Brazil Mio Peaberry

Origin: Brazil

Region: Monte Santo de Minas

Farm: Mio

Varietals: Yellow Catucaí, Mundo Novo, Yellow Bourbon

Altitude: 1100 masl

Process: Natural

 

From Ana Pellicer

'Mio is, first of all, a farm in Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil. A tiny town where I was born 30 years ago, and so was everyone in my family for at least four generations. Last year we decided we did not want it to be just a farm anymore, we wanted to export our coffee, importing it into the UK ourselves, store it here and sell it directly to roasteries.

We dreamed of making the term direct trade actually mean something to our farm, and everyone involved in the process. We want to be producers who are in charge of all decisions regarding the supply chain. We want to take control and expand our traceability to the roaster's door. What is the point of all the traceability work we do at the farm level if we don't know exactly what happens to our coffee afterwards?

Sustainability is incredibly important to us, and we have many projects we are working on to support social, economic and environmental stability'.

Uganda Mount Elgon

Tasting Notes: Strawberry jam

Region: Mt. Elgon Region

Farm: 200+ smallholder farms

Processing Partner: Dream Coffee

Varietals: Nyasaland, SL14, SL28

Altitude: 1700-2200 masl

Process: Fully Washed

Grown on rich volcanic soils on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in Mbale, this Ugandan coffee goes through a washed process to give it the mild but bright, clean taste typically associated with washed African coffees. The varietals Nyasaland, SL14 and SL28 produce an exceptional sweetness lends itself well to the tasting note of strawberry.

Our Partners at Dream Coffee work on the ground with a group of 200 small holder farmers that work under the Friends of Mother's Initiative (FMI). An initiative that prioritizes hiring women and supporting single mothers in the Mt. Elgon region from revenue generated by the areas main crop. Additionally, women recieve coffee farming training, with production methods certified by organic EU standards.place. The convenient locations of newly built station has also drastically reduced the effort required for farmers to travel to market.

Colombia Pachamama

Tasting Notes: Full body with a bright and juicy acidity. Nuanced and exotic notes of orange marmalade and guava.

Region: Tolima

Farm: 6 smallholder Fincas

Altitude: 1650-2200 masl

Process: Anaerobic Washed

Full body with a bright and juicy acidity. Nuanced and exotic notes of orange marmalade and guava.

 

From The Green Collection, a fully traceable Colombian focused coffee importers, comes an exceptional community coffee with contributions from several farms in the region. 

 

Tolima is one of the most isolated coffee producing regions, located in the Central Colombia Andes mountains of Tolima, nestling betweenthe vast Parques Nacionales Natural Nevado and the Parque Nacional Natural Cordillera De Los Pichachos Andes Mountain ranges. With limited access, other than through the town of Coyaima, mainly dirt road, with access subject to conditions. 12-hour road trip fromIbague the province capital. At these altitudes of 1650/2200 is where the real high-quality Specialties are found; the terra is enriched with volcanic soils, and many fresh mountains streams.

 

Regional Profiles: The coffees are rich in flavour, notes of red/yellow fruits, herbs, citric and lemon, deep in tense chocolate and panela, full bodied, and wonderfully balanced, excellent acidity, with an amazing after taste. Regional cupping is from 84 up 88+ Coffees are all grown the artisanal way, either fully washed or natural process, mainly double fermentation all are sun dried,hand-selecting the finest of the beans when ripe.

 

The Planadas area represents 48 coffee producing hamlets representing 6821 small farms ranging from .5 to 6 hectares, renown for producing some of Colombia’s finest Specialty Micro-lot coffees, are now gaining a reputationfor their higher quality commercial community coffees.