his son Daniel decided to change their coffee entry into the yearly Panama coffee competition, selecting only their Geisha variety instead of the blend of coffee varieties they had been offering up before. Geisha is now the rage.

La Esmeralda deserves great praise not only for the Peterson’s original vision but for how well crafted the coffee is. Quality continues to improve. La Esmeralda’s great sweetness indicates real care in picking strictly ripe fruit.

Farmer: Price and Daniel Peterson
Region: Boquete, South facing slopes of Volcan Barú – Cañas Verdes
Altitude: 4,900 – 5,400
Rainfall: high
Arabica variety: Gesha


Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.


Rwanda
Costa Rica
La Minita Del Sol, Tarrazu, Costa Rica
La Minita first appeared in 1988 when I introduced it in The Coffee Connection. It has been a consistent favorite since then. This year it has gotten better. In the past La Minita has been sun dried for the first day and then very carefully mechanically dried the rest of the way (from 65% moisture down to about 10.5%). This was to insure consistency regardless of weather conditions. The farm is now taking that risk and extra time – it takes days and constant attention to sun dry, not hours - with a small portion of their offering and it is La Minita del Sol.

We have found that sun drying adds a more rounded, sweeter mouth-coating body to an already exceptional coffee. The subtle fruit component is more present as well. While more expensive to produce we feel this is well worth it and hope you agree!

One of the key differences between La Minita and other farm coffees is the selectivity applied. While many farm’s “first” (best quality) constitute between 60% of their production after milling, La Minita selects slightly over 20%, eliminating all – or as close as you can get to “all!” - defects which might blemish your cup.

Full bodied, sparkling acidity, yet so smooth from hot to stone cold. Maple syrup, nuts and hint of very ripe peaches.

No pesticides or herbicides are used.
Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast

http://www.laminita.com/

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Decaf La Magnolia, Tres Rios, Costa Rica
Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

It is a rare treat to "eat my words", and enjoy the act or should I say drink? That is what a Swiss Water decaffeinated Costa Rican coffee forced me to do when we first tasted this coffee. The Swiss Water people have truly mastered the method to produce the most outstanding decaf I have ever tasted. We promptly bought the coffee for all our enjoyment. It is hardly believable this coffee is decaffeinated!

The coffee is called La Magnolia, is from the famed Tres Rios growing region of Costa Rica and was collected by the folks at La Minita. Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated (chemical-free)
Altitude: 3,500 - 4,000 feet
Soil: Volcanic
Rainfall: Moderate
Variety: Caturra

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Tarrazu, Costa Rica - GHH Select
Our most popular House Coffee, this favorite full bodied coffee is filled with complex sweet nutty flavors and a generous dash of milk chocolate.




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Costa Rica Decaf - GHH Select
ImageA Full Flavor Roast of Decaffeinated Central American Coffee

Sweet, ripe, high-grown coffee. Smooth yet lively with marked chocolate flavors mixing with nuts. The aftertaste sweetly disappears.

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Brazil
Daterra Reserve, Cerrado, Brazil
ImageWe are sold out of Daterra Reserve! Check back in December 2011 for next years crop.

Tasting Notes:
Elusive hints of roses in the aroma. Very soft creamy notes of pecan. Medium body without any tang.

This is a wonderfully mellow coffee but with delicate clean fruit sweetness, giving a refined Beaujolais-like character to this coffee.

It was harvested from deep-rooted, low yield, very carefully hand-harvested Yellow Bourbon variety of Arabica. Rainforest Alliance SealThe owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies.

Daterra is Rainforest Alliance certified!

Favorite of Food & Wine Magazine, March 2006

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast



Daterra, South Italian Style Espresso
Daterra South ItalianA "medium" dark roast in the Southern Italian tradition. We carefully blend several Daterra farm varieties to create one of the mainstays of our Terroir line! A rich layering of bittersweet chocolate over clean fruit and a hint of fine pipe tobacco.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: South Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. Click here to read the review.

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Daterra, Calabria Style Espresso
ImageCalabria is the darkest roast in our espresso series. This is a blend of Arabica cultivars from the Daterra Farm roasted to produce a thick velvety crema and extra body. The cup is drenched with notes of deep bittersweet chocolate without trace of harshness. The aftertaste is sweet and prolonged.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Rated 93 points by the Coffee Review click here to read the complete review

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Daterra, North Italian Style Espresso
AmareloA "light" dark roast in the tradition of Northern Italy (Milan - Trieste). Terroir has carefully blended several Daterra Farm varieties to produce this exceptionally sweet, full bodied coffee.

As an espresso, it has a floral, cocoa- almond aroma. The cup is elegant, smooth, of one piece from first contact to aftertaste. It is honey textured, extra-sweet and lively, with notes of mellow clean fruit, chocolate, nuts and refined butter-marzipan. Other brewing methods produce a rich very mellow, low acid cup with complex nutty-chocolate flavors.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 92 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review, to read the review click here.

Choice coffee of Troels Poulsen, the World Barista Champion of 2005!

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Guatemala
La Concepcion, San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala
Terraced SeedlingsCurrently Sold Out!
New crop expected in July!


