AndrewSince 2008, much (if not most) of Ethiopia’s coffee goes anonymously through the privately owned, government-warehoused Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX). Aside from cooperatives and large estates, […]
Month: January 2015
Gimme! Coffee // Kenya Gichichi
On the eastern side of the Aberdares mountain ranges in Nyeri County, Kenya, operates the Othaya Farming Cooperative Society. The Othaya FCS is comprised of […]
Krankies Coffee // Bolivia Finca Virgen de Copacabana
In 1997, Jaime and Maria Azcarrunz bought a piece of land deep in the Las Yungas region which they called Finca Virgen de Copacabana. Copacabana is […]
Royal Mile Coffee Roasters // Colombia Popayan Tierradentro
In 1995 Unesco declared the Tierradentro Reserve to be a world heritage site—a center of historical and cultural heritage—citing mainly the necropolis of pre-hispanic Colombia […]
Royal Mile Coffee Roasters // Kenya AA Kichwa Tembo
The Kenyan AA Kichwa Tembo coffee comes from the Masai Mara region of Kenya near the Kichwa Tembo Wildlife Preserve. Kichwa Tembo is located on […]
Royal Mile Coffee Roasters // Ethiopia Dumerso
Dumerso is a washing station in close proximity to Yirgacheffe town. Coffee from small-holder farmers is delivered directly to Dumerso, as well as collected from buying […]
Brickstone Brewery and Dark Matter Coffee Company // Dark Secret Imperial Stout
Every Black Friday, Bourbonnais, Illinois’s Brickstone Brewery releases their signature Dark Secret—a Russian Imperial Stout brewed with a coffee variant. (Black Friday was, of course, […]
Best Coffees of 2014: 5-1
For the past couple of years, I’ve been counting down my favorite coffees of the year. For historical perspective, you can check out my favorite […]