We are very excited that the first 2007 New Crop Organics are on the water - we expect our first shipments in the next two weeks. Here's what we are adding to the offering list:
The Brazil Sul de Minas is gone...for now. We will be receiving more of this beautiful (staff favorite at FC+) coffee later in the year. Don't despair, we have filled the gap with the even finer Brazil Organic Chapada Diamantina. The Chapada Diamantina, (Diamond Plateau) is a lush mountain range that runs north and south through the state of Bahia, with an average altitude of over 1000 meters. This is a very small crop, produced by Fazenda de Chapada Diamantina. It is prepared using a pulped natural process, and then sun dried on raised beds. This coffee is part of the "new wave" of polymorphic organic Brazilian coffee - and makes incredible espresso! Organic, Fair Trade, Shade-Grown and Single Estate. Clean cup, with great balance and body, with citrus overtones. Check it out.
Why not all the coffees all the time? Some coffees (especially small-holder organic and fair-traded crops) sell out from season to season - and we don't like to overstock, so that our coffees never age past 6 months from the date of harvest. We actually go through the lots every 2 to 3 months. Plus, experiencing different coffees is what it's about, no?
We've added our first Fair Trade Coffee from Mexico! Certified Organic from the Chiapas growing region. Union de Ejidos Professor Otilio Montano, or UDEPOM, is a small grower cooperative of approximately 600 members located in the Sierra Madre Mountains near Motozintla. UDEPOM is a pioneer of organic coffee production in Latin America. Their production standards for organic coffee cultivation and processing are rigorous and proudly followed. All of the small-holder grower members cultivate their crops under a diverse and well managed shade cover, and they are required to wet-process their own coffees. Additionally, each individual grower is required to use only cement fermentation tanks and sun dry their harvest on cement patios. Organic, Fair Trade and verified Shade-Grown. This coffee is bright and sweet, with flavors of oranges, raisin and cinnamon. Email us for a sample, and give it a try.
Afloat in the San Francisco Bay, (well, in a container on a ship) and due to arrive at our warehouse in the next week are two new coffees for the list; Nicaraguan Fair Trade Segovia - if you loved the Nicaragua 5 de Junio, you'll love this coffee too. Also a week out is our first offering from Uganda - an Organic Buguisu "A". Look for cupping notes on the site soon. Sumatra Mandheling is due in 3/28...
Coming late March and April, Costa Rica Organic "La Amistad" and Ethiopian Harrar Special Prep - our first Fair Trade Certified Organic from Ethiopia! Can't wait. Also expecting one lot of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe (Fair Trade, Organic), and one from Sumatra - Fair Trade Organic Gayoland, which sold out early last year.
We'll be putting all these up on the site as they arrive - if you would like to be alerted on a particular coffee, drop us an email and we'll keep you updated.
