New Coffees Fall 2024/Myanmar Fundraiser
It's been a while since we posted here, but we have some new and exciting coffees that we simply had to talk about.
First, we have two Ethiopian coffees. If you're a loyal fan, you'll recognize both of these as coffees we've offered in prior years. They're the Ethiopia Laayyoo and the Ethiopia Qabballe. These are both from the fresh harvest in Ethiopia, which were imported to the US from our partners at The Coffee Quest. We're very happy to see both of these coffees back in our lineup and hope to be able to bring them back in harvests to come, as well. Both are natural process coffees, which means that the seed (bean) ferments in the whole coffee cherry, rather than removing the outer layers before processing. Both coffees are also from the Guji region in Ethiopia. The main difference you'll taste when enjoying them is that you'll enjoy a slightly higher acidity from the Qabballe, whereas the Laayyoo is a bit more mellow in flavor.
We've also brought in the Kenya Kii AA. Although it took a bit longer for Kenyan coffees to arrive to the US this year, we've been very pleased with this particular offering. It's from a new importer relationship we've made with JA Coffee, based in Montreal. You can expect this coffee to have a syrupy body with a strong acidity and a very pleasant, sweet finish. Often times when we talk to other roasters, people refer to Kenyan coffees as either tasting a bit like tomatoes or very grapefruit-y. We're happy to say that this doesn't really fit into either category neatly, but the flavor profile is still very distinctly that of a washed Kenyan coffee. We've been loving this coffee on drip or as a pour over especially!
Lastly (and most excitingly), we are bringing a very very special coffee to our lineup in November, the Three Khuns Natural. It's a 15 day dry natural process coffee from Myanmar's Indigo Mountain Co-op. It's imported by our friends Steven and Stephen at Pink Headed Duck Coffee. Myanmar is a very interesting coffee growing region, since they only recently really started commercially trading and growing coffee (around 2016). Despite being very new to coffee farming, the coffees we have tasted from the area have been of exceptional quality and we can't wait to build a lasting relationship with our import partners, as well as coffee farms in Myanmar.
It's very important to us to foster this relationship not only because we like the coffee, but because we genuinely enjoy doing business with everyone involved. Stephen and Steven have demonstrated so much care for the community in Myanmar (where Stephen is based) through funding and starting community projects. This is also clear to us when we listen to either of them talk about the coffee, the community, or the coffee growers. As for the Indigo Mountain Co-op, we deeply believe that the best is yet to come from these coffee growers and we are excited to taste every one of their future coffee harvests.
Coffee aside, Myanmar as a country is facing a lot of turmoil right now politically. On top of that, over the weekend Myanmar was hit with Typhoon Yagi, which devastated the country. The Indigo Mountain Co-op itself was hit hard by the natural disaster. Because of that, we are going to be raising money to give back to the Indigo Mountain Co-op with this coffee, as well as with an in-store fundraiser (stay tuned for more details on this).
If you're still reading, kudos to you for sticking with us. We hope that you get the chance to try these coffees and that you thoroughly enjoy them. I don't think we've been more excited about one season of coffee releases in the history of our business and we can't wait for the Three Khuns Natural to drop so that you can try them all.