{"title":"OOTG - Bright and Adventurous","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFruity, vibrant \u0026amp; expressive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLively and full of character, our Bright \u0026amp; Adventurous coffees showcase some of coffee’s most exciting flavors. Expect juicy fruit, sparkling citrus, delicate florals, and naturally sweet notes that bring energy and complexity to every cup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese coffees are for those who love to explore — distinctive, refreshing, and sometimes surprising, with each origin revealing something new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBright. Vibrant. Unexpected. Coffee worth exploring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"single-origin-peru-hb-smbc-la-florida-aa-shg-specialty-coffee","title":"Single Origin - Peru HB SMBC LA FLORIDA AA SHG - Fair Trade Coffee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoast-toned, almond, dark chocolate, daffodil, molasses and crisply dry acidity, velvety mouthfeel with gently drying finish.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect choice for coffee drinkers suffering from digestive issues, or those that just prefer low acidic coffees with a higher level of antioxidants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% delicious!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcessing: Washed and Sun Dried\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAltitude: 1300 - 1800 \u003cspan\u003eM.A.S.L.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvest: May - September\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. Handcrafted Fair Trade\/Bird Friendly Coffee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the famous culture and landscapes of Machu Picchu, the Nazca lines, and the Amazons, Peru is known for being one of the major producers of organic coffee beans in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center has developed the only 100% organic and shade-grown coffee certification available: Bird Friendly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith widespread clear cutting for sun coffee plantations, it is imperative to protect the tropical forest that remains and rehabilitate degraded ecosystems. Every cup of Bird Friendly coffee you drink encourages more farmers to grow in the shade, which is good for birds and for people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, the program manages a healthy soil base by applying no harmful pesticides to the coffee that could otherwise run off into streams and rivers. This helps reduce the billions of pounds of noxious chemicals injected annually into natural ecosystems that support wildlife and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this program goes a step further, requiring a variety of native shade trees throughout the coffee plantation. Through decades of research, we have learned the combination of foliage cover, tree height and diversity needed to provide suitable migratory bird habitat while maintaining productive farms. Producers must be re-certified every three years to ensure they continue to meet these requirements and can truly call themselves Bird Friendly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis results in better-tasting coffee—its rich flavor comes from beans maturing slowly in the shade. Farmers protect water sources for their communities and sequester carbon by managing the forest-like system, which also provides a host of other products like cacao and spices. And the premium prices they fetch for Bird Friendly coffee supports their families and local economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis coffee is produced by a cooperative of small farmers in the remote Chanchamayo region of northeast Peru. It is shade grown at an altitude of 4,600 – 5,000 feet above sea level and is prepared by the wet method and sun dried outside on cement patios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor many years, ootgCoffee has partnered with CENFROCAFE, one of the largest and best-organized cooperatives in Latin America. Despite the overall lack of a cohesive national coffee institute or NGO, CENFROCAFE has been able to support nearly 2,000 coffee-growing families by offering agricultural and financial resources, as well as encouraging producers to learn to roast and to gain exposure to specialty coffee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn addition to the certified and noncertified\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elots we buy from CENFROCAFE, we are also exploring Regional Select coffees and microlots, specifically from Cajamarca in the northwest, which is not only where the bulk of the country’s coffees come from, but also far and away the best-cupping lots. A small group of producers there have been developing microlot-quality coffees for several years, and we are excited to continue to nurture those relationships as well as to see what is possible from some of the individual members of the cooperatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHistorically, Peru’s mild cup profile and relatively inexpensive price have made the coffees an appealing blend component, especially as a seasonal replacement for Mexican coffees. We have high hopes that with more interest from coffee buyers and quality development along the supply chain, we will see more and more finest-quality coffees out of Peru, and lots that will become single-origin offerings to be reckoned with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThough coffee arrived in Peru early—in the middle of the 1700s—it wasn’t cultivated for commercial export until nearly the 20th century, with increased demand from Europe and the significant decrease in coffee production in Indonesia. British presence and influence in the country in particular helped increase and drive exports: In the early 1900s, the British government took ownership of roughly 2 million hectares of land from the Peruvian government as payment on a defaulted loan, and much of that land became British-owned coffee