featured coffees
Guatemala Santa Clara Honey
$13.00
- Coffee Story
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Ricardo Zelaya produced two amazing coffees from Santa Clara using different processing methods. To experience the impact processing has on a cup's flavor profile choose in the drop-down menu to purchase two, half-pound bags and taste both!
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After several years without a Guatemala on our menu, we were introduced to Ricardo’s coffee from his farm Santa Clara. This lot is comprised of the Bourbon variety and processed using the Honey method. Ripe cherries are picked, depulped and the sticky mucilage clinging to the bean is dried in their greenhouses on raised beds until target humidity levels are reached. This process creates a hybrid flavor profile between a Natural & Washed.
Pink and purple florals bounce around in the aromatics leading into more florals in the cup. Hibiscus & rose hip offer a brightness unlike any honey processed coffee we've had before. The mouthfeel and finish are reminiscent ironically of honey, sugar cane and coffee cherry with a juicy freshness. -
Drip
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Check out our Education page to learn detailed brew methods.
Brazil Daterra Sweet Blue
$11.00
- Nearly 5 years ago, when we began our Limited Release program, a beautiful coffee from Brazil came across our cupping table. It blew our previous notions of lower elevation coffees away. It was clean, full-bodied and exceptionally robust. Since that first cupping, Sweet Blue has become a core offering. Daterra Estate is the only estate we've ever worked with due to their commitment to sustainable practices and care for our planet. They separate their lots by cup characteristics and processing methods, an organizational system we've never seen as intensive as it is at Daterra. Situated 1,150 meters above sea level, "Sweet Blue" is processed using a pulp-natural method before it is vacuum-sealed in 12-kilo bags to preserve freshness. This particular way to organize, manage and ensure quality showcases in the cup year after year.
- In the cup expect everything wonderful about the traditional Brazil flavor profile: nutty, laden with various chocolates and a velvety mouthfeel. Unlike many large estates who tend to be more concerned with producing volume than quality, Sweet Blue exhibits clarified flavors. The nuttiness tastes like macadamia and the chocolate similar to a delicious dark cacao. Towards the finish - and particularly as it cools - anticipate dried fruits like raisins & figs to come to the surface. A daily drinker at the Roastery and one of Deb's absolute favorite coffees on our offering list.
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Drip
Pour-over
French Press
Espresso
Guatemala Manos de Mujer
$10.00
- ACODIHUE is located in Huehuetenango, a coffee-growing region in western Guatemala. 80% of ACODIHUE's coffee comes from indigenous women producers and growers in the mountainous territory of Cuchumatan, Huehuetenango. Migration is a major factor contributing to the higher-than-normal percentage of women; due to the shared border with Mexico, it is not uncommon for men to leave Huehuetenango and pass through Mexico, with the United States being their ultimate destination. It is generally men who make this journey, while women stay behind to take care of the land and the children, and are oftentimes never reunited with their husbands or sons. To recognize the hard work of these women, ACODIHUE has obtained the certification Manos de Mujer (Women's Hands) through which the co-op acknowledges their contribution to their household and to the national economy.
One of the cooperative's social projects that has had the most impact in these farmers' lives—especially women farmers—is CAFE SANO, a project run with Green Mountain funding and managed by Heifer International. The project is focused on the improvement of food security for coffee producers. Families receive training and resources in the production of honey, vegetables, and certified seeds. They are also given one sheep and are trained on how to take care of it, including feeding and breeding it. This project has had great success among the producers, who feel it has changed their lives. - This cup encompasses the cup profile traditional to Huehuetenango. The aromatics are floral and delicate while bolstered by a dynamic flavor profile. Expect a juicy acidity reminiscent of nectarines and strawberry with a creamy mouthfeel. As the cup cools, milk chocolate and cashew wraps around citrus qualites. Easy drinking to bring us into Fall offerings.
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Drip
Pour-over
French Press
Espresso
Check out our Education page to learn detailed brew methods.
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This will be a celebration of coffee, the people behind our coffees, our community, and the mind blowing ideas of our founder. Swing on by nibble, drink, and be merry with us!
Scrumptious treats, buckets of laughter with a specially curated menu by the First Avenue team.
