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The Dusangirijambo coffee cooperative is in Sogestal Kayanza, northern Burundi (about 1700m ASL). Built about 6 years ago, it serves farmers in the area through buying and processing the local coffee, and also providing agronomical support, preparing coffee for export at a central dry milling facility, and linking to the international market, like me. ``Well… Continue reading Burundi Kayanza Dusangirijambo: 7/24/2021

The small village of Piñas is located in Peru's northern district of Chontalí, and home to about 30 coffee producing families. These beans are wet processed and purchased farm to gate. Peruvian and Guatemalan fincas are generally higher altitude than Brazilian or even some African plantations, and as a result yield denser, more slowly maturing… Continue reading Peruvian-Pueblo de Piñas: 7/14/21

This a bright and cheery coffee. I roasted it to Full City and Full City+. I recommend the + for espresso and the Full City for drip, but I don't follow rules and tend to enjoy a lively espresso.

I received a lot of beans from the region of Pedralva in Brazil. There is a lot of coffee grown in this region, but these beans come from relatively small farms (compared to the massive industrial farms of Brazil) Most of the beans are hand picked meaning which means better quality control and separation of… Continue reading Brazil: 5/8/2021

This coffee cooperative is in western Ethiopia and has over 650 members who are farming coffee at between 1900 and 2000 meters elevation. The farmers are assisted in part by a union that provides marketing, exporting, and representation on an international scale. I love Ethiopian coffees for the bright and fruity notes and I tend… Continue reading Ethiopia Gera Genji Challa

The coffee community, Migoti, in Mutambu, Burundi. Photo from Sweet Maria’s I Love working with beans from Burundi. Lighter roast of this batch are bright and spicy, while darker roasts pull out a honey-cinnamon note in my espressos. The warehouse is already out of this lot, otherwise I would pick up some more. But still,… Continue reading Burundi Commune Mutambu