plantations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs in many Central and South American countries, as the large European-owned landholdings were sold or redistributed throughout the 20th century, the farms became smaller and more fragmented, offering independence to farmers but also limiting their access to resources and a larger commercial market. Unlike many other countries whose coffee economy is dominated by smallholders, however, Peru lacks the organization or infrastructure to provide economic or technical support to farmers—a hole that outside organizations and certifications have sought to fill. The country has a remarkable number of certified-organic coffees, as well as Fair Trade–, Rainforest Alliance–, and UTZ-certified coffees. Around 30 percent of the country’s smallholders are members of democratic co-ops, which has increased the visibility of coffees from the area but has done little to bring incredibly high-quality lots into the spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs of the 2010s, Peru is one of the top producers of Arabica coffee, often ranked fifth in world production and export of Arabica. The remoteness of the coffee farms and the incredibly small size of the average farm has prevented much of the single-farm differentiation that has allowed for microlot development and marketing in other growing regions, but as with everything else in specialty coffee, this is changing quickly as well. The country’s lush highlands and good heirloom varieties offer the potential for growers to beat the obstacles of limited infrastructure and market access, and as production increases, we are more likely to see those types of advancements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OutOfTheGreyCoffee.com","offers":[{"title":"Regular \/ Whole Bean (Grind Yourself)","offer_id":41178067082,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Coarse (French Press)","offer_id":41178067146,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Coarse (Drip Coffeemaker)","offer_id":41178067210,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium (Cone-Bottom Filter)","offer_id":41178067274,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Fine (K-Cup Pod\/Pour-Over)","offer_id":41178067338,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Fine (Espresso Machine)","offer_id":41178067402,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Extra Fine (Turkish Coffee)","offer_id":41178067466,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1947\/1527\/products\/peruSMBCc.png?v=1606010492"},{"product_id":"single-origin-ethiopian-oromia-harrar-fair-trade-coffee","title":"Single Origin - Ethiopian OROMIA Harrar - Fair Trade Coffee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRich and deeply sweet, flavors of molasses, dark chocolate, Asian pear and daffodil with bittersweet acidity and silky mouthfeel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndustry Review: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bestqualitycoffee.com\/coffee-reviews\/out-of-the-grey-coffee-review-coffee-thats-out-of-this-world\" title=\"Best Quality Coffee reviews Out Of The Grey Coffee\"\u003eBest Quality Coffee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcessing: Natural and Sun Dried\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAltitude: 1800 - 2100 \u003cspan\u003eM.A.S.L.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvest: November - March\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. Handcrafted Fair Trade Coffee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Co-operative Union was founded in 1999 by 35 small certified organic cooperatives. Its members are indigenous farmers located in the vast Oromia State of southern and southwest Ethiopia which produces 65% of the country’s coffee. The farms are located in mountainous, rainforest areas at altitudes of 1,500 to 2,000 meters where electricity and running water are rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coffee grown by the founding co-ops is organic, forest-grown and bird-friendly. Its high quality is achieved through environmentally sound methods developed over generations – organic, chemical-free farming and intercropping with food crops to enhance soil fertility. The coffee bushes are interspersed with plants such as cardamom and ginger, fruits such as papaya, mangoes and avocadoes, and root crops such as sweet potatoes; acacias and oaks provide shade. The fallen leaves and decaying plant matter, along with animal manure, enrich the soil. The ripe and red coffee cherries are selectively picked by hand and processed in a clean environment to prevent contamination of the beans.Their quality was recognized with the third place award at the 2003 cupping trials of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA). Varieties grown include Yirgacheffe, Limu, Sidamo and Harrar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOromia operates under an Auction Market Waiver which allows it to export directly to specialty markets in the US, Europe and Japan. This means it can bypass both middlemen and the Ethiopian coffee auction and therefore achieve a much higher price for its members’ coffee. Oromia provides credit facilities and technical assistance and has acquired funding from the Common Fund for Commodities to set up a cashew nut project to diversify incomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEducation:\u003c\/strong\u003e OROMIA believes children have a right to education, and as such, requires completion of at least the primary level. Most of the $50,346 investment for the implementation of this project’s strategies includes the following: community-based planning (target setting and monitoring decided on by members); focus on enrollment and completion for school children aged 5-7; and partnership building among government departments, organizations, and cooperatives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInfrastructure:\u003c\/strong\u003e In addition to the installation of electricity, improving wet mills, and other investments, OROMIA used $736,568 of the premium to improve and develop one of the