La Concepcion has a special silky acidity carrying delicate floral aromatics with flavors suggesting creamy orange sherbet, strawberries, milk chocolate and toasted almonds.

Bernardo Solano inherited Concepcion Buena Vista from his grandfather and has been growing coffee for about 15-20 years. Twenty of his sixty two acres grow the heirloom En La Fincavariety Red Bourbon, whose cherries were especially selected for the coffee we purchased. These trees are over forty years old.

Concepcion is at around 6,000 feet, a very high altitude for Guatemala, yet the micro-climate is nearly perfect. This is due to the influence of warm air coming from the Gulf of Mexico through the valley of the Motagua River, the longest river in Guatemala, which runs from west to east.

Red Bourbon!The top photo shows seedlings being planted on contoured land overlooking the Motagua river valley. A variety of special shade trees will grow up with the coffee to produce a landscape like the middle photo, also part of the farm. The area of San Martin generally has very clear-cut seasons. This leads to a single flowering and very even ripening, a great advantage for producing all-ripe coffee translating to sweetness in the cup.

Farm: Concepcion Buena Vista
Region: San Martin Jilotepeque (Hée-lo-tai-peh-kay)
Mill: Bella Vista
Variety: Red Bourbon
Altitude: 5,800 – 6,000 feet
Rainfall: Moderate, seasonally well distributed


Roasters Choice
Roasters Choice
Don't know what to choose? Have our Roaster Crew hand-select one of our fantastic coffees for your enjoyment!

We have several different regions and styles available.


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Decaffeinated
Decaf La Magnolia, Tres Rios, Costa Rica
Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

It is a rare treat to "eat my words", and enjoy the act or should I say drink? That is what a Swiss Water decaffeinated Costa Rican coffee forced me to do when we first tasted this coffee. The Swiss Water people have truly mastered the method to produce the most outstanding decaf I have ever tasted. We promptly bought the coffee for all our enjoyment. It is hardly believable this coffee is decaffeinated!

The coffee is called La Magnolia, is from the famed Tres Rios growing region of Costa Rica and was collected by the folks at La Minita. Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated (chemical-free)
Altitude: 3,500 - 4,000 feet
Soil: Volcanic
Rainfall: Moderate
Variety: Caturra

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Costa Rica Decaf - GHH Select
ImageA Full Flavor Roast of Decaffeinated Central American Coffee

Sweet, ripe, high-grown coffee. Smooth yet lively with marked chocolate flavors mixing with nuts. The aftertaste sweetly disappears.

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Decaf Espresso North Italian - GHH Select
Central American North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Sweet, lively espresso with a heart of dark chocolate. Great for a naturally sweet cappuccino or for a cup of darker roasted decaf coffee. Not a trace of harshness or bitter aftertaste. Roasted in a North Italian style.

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Espresso
Matalapa North Italian Style Espresso Roast
Tasting Notes:
Layered orange-blossom honey, hint of jasmine and a creamy dark caramel finish. Matalapa’s soft acidity is ideal for a light espresso, providing great sweetness with buttery body.

Matalapa is a fourth generation 190 acre farm at 4,100 feet above sea level. It was founded in the late 1800's by Fidelia Lima, great grandmother of the current owner, Vickie Ann Dalton de Diaz. She maintains 14 acres of virgin tropical forest and keeps her coffee plants shaded with over 40 varieties of shades trees. Terroir has been following this farm for several years now and have been very impressed with each year's improvements since winning in the 2003 El Salvador Cup of Excellence. The crop is very impressive for its sweetness and buttery body.

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Alchemy Espresso
Alchemy is George Howell Coffee’s first seasonal espresso blend. Inspired by Jennifer Howell’s experimenting in our coffee lab with one goal in mind ~ develop an espresso that is stellar on its own but also powerful with milk.

Our first Alchemy espresso is a balanced blend from Brazil and Costa Rica ~ dominant creamy Brazilian bittersweet dark chocolate with walnuts delicately entwined with a Central American note of mellow caramelized pear. Alchemy has a long-lasting finish and is excellent in cappuccinos and lattes.

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Addis Ketema Espresso Roast, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
ImageNew!
Certified Organic ~ North Italian Espresso Roast!

The Addis Ketema Cooperative has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This fine lot produces a very smooth espresso. It is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and mellow traces of ginger. Mellow acidity with medium body.

Harvest: November 2009
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopian landraces
Certification: Organic


Daterra, South Italian Style Espresso
Daterra South ItalianA "medium" dark roast in the Southern Italian tradition. We carefully blend several Daterra farm varieties to create one of the mainstays of our Terroir line! A rich layering of bittersweet chocolate over clean fruit and a hint of fine pipe tobacco.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: South Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. Click here to read the review.

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Daterra, Calabria Style Espresso
ImageCalabria is the darkest roast in our espresso series. This is a blend of Arabica cultivars from the Daterra Farm roasted to produce a thick velvety crema and extra body. The cup is drenched with notes of deep bittersweet chocolate without trace of harshness. The aftertaste is sweet and prolonged.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Rated 93 points by the Coffee Review click here to read the complete review

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Daterra, North Italian Style Espresso
AmareloA "light" dark roast in the tradition of Northern Italy (Milan - Trieste). Terroir has carefully blended several Daterra Farm varieties to produce this exceptionally sweet, full bodied coffee.

