Our coffee guy has chosen some fantastic new beans this week. Can’t decide which you’d enjoy the most? Ask your baristas about their favorites–we love to help you choose. (Read more about our Single Origins Bar here.)
1. Amaro Gayo, Ethiopia
Roasted by Equator Coffees in San Rafael, this palatable coffee is a favorite among coffee-minded and laypeople alike. Producer Asnakech Thomas is Ethiopia’s only female miller-exporter, and she processes some truly special coffee. We stock this one often because everyone likes it. (Berries, you know.)
2. Tarrazu, Costa Rica
Beans from the Don Mayo Estate Microlot are farmed by Hector Bonilla and his family. Roasted by the masters at New York-based Plowshares, this coffee is pizzazzy like pineapple with a generous splash of soy sauce.
3. Huila, Colombia
From a tiny farm run by Henry Serrato Artunduaga, this 49th Parallel-roasted bean is clean, clean, clean. Refreshing like cucumbers and slippery-sweet like syrup, you’ll find it goes down easy, with no aftertaste. Caramel, mixed fruit, and fudge. Yum!
4. Roblar, El Salvador
These beans are grown by Vickie Dalton and her husband Francisco using cutting edge techniques (it has to do with how the cherries are pulped!) and then processed in a plant that reduces its energy input by powering off parchment skins and tree prunings. Tart green apples and jasmine or hibiscus. Balanced, fruity, and thick, it is expertly roasted by San Fran’s Ritual Roasters.
They sell out, so don’t wait!

July 14th, 2010 at 9:04 am
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