least developed sectors in Ethiopia – roads. The road development program includes universal rural road access, and the construction of all-weather roads in member communities. These roads are used not only by members but additional beneficiaries in the surrounding areas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccess to Potable Water:\u003c\/strong\u003e OROMIA invested $47,330 of the premium to provide potable water for members, which helped to promote the skill of the community in the management and operation of the project, as well as ensure the project’s longterm sustainability, during the implementation process. Ultimately the project helped to improve sanitation and hygiene of the environment, promoting a healthy, productive community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHealth:\u003c\/strong\u003e The comprehensive community health clinic for mothers and children provides primary health care services to Oromia members. The traditional Birth Attendant (Dai) and Community Organizer are responsible at the village level. One of the goals is to save the cost and time of transport of patients by bringing health services to remote rural communities, reducing maternal mortality during childbirth, and the number of sick people in the rural community. Another goal is to support rural families with family planning, mother and child health, immunizations, and affordable, nutritious food preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eootgCoffee has worked for many years to develop long-term partnerships in Ethiopia, and through our various relationships there, we are pleased to offer a variety of Ethiopian coffees every year. Through an export partner, we are also able to offer washing-station-specific lots, with limited traceability as purchased through the current ECX structure: In future years, the traceability of these lots should be increased, as we will be able to buy directly from the washing stations through our exporter. We also do offer some standard, less-expensive and less-traceable but still very good quality ECX lots, sourced for their quality and true-to-region profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs the industry waits to see how the marketplace will develop in the wake of the Exchange changes, we are committed to strengthening our relationships, specifically in Sidama and within Yirgacheffe, and hope that coming years will see more farmer-specific lots and special-prep projects with price premiums attached for quality and differentiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAmong coffee-producing countries, Ethiopia holds near-legendary status not only because it’s the “birthplace” of Arabica coffee, but also because it is simply unlike every other place in the coffee world. Unlike the vast majority of coffee-growing countries, the plant was not introduced as a cash crop through colonization. Instead, growing, processing, and drinking coffee is part of the everyday way of life, and has been for centuries, since the trees were discovered growing wild in forests and eventually cultivated for household use and commercial sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom an outsider’s perspective, this adds to the great complexity that makes Ethiopian coffee so hard to fully comprehend—culturally, politically, and economically as well as simply culinarily. Add to that the fact that the genetic diversity of the coffee here is unmatched globally—there is 99% more genetic material in Ethiopia’s coffee alone than in the entire rest of the world—and the result is a coffee lover’s dream: There are no coffees that are spoken of with the reverence or romance that Ethiopian coffees are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne of the other unique aspects of Ethiopia’s coffee production is that domestic consumption is very high, because the beverage has such a significant role in the daily lives of Ethiopians: About half of the country’s 6.5-million-bag annual production is consumed at home, with roughly 3.5 million bags exported.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCoffee is still commonly enjoyed as part of a “ceremonial” preparation, a way of gathering family, friends, and associates around a table for conversation and community. The senior-most woman of the household will roast the coffee in a pan and grind it fresh before mixing it with hot water in a brewing pot called a jebena. She serves the strong liquid in small cups, then adds fresh boiling water to brew the coffee two more times. The process takes about an hour from start to finish and is considered a regular show of hospitality and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe majority of Ethiopia’s farmers are smallholders and sustenance farmers, with less than 1 hectare of land apiece; in many cases it is almost more accurate to describe the harvests as “garden coffee,” as the trees do sometimes grow in more of a garden or forest environment than what we imagine fields of farmland to look like. There are some large privately owned estates, as well as co-operative society comprising a mix of small and more mid-size farms, but the average producer here grows relatively very little for commercial sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePROCESSING AND PROFILE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere are several ways coffee is prepared for market in Ethiopia. Large estates are privately owned and operated by hired labor; the coffee is often picked, processed, and milled on the property. On the other end of the spectrum, “garden coffee” is brought by a farmer in cherry form to the closest or most convenient washing station, where it is sold and blended with other farmers’ lots and processed according to the desires of the washing station. Co-op members will bring their cherry to be weighed and received at a co-op washing station, where there is more traceability to the producer level as per membership rosters of the co-operative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe profile of Ethiopian coffees will vary based on a number of factors, including variety, process, and microregion. As a general rule of thumb, natural processed coffees will have much more pronounced fruit and deep chocolate tones, often with a bit of a winey characteristic and a syrupy body. Washed coffees will be lighter and have more pronounced acidity, though the individual characteristics will vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHarrar coffees are almost always processed naturally, or “dry,” and have a distinctly chocolate, nutty profile that reflects the somewhat more arid climate the coffee grows in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSidama is a large coffee-growing region in the south and includes Guji and the famous Yirgacheffe.