As an espresso, it has a floral, cocoa- almond aroma. The cup is elegant, smooth, of one piece from first contact to aftertaste. It is honey textured, extra-sweet and lively, with notes of mellow clean fruit, chocolate, nuts and refined butter-marzipan. Other brewing methods produce a rich very mellow, low acid cup with complex nutty-chocolate flavors.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 92 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review, to read the review click here.

Choice coffee of Troels Poulsen, the World Barista Champion of 2005!

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Espresso Sorrento - GHH Select
ImageA South Italian Style Espresso Roast of Central American Coffees

Pleasant citrus and mature roast notes are present and harmonious. Candied roasted pecan and walnut melt like chocolate in the mouth. Full bodied, deep and elegant.


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Decaf Espresso North Italian - GHH Select
Central American North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Sweet, lively espresso with a heart of dark chocolate. Great for a naturally sweet cappuccino or for a cup of darker roasted decaf coffee. Not a trace of harshness or bitter aftertaste. Roasted in a North Italian style.

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Green Coffee
Green Coffee
Want to roast your own coffee? Here is a list of our coffees that are available green.



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Limited Edition
Kangunu, Murang'a, Kenya
ImageMay 16th~ sold out. Next roast date June 20th.

Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Tasting Notes:
A mouth coating body with sweet, juicy blackberry, crisp acidity and clean finish

The latest farm in our Kenyan offerings is Kangunu, from the Murang'a district.

Murang'a is located northeast of Nairobi. Kangunu was established in 1970 and rests on a 5 acre piece of land serving Kiru, Njumbi and Ngoto villages. The Kangunu Coffee operation is run by Charles Chege with 14 permanent staff and as many as 25 employees during peak harvest season. Kangunu is affiliated with the Kangunu Farmers Co-operative Society. Its membership currently has 1340 are active farmers.

Region: Murang'a
Altitude: 1,700 meters.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Arabica variety: Bourbon SL 28 and SL 34
Size: 5 Acres
Roast: Full Flavor


Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.



Aged Sumatra, Mandheling, Indonesia
May 9th roast - sold out! Check back soon for next limited roast date.

Tasting Notes:
Notes of brandy and tawny port, fresh sweet tobaccos, roots, leather, autumn leaves and butterscotch entwine into a unique coffee experience.

This very heavy-bodied liqueur-like coffee has been specially selected and then carefully aged for over three years. The raw beans are no longer blue-green but a deep orange-brown color. No coffee ages with the same grace as Sumatra Mandheling and its sweetness is retained over time.

Our last crop of this exquisite coffee was rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. To read the review click here.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.


Aranzazu, Huila, Colombia
Next roast ~ May 23rd!

Tasting Notes:
This Aranzazu lot offers mouth coating body beaming great bright notes of apple, citrus and sugar cane with a hint of wintergreen.

We have been periodically enjoying the coffees of La Esperanza, Colombia ever since that farm won first prize in the Colombia 2007 Cup of Excellence. Now comes Isaias Cantillo's younger brother and next door neighbor, Eugenio Cantillo, with a fantastic micro lot of just 300 lbs. from his farm, Aranzazu. It has the same terroir and shares a similar flavor range as La Esperanza. Eugenio is on the left and Isaias on the right in this photo taken by Alejandro Cadena of Virmax.

Colombian farmers have struggled these past two years to produce the sweet ethereally aromatic coffees they are capable of; the lack of sun amidst unrelenting rains has been merciless. So this lot and three other small lots we have purchased from the Cantillo brothers are all the more welcome after a period of absence.

Eugenio's coffee is composed of the same complex web of Arabica varieties as Isaias. The farms are adjacent and have heavy shade protecting their steep slopes. Aranzazu has seven and a half acres of coffee and five of forest. No herbicides or pesticides are used.

The Farm derives its name from Our Lady of Aranzazu, reputed to have first appeared in the late fifteenth century in Northern Spain. In Basque aranzazu means "you in the thorns."

In the second photo, above, also by Alejandro Cadena, we see Eugenio and his family, including Micaela, the farm's resident Kinkajou. It loves very ripe coffee cherries; the next producer of Kopi Luwak? We hope not!

Farmer: Eugenio Cantillo
Region: Huila
Altitude: 5,500 ft.
Rainfall: Moderate+
Soil: Franco Arciloso
Arabica variety: San Bernardo, Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Var. de Colombia
Size of Farm: 7.5 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor


Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.


Grand Cru Kenya: Mamuto, Kirinyaga
Kirinyaga Road Next Roasts ~ May 30th and June 6th

Tasting Notes:
A powerhouse of blackberry and black currant. Huge body with notes of blueberry.

When I first encountered Mamuto, I believe it was the best lot auctioned in Kenya that year. (All Kenyan coffee lots were auctioned through 2006; in 2008 the system was "liberalized," permitting direct sales as well as auction coffee) In our first year of roasting this coffee, Mamuto received Coffee Review's first-ever score over 95. Mamuto has scored 96, 97 and 96 Points respectively for crops from 2006, 2007 and 2008. We now have Mamuto's best lot from the most recent harvest. We purchased this lot directly and without hesitation; it was, again, one of the most outstanding lots we tried this past buying season and we have been privileged to always cup the cream of the crop!

