Brazil Daterra Sweet Blue SOLD OUT!

Brazil Daterra Sweet Blue

This is a little different from our previous highlighted coffees for a few reasons.  Firstly, it is a blend.  Daterra offers blended green coffee formulated to taste.  Secondly, compared to our previous selections this one comes from a giant conglomerate.  Daterra has 100 years of experience with coffee in many regions of Brazil and is well established and respected world wide.  Lastly, we are roasting this one with espresso in mind.  Many recent World Barista Champions and challengers have used Daterra blends and we can see why.

Here is Daterra's Flash intensive and bird friendly website. 

Tasting Notes

Sweet citrus upon first sip.  Fuller body as is typical with most Brazils, yet it has a very delicate clean finish.  One of us mentioned tea biscuits which is pretty right on.  Could drink this coffee all day long!  Great shot! 

Agtron:

63-72

Roaster Notes

Daterra is a huge supplier of Brazilian coffee and grows Rainforest Alliance.  We hadn't tried a RFA in a while so this was a good pick.

Honduras Julio Cesar Aguilar SOLD OUT

Honduras Julio Cesar Aguilar

Here is an article from Cafe Imports, our provider for this coffee, proclaiming 2012 as the "Year of Honduras."  We were lucky in procuring this particular bag, as it had apparently sold out before it reached the States.

Region: Cangual, Intibuca

Farm: San Jose

Varietal: Catuai

Altitude: 1500 masl

Proc. Method: Fully washed and sun dried

Tasting Notes

 sweet, cream, tart cherry, vanilla...  cream soda was mentioned more as a "mouth feel" than flavor

Additional Notes

Beneficio Santa Rosa, is located in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras.  About 170km from San Pedro Sula, the industrial capital.  Beneficio Santa Rosa has been key in developing the coffees from Honduras.  There are other coffee regions (like Marcala) which have been famous for many years now, but this region has some of the most interesting coffees I've tasted out of Central America (even though we will be seeing newer and as exciting regions in the near future  out of Honduras).  BSR came out to the high-end specialty scene recently through Cup of Excellence.  Basically they mainly assist the growers to commercialize/export their coffee.  I believe they also offer some technical assistance and financing.  Coffee is depulped at each farm and gets delivered "wet" to BSR to dry on patios.  Some farmers are starting to dry at the farm.  Most of these farmers are very small.  More than 90% of farmers in Honduras are small-producers.  They are producing Pacas, Caturra, Bourbon, and some local hybrids.

-Cafe Imports

  
Agtron:

61-69


Roaster Notes:

A little hotter and quicker than most; otherwise not a crazy profile.

Honduran Western Coffee