Hawaii - Cola Ferment

It's back - the coffee that is fermented in Pepsi cola. Only 21 four ounce bags are available. This coffee is extremely clean and balanced.

Esmeralda Special 2008 (Hacienda La Esmeralda - Panama)

Immediately following last year’s harvest, the owners of Hacienda La Esmeralda decided to do something a bit different for this year’s crop. In a first-of-its-kind auction, the farmers decided to sell their geisha crop in a standalone auction. No other farms were involved. No other coffees were involved. This was entirely 2008 Esmeralda Special. The auction was scheduled to last one hour, but because of the immense interest, the auction entered extended bidding and went on for nine hours. This auction will set precedent for future auctions, allowing farmers the chance to let their coffee truly shine and thus, reach new price levels, fairly compensating farmers for their hard work and dedication.

Information concerning Batch 8 of the 2008 Esmeralda Special is below.

Farm Name: Esmeralda Special
Coffee Name: Batch 8
Lot #: ES8
Bag Weight: 22.68 kg. (50 lbs.)
Harvest Date: 15-20 Feb 2008
Variety: Geisha Quality: SHB
Growing Region: Jaramillo
Location on Farm: South of the Creek
Certifications: Rainforest Alliance
Website: http://www.haciendaesmeralda.com/

Nicaragua CoE Matagalpa - La Gloria / Limoncillo

This washed and sun-dried coffee comes from the sister farms La Gloria/Limoncillo. It is a JavaNica varietal, tasting like both an Ethiopian (citrus) and Java coffee (heavy body), yet at the same time, tasting like something completely all its own.

Prior to its cultivation, this coffee was an experiment, locked in a private research lab grown for years in hidden gardens containing Ethiopian and Indonesian cultivars. The cultivars can be traced back to Ethiopian varietal lines of both the Rambung and Abyssinia, which found themselves in Java in 1928 by the hands of the Dutch. People knew little of this experiment and less knew what it would bear. That is until Nicaragua faced political instability and the operation was shut down. Then, “someone who knew someone” obtained the heirloom longberry seedstock before it was lost forever and placed twenty pounds of the seedstock in the hands of a small group of farmers.

Nicaragua CoE Matagalpa