Taking inspiration from their family, Mr. Mathagu explained to me, he and his wife named the farm by combining the first two letters from three words: his name, Mathagu, as the father; Muthoni, his wife's maiden name, as mother; and toto, meaning child or children in Swahili: thus Mamuto. Mr. and Mrs. Mathagu have six children - three boys, three girls

Farmer: Walter Paul and Muthoni Mathagu
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 5,000 ft.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Soil: Volcanic loam
Arabica variety: Bourbon Sl 28 and SL 34
Size of Farm: 21 acres total; 13 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor


Please click here to view more images of this coffee farm.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.



La Esmeralda Baru Lot, Boquete, Panama, 2010 Crop!
ImageNext Roast June 6th

Tasting Notes :
A lush fruit basket of peach, blueberry, and gingered lemon candy accented with tropical fruit.

Barú is the name given to the La Esmeralda coffee growing in the Cañas Verdes growing region. It was planted with the Geisha coffee variety just 4 years ago and this is its first year of production. Cañas Verdes lies west of the Boquete Valley, unlike the other sectors, such as the Mario Carnaval we have been offering this past year, which are to the east. It is on the slopes of Volcan Barú and its national park and has a different micro climate than the other area of La Esmeralda: a more distinct dry season with less rain and more sun over the year. The first impression is of lively, powerful aromatic plumes of sweet ripe apricot.

A brief history of La Esmeralda: La Esmeralda has won the Best of Panama Competition every year it has participated since it first appeared in 2004 when it took the international jury by storm. Geisha, an Arabica coffee variety exported from the wild forests of Ethiopia in 1931, was introduced into Central America in the 1950’s. It was a disappointment back then because its production was quite poor and so very little was grown. Then in 2004 Price Peterson and his son Daniel decided to change their coffee entry into the yearly Panama coffee competition, selecting only their Geisha variety instead of the blend of coffee varieties they had been offering up before. Geisha is now the rage.

La Esmeralda deserves great praise not only for the Peterson’s original vision but for how well crafted the coffee is. Quality continues to improve. La Esmeralda’s great sweetness indicates real care in picking strictly ripe fruit.

Farmer: Price and Daniel Peterson
Region: Boquete, South facing slopes of Volcan Barú – Cañas Verdes
Altitude: 4,900 – 5,400
Rainfall: high
Arabica variety: Gesha


Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.


Hawaiian Ka’u – Rusty’s Farm
Lorie ObraCheck back for our next roast.

Tasting Notes:
Very pure clean notes of milk chocolate and almond nougat bathed in delicate notes of pineapple and lime.

At last, a Hawaiian coffee from the big island which delivers 100%!

The Ka’u area is on the slope of great volcano Mauna Loa, as is Kona, but facing south as opposed to Kona’s facing west. This is by far the sweetest Hawaiian coffee I have ever tasted, an instant classic.

Farm owner Lorie Obra's story is compelling. Read more about it here and here.

The Farm's Website:
http://rustyshawaiian.com/

Winner of the Hawaii Coffee Association's 2010 Cupping Competition.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.



Mugs
Hario
Hario Pourover Drip Cone V60
Hario Glass ConeA radically improved pour-over filter dripper – simple, inexpensive and great!

Hario has perfected the one cup pourover style cone for more efficient extraction – and it works! Stirring is not required. The ridges inside the cone are no longer vertical as with all classically designed filter tops but gently spiral towards the bottom, creating greater turbulence and more even extraction in the brewing process. With the right fine grind it takes three minutes to hand brew a 12 to 16 ounce cup of coffee to perfect extraction.

Don't forget the filters! Hario filter are a specially designed conical filter, built to not split at the base.

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.

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Hario Woodneck Drip Pot
The Hario Woodneck is one of the most elegant drip brewers we've ever come across.

A reusable cloth coffee filter rests on top of the combined dripper/carafe. The brewer's wood 'neck' allows an easy grip during the process. Place ground coffee (we suggest slightly coarser than drip) into the filter, then pour hot water through. The server has a 480ml capacity, enough for 3 to 4 'cups.' (4.5 oz servings) The coffee filters last on average three to six months depending on use.

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Hario Pourover Bundle
Sold out of kettles - due in later this week.

Everything needed to enjoy this simple, delicious method of brewing!
And at a savings of over $15 than if bought separately!











The Hario Bundle contains one each of the following:
V60 Cone
V60 Range Server (360 ml size)
Buono Kettle
Hario #2 Filters (40 count box)
Salter Scale
12oz. Bag of Terroir Coffee (Roaster's Choice)

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.

Please check our return policy before ordering this item.


Hario Ceramic Slim Hand Coffee Mill
The Hario Ceramic Slim Coffee Mill is the perfect grinder companion to the Hario V60 pourover cones.
It's compact design features an easy to grip top hopper with a see through cover and plastic base. The grind is adjusted through the center set screw. Ceramic burrs make for easy cleaning and are dishwasher safe.

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Hario Skerton Manual Coffee Mill
ImageTemporarily sold out! ~ More arriving in mid-April!

Equipped with conical ceramic burrs, the Hario Skerton is a terrific addition for the pourover enthusiast, or anyone looking for a well built manual crank grinder.

The conical burr grind is adjustable from a legitimately useful espresso (elbow grease not included!) to a french press. The grind is adjusted by unscrewing the top nut, lifting the bracket, spinning the thumbwheel and tightening in place to lock down. The rubber base is helps keep the mill from slipping during grinding.

Highly recommended for travel as well!



Hario Buono Kettle




Sold out - more due in later this week.



The Buono Kettle, with its long curved spout, is designed for a controlled pour - to get the optimal extraction out of a pourover brew. Once you try using these for a pourover brew, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it!


Hario #2 Filters
Hario Size 2 Filters#2 Conical Coffee Filters for use with the V60 Coffee Dripper.
Available in both 40 count & 100 count packages .

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Hario V60 Cone Bundle

The basics to get you started with this simple, delicious brewing method. (and at a savings of approximately 10% if bought separately!)

Set includes:

A Hario V60 Cone,
A pack of Hario #2 Filters (100ct.) and
a 12 ounce bag of our Terroir Coffee. (Roaster's Choice)

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.


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Hario Range Server
Designed to be the perfect accompaniment to the Hario V60 cones, the 600ml range server is made of high quality durable glass. The cone sits securely on the server while pouring/brewing. The thicker glass walls help retain heat while the coffee brews. The V60 features a glass lid with a silicon gasket. The entire unit is microwave safe.


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Brewer Bundles
Hario V60 Cone Bundle

The basics to get you started with this simple, delicious brewing method. (and at a savings of approximately 10% if bought separately!)

Set includes:

A Hario V60 Cone,
A pack of Hario #2 Filters (100ct.) and
a 12 ounce bag of our Terroir Coffee. (Roaster's Choice)

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.


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Home and Small Office Brewer Bundle


Thermals Now Available!

A perfect brewing package for the home or small office!

Includes all of the Following:

Technivorm Brewer - Thermal Model (KBT741)Technivorm Brewer
Baratza Virtuoso Burr Grinder
1 Box Filtropa #4 Filters
And 2 Coffees. (Roaster's Choice)

Save nearly 20% than if items purchased separately!

Please check our return policy before ordering these items.
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Books
Kahawa, Kenya's Black Gold
Kenya's Black Gold, The Story of Kenya Coffee by Jeremy Block and Rand Pearson, with Chris Tomlinson.

Eloquently told with stunning photography, Kahawa (Swahili for coffee) is the story of how coffee came to Kenya, the development of its utterly unique varieties and a most extraordinary washing process.

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Connecting Worlds - The Coffee Trail
My photographer friend, Olaf Hammelburg, spent two years in Peru working on this extraordinary story tracing the route taken by a small lot of coffee that has been picked, washed, dried and then blessed by a shaman high in the isolated green world of the Peruvian Andes before it is transported by donkeys over suspended bridges, on rafts over a river, on a truck over a rock-strewn mountain pass and beyond in photograph after breathtaking photograph all the way to the port of Lima, a transatlantic ship and then to cafes in Europe and the US. The narration is told entirely by Olaf’s nearly fifty dramatic photos of magical places and of people with faces that have been unforgettably carved by their experiences in a world that is quickly vanishing but beautifully captured by Olaf’s singing camera.

The book is interspersed with short articles by three of the farmers, a director of a Peruvian coffee cooperative, by Olaf Hammelburg, Ken Davids, well known for his numerous books on coffee and for his website Coffee Review, and by yours truly.

Amazingly, before I ever knew Olaf or his work, I bought part of the very lot Olaf traces from Peru to the US! (This was during the first year of Terroir Coffee’s existence.)

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American Terroir by Rowan Jacobsen

American Terroir
Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields
by Rowan Jacobsen

From Rowan's website, http://www.rowanjacobsen.com:
Why does honey from the tupelo-lined banks of the Apalachicola River have a kick of cinnamon unlike any other? Why is king salmon from Alaska’s Yukon River the richest in the world? Why do coffee beans from a single estate in Panama sell at auction for ten times the price of any other beans in the world?

A great read of the fascinating evolution of "the taste of place."

Read about George and the fascinating story of La Esmeralda in the chapter entitled, "The Fresh Young Thing."
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The Professional Barista's Handbook
ImageA Great Book on Espresso!

Espresso aficionados, here is a book that is written in clear English and presents the spectrum of state-of-the-art espresso brewing today, from traditional methods to the latest innovations happening in the most avant-garde cafes.

Scott Rao’s "The Professional Barista’s Handbook" is the best book available for professionals and for aficionados. It is profusely illustrated with great photos giving clarity to every point.

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Everything but Espresso - Scott Rao
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Everything but Espresso by Scott Rao

The perfect companion to his "Professional Barista Handbook!

From acclaimed barista, roaster and our good friend Scott Rao, this book explains the procedures, technique and science to achieve consistently great results brewing in many different forms. The book covers drip, press pot and siphon methods. Essential for the coffee professional, or serious home brewer.

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Hacienda La Minita
A most beautiful coffee book by the owner of La Minita with a forward by George Howell

This book was written well over ten years ago but still remains one of the most informative books written on coffee for the general public to read. The author, Bill McAlpin, is one the pioneers of the specialty coffee movement. His influence on Specialty coffee has been huge. The photographs, which make understanding how coffee is produced so much more understandable, have yet to be equaled.

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Grinders
Hario Ceramic Slim Hand Coffee Mill
The Hario Ceramic Slim Coffee Mill is the perfect grinder companion to the Hario V60 pourover cones.
It's compact design features an easy to grip top hopper with a see through cover and plastic base. The grind is adjusted through the center set screw. Ceramic burrs make for easy cleaning and are dishwasher safe.

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Virtuoso Grinder
The sleek Virtuoso, made by the folks at Baratza, and dramatically improved.

This is by far the best coffee grinder in its price range that we know of. It is easy to clean, quiet and has a powerful motor and uses slow spinning conical burrs that prevent the coffee from heating. The result is a very uniform grind in a narrow range of size, producing a very sweet, balanced extraction. It is solidly built, and makes a great gift!

Please note: The Virtuoso is not an espresso grinder! We suggest the Vario model for a terrific espresso grinder.

Dark roasts have the a tendency to clump in the Virtuoso due to the oil residual that occurs in roasting. Extra cleaning of the grinder is urged when grinding dark roasts.

$198 (MAP Pricing)

Additional Reviews: CoffeeGeek

Please check our return policy before ordering this item.
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Baratza Vario Grinder


The Baratza Vario is a professional grade coffee grinder suitable for use at home, at the office or in your café. The Vario has a small footprint with impressive features including 230 distinct and repeatable grind settings from fine grind for espresso to coarse grind for press pot. One touch dosing is made easy using three user programmable buttons. The 54mm ceramic burr set is manufactured in Germany by Mahlkönig and provides accurate, fast grinding performance, remaining sharp for up to twice the lifetime of the finest steel burrs. The high torque DC motor and belt drive transmission insure smooth operation with minimal heat generation. All controls are mounted on the front of the Vario for easy accessibility. It also includes both a ground coffee collection bin and Baratza's exclusive PortaHolder for hands free grinding into an espresso machine portafilter.

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Hario Skerton Manual Coffee Mill
ImageTemporarily sold out! ~ More arriving in mid-April!

Equipped with conical ceramic burrs, the Hario Skerton is a terrific addition for the pourover enthusiast, or anyone looking for a well built manual crank grinder.

The conical burr grind is adjustable from a legitimately useful espresso (elbow grease not included!) to a french press. The grind is adjusted by unscrewing the top nut, lifting the bracket, spinning the thumbwheel and tightening in place to lock down. The rubber base is helps keep the mill from slipping during grinding.

Highly recommended for travel as well!



Brewers
Hario Pourover Drip Cone V60
Hario Glass ConeA radically improved pour-over filter dripper – simple, inexpensive and great!

Hario has perfected the one cup pourover style cone for more efficient extraction – and it works! Stirring is not required. The ridges inside the cone are no longer vertical as with all classically designed filter tops but gently spiral towards the bottom, creating greater turbulence and more even extraction in the brewing process. With the right fine grind it takes three minutes to hand brew a 12 to 16 ounce cup of coffee to perfect extraction.

Don't forget the filters! Hario filter are a specially designed conical filter, built to not split at the base.

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.

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Technivorm Brewers
ImageThe Technivorm automatic drip coffeemakers are state-of-the-art for brewing perfect drip coffee time after time. These 1,475-Watt machines brew at the correct extraction temperature of 197-202˚ F, unlike others which have lower power heating elements. A full pot of coffee brews in 6.5 minutes flat, it is simple to use and easy to maintain. One year warranty. We currently carry the thermal carafe model. These were designed by Gerard-Clement Smit, who received the Technician Award by the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE).

Note: Serving temperature of the coffee (different than extraction temperature) of the Thermo Model is approx 165 DegF. Serving temperature of the glass models is approximately 175-180 DegF (due to the presence of a warming plate). We recommend warming the Thermal Carafe with hot tap water just before brewing.

Don't forget the Brew Through Lid for the Thermal Model!

With your Technivorm you will also receive:
1 Bag of Coffee (Roaster's choice)
1 Box of Filtropa #4 Filters


Click here to read our Technivorm Short-Form Design Review
Please click here to view the actual brewing temperature chart.
Additional Reviews: Atlantic Magazine

Please check our return policy before ordering these items.

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Hario Woodneck Drip Pot
The Hario Woodneck is one of the most elegant drip brewers we've ever come across.

A reusable cloth coffee filter rests on top of the combined dripper/carafe. The brewer's wood 'neck' allows an easy grip during the process. Place ground coffee (we suggest slightly coarser than drip) into the filter, then pour hot water through. The server has a 480ml capacity, enough for 3 to 4 'cups.' (4.5 oz servings) The coffee filters last on average three to six months depending on use.

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Mypressi Twist Espresso Machine
Mypressi The Mypressi Twist produces a professional quality espresso beverage without the muss or fuss of a large machine. It uses a compressed gas cartridge to power the extraction process, and patent pending pneumatic technology. No electricity is needed to power the machine! The gas cartridges are safe and recyclable.

Simply grind and pack your espresso in the portafilter basket. Fill the the top with freshly boiling water to preheat. Leave for 15 seconds and dump the water out. This pre-warms the bowl, and you’ll be ready to pull your shot. Fill with the water for the brew, close the lid, pull the trigger and voilá a fantastic espresso, rivaling the quality of the best machines around!

Check out the Mypressi video tutorial here!
Don't forget the refill cartridges!
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Frieling Stainless Steel French Press
The elegant Frieling French Press coffeemakers eliminate costly and time-consuming replacements of fragile glass beakers. These are immaculately crafted, as visually stunning as they are functional. They are double walled stainless steel, providing excellent insulation to keep your coffee warm. Four sizes are available. These can be used for coffee or tea, and may be used for hot or cold serving.

Vacuum Insulated Carafe Style Stainless Steel French Press
18/10 stainless steel with mirror finish on the outside, and a brushed finish inside.
All stainless mesh plunger mechanism.

#2 1-2 demitasse
(1 American cup 8 oz)
3-inches diameter
5-inches wide (handle)
6-inches tall
MSRP $39.95
Our Price $36.95
#4 3-4 demitasse
(1-2 American cups approx 17 oz)
3.5-inches diameter
5.5-inches wide (handle)
8-inches tall
MSRP $49.95
Our Price $44.95
#6 5-6 demitasse
(2-3 American cups approx 23 oz)
4-inches diameter
6-inches wide (handle)
8.5-inches tall
MSRP $54.95
Our Price $49.95
#8 7-8 demitasse
(3-4 American cups approx 33 oz)
4.5-inches diameter
7-inches wide (handle)
9.5-inches tall
MSRP $69.95
Our Price $59.95


* Interested in reading about our other pieces of equipment? If so then please click here to visit our grinder section of the store.

Just print at 100% and compare your grinds with the ones on the sheet. Click Here to download the PDF. Other Grinds Coming Soon!

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Hario Pourover Bundle
Sold out of kettles - due in later this week.

Everything needed to enjoy this simple, delicious method of brewing!
And at a savings of over $15 than if bought separately!











The Hario Bundle contains one each of the following:
V60 Cone
V60 Range Server (360 ml size)
Buono Kettle
Hario #2 Filters (40 count box)
Salter Scale
12oz. Bag of Terroir Coffee (Roaster's Choice)

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.

Please check our return policy before ordering this item.


Hario V60 Cone Bundle

The basics to get you started with this simple, delicious brewing method. (and at a savings of approximately 10% if bought separately!)

Set includes:

A Hario V60 Cone,
A pack of Hario #2 Filters (100ct.) and
a 12 ounce bag of our Terroir Coffee. (Roaster's Choice)

Please see our step by step brewing instructions for the Hario Cones:
Click Here to download the PDF.


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Home and Small Office Brewer Bundle


Thermals Now Available!

A perfect brewing package for the home or small office!

Includes all of the Following:

Technivorm Brewer - Thermal Model (KBT741)Technivorm Brewer
Baratza Virtuoso Burr Grinder
1 Box Filtropa #4 Filters
And 2 Coffees. (Roaster's Choice)

Save nearly 20% than if items purchased separately!

Please check our return policy before ordering these items.
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Accessories
My Weigh 3001P Scale
A professional quality scale for the barista or cook!
Terrific when brewing pourovers, as the scale can be programmed to stay on through the brew cycle.

Features:
* 3000 Gram Capacity with 1 Gram Resolution
* Tare, Hold and Programmable Auto Off Features
* Runs on 3 AAA batteries or (included) AC Adapter
* Adjustable Red Backlit Display
* 30 Year Warranty
* Clear Expansion Bowl included.

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My Weigh MX500SE Pocket Scale
A great scale for the barista or home espresso enthusiast to use weighing and calibrating espresso shots.

Features:
* Reads up to 500 grams with 0.1 accuracy
* Runs on 3 AAA batteries (included)
* Auto Shut-Off
* Splash Resistant 4 Button Keypad
* Red Backlit Display
* 30 Year Warranty
* Cover acts as an expansion bowl.
* Reads in grams, ounces, troy ounces and pennyweight.

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200 Gram Calibration Weight
Image200 Gram Weight (Shown on My Weigh MX500SE Scale ~ Not Included)

For use in calibrating scales.
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Hario Buono Kettle




Sold out - more due in later this week.



The Buono Kettle, with its long curved spout, is designed for a controlled pour - to get the optimal extraction out of a pourover brew. Once you try using these for a pourover brew, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it!


Digital Shot Timer
New!

* Features the ability to count up for shot times
* Works also as a timer or clock
* Compact size with pocket clip, stand, and magnet
(We stick ours on the machine to keep it out of the fray!)
* Comes with a 5 year warranty
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Mypressi Twist Refill Cartridges
Refill gas cartridges for the Mypressi Twist Espresso Machine.

The cartridges are recyclable and made of stainless steel. 24 per case.

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Technivorm Brew Through Lid
New!

Technivorm Brew Through Lid for KBT741 thermal brewers.

Keep your brew from losing heat while brewing into your thermal carafe.

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IRT220 –THERMOMETER
This is a convenient and accurate Thermometer that is great for measuring the temperature of water for someone using a French press, or frothing milk. This model has a smaller Temperature dial than the IRXL220, but both thermometers are identical in their accuracy.

• Instrument Range: 0 to 220°F
• 1"/2.5 cm magnified dial
• 5"/12.7 cm stem
• Waterproof; shatterproof
• ± 2° accuracy
• Stainless steel housing
• Recalibratable
• Calibration tool on sheath
• Sheath can be used as handle extension
• Pocket clip

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Salter Electronic Kitchen Scale
Image* Add & Weigh function
* Allows for measurement of multiple ingredients in the same bowl - saves on washing up. ~ Weigh ingredients directly onto the scale or use your own bowl
* Switch between metric and imperial* Easy to read blue backlit display
* Compact slim design for easy storage
* Contemporary design
* Capacity: 5kg / 11lb
* 10 Year Warranty

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2 Cup Scoop
These scoops measure perfectly for the best drip coffeemaker on the market – the Technivorm, whose reservoir measures 4.25 ounces to 1 “cup”. Our scoop measures whole beans for 2 brewed cups per scoop perfectly. For 4 brewed cups, use 2 scoops. Fast, easy to remember and accurate! Slight rounding of the scoop works perfectly for most coffeemakers on the market today. Most measure water “cups” in 4.5 to 5 liquid ounce portions.
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Replacement Glass Technivorm Carafe
Replacement Glass Carafe for Technivorm Brewers

We carry replacement carafes for both the KB741 (replacement carafe part 9224, pictured) and Moccamaster CD (replacement carafe part 9263) models.

Both are 10 cup (European standard) capacity; 1.25 liters.

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Hario Woodneck Replacement Cloth Filters
ImageTemporarily out of Stock
More due in soon!

Replacement cloth filters for the 3 cup Hario Woodneck Brewer.
Pack of 3.



Hario Range Server
Designed to be the perfect accompaniment to the Hario V60 cones, the 600ml range server is made of high quality durable glass. The cone sits securely on the server while pouring/brewing. The thicker glass walls help retain heat while the coffee brews. The V60 features a glass lid with a silicon gasket. The entire unit is microwave safe.


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Spare Parts
Replacement Glass Technivorm Carafe
Replacement Glass Carafe for Technivorm Brewers

We carry replacement carafes for both the KB741 (replacement carafe part 9224, pictured) and Moccamaster CD (replacement carafe part 9263) models.

Both are 10 cup (European standard) capacity; 1.25 liters.

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Replacement Beaker for French Press
These beakers are Pyrex and far superior in durability to beakers used in most popular French press coffeemakers today. Fits most standard brands as a replacement.
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Coffee Filters
Filtropa Filters
Environment-friendly oxygen-cleansed filters for European style drip coffeemakers. Very high quality; do not add off-flavors to your brew. Available in two sizes.
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Hario Woodneck Replacement Cloth Filters
ImageTemporarily out of Stock
More due in soon!

Replacement cloth filters for the 3 cup Hario Woodneck Brewer.
Pack of 3.



Hario #2 Filters
Hario Size 2 Filters#2 Conical Coffee Filters for use with the V60 Coffee Dripper.
Available in both 40 count & 100 count packages .

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Gifts
Spring Holiday Gift Set
ImageEnjoy three of our Favorite Coffees in Celebration of Spring (finally!) arriving!
At a Special Savings!


Includes one bag each of:
Matalapa, La Libertad, El Salvador
Kiryama, Kayanza, Burundi
La Minita del Sol, Tarrazu, Costa Rica

All 12 ounce size, all in our Full Flavor Roast.

Available through April 21st!



Gift Certificates
Don't know what to get your friend or loved one? Get them a Terroir instant gift certificate! It can be used for any purchase on the Terroir website and it's the perfect gift for any coffee aficionado.

We will send you a custom printed gift certificate, however if you need an instant gift you can use our certificate generator to print or email the certificate immediately.

As always, if you have any questions at all, just give us a call at (866) 444-5282, or send us an email at george@terroircoffee.com, and we will be more than happy to assist you.

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The Professional Barista's Handbook
ImageA Great Book on Espresso!

Espresso aficionados, here is a book that is written in clear English and presents the spectrum of state-of-the-art espresso brewing today, from traditional methods to the latest innovations happening in the most avant-garde cafes.

Scott Rao’s "The Professional Barista’s Handbook" is the best book available for professionals and for aficionados. It is profusely illustrated with great photos giving clarity to every point.

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Everything but Espresso - Scott Rao
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Everything but Espresso by Scott Rao

The perfect companion to his "Professional Barista Handbook!

From acclaimed barista, roaster and our good friend Scott Rao, this book explains the procedures, technique and science to achieve consistently great results brewing in many different forms. The book covers drip, press pot and siphon methods. Essential for the coffee professional, or serious home brewer.

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Hacienda La Minita
A most beautiful coffee book by the owner of La Minita with a forward by George Howell

This book was written well over ten years ago but still remains one of the most informative books written on coffee for the general public to read. The author, Bill McAlpin, is one the pioneers of the specialty coffee movement. His influence on Specialty coffee has been huge. The photographs, which make understanding how coffee is produced so much more understandable, have yet to be equaled.

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Gift Certificates