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHere is a very basic breakdown of what we look for in coffees from some of the microregions of Yirgacheffe, in the Sidama region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eADADO: Delicate stone fruit with citrus and floral layers that create a nice balanced structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eARICHA: Complex and almost tropical, with a juicy fruit base and a sugary, floral sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBERITI: Prominent florals backed by a creamy citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCHELCHELE: Cooked-sugar sweetness more like toffee or caramel, almond, and a floral, citrus overtone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKOCHERE: Fruit tea backed by citrus and stone fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKONGA: Peach and apricot—more floral stone fruit—along with a strong, tart citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e** About Ethiopian place names: There is much confusion and inconsistency where place names are concerned in Ethiopia, partially due to the fact that Amharic does not use a Roman alphabet like English does. Therefore, it is not necessarily incorrect to spell the region as Yirgacheffe, Yirgachefe, or even Yirga Chefe. We have chosen a company-wide set of standard spellings for clarity’s sake, but there are various ways of interpreting the phonetic spelling of certain places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs for Sidamo vs. Sidama, it has been brought to our attention that “Sidamo” is a somewhat disparaging variant on the place name, and we have decided to use the more acceptable Sidama instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTHE ETHIOPIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) was established by the Ethiopian government in 2008 with the intention of democratizing marketplace access to farmers growing beans, corn, coffee, and wheat, among other commodities. As farmers in Ethiopia typically own very small plots of land and are largely sustenance farmers—growing what crops they need for household use and selling the surplus for cash—it was decided that standardization would be the most egalitarian way to improve economic health and stability in the agricultural sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe ECX strove to eliminate the barriers to sale by giving farmers an open, public, and reliable market to which to sell their products for a set and relatively stable price. At its inception, the ECX rules dictated that any coffee not produced by a private estate or a co-operative society was required to be sold through the Exchange, which established guaranteed price and sale for farmers, but by design, it took the “specialty” out of the coffee and turned it into a commodity—escaping all traceability aside from the most basic regional and grade information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePart of the definition of a “commodity” is that it must be replaceable: For instance, 100 bags of Grade 1 washed Yirgacheffe bought in December must be of equivalent quality to 100 bags of Grade 1 washed Yirgacheffe bought in August, period. Coffees are assigned grades based on their uniformity, cleanliness, and presence or absence of defect without consideration for flavor notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter pushback from the specialty-coffee industry and several rounds of intense negotiation, a later iteration established that washing-station information was made available after the coffees were purchased, though certainly tracing them down to the individual producers would prove impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn March 2017, the ECX voted to allow direct sales of coffee from individual washing stations, which will not only allow for increased traceability, but will also allow for repeat purchases and relationship building all along the chain—a change that increases the potential for higher prices to the farmers. It remains to be seen what the impact of greater traceability and more direct sales will have on specialty coffees from Ethiopia, but the industry appears optimistic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OutOfTheGreyCoffee.com","offers":[{"title":"Regular \/ Whole Bean (Grind Yourself)","offer_id":12713306423384,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Coarse (French Press)","offer_id":12713306456152,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Coarse (Drip Coffeemaker)","offer_id":12713306488920,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium (Cone-Bottom Filter)","offer_id":12713306521688,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Fine (K-Cup Pod\/Pour-Over)","offer_id":12713306554456,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Fine (Espresso Machine)","offer_id":12713306587224,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Extra Fine (Turkish Coffee)","offer_id":12713306619992,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1947\/1527\/files\/ethiopianharrar2023c.png?v=1687458344"},{"product_id":"single-origin-ethiopian-yirgacheffe-coffee","title":"Single Origin - Ethiopian OROMIA Yirgacheffe - Fair Trade Coffee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElegantly rich, crisp, deeply sweet and complex, sandalwood, lychee, orange zest and daffodil flavors, full and creamy mouthfeel with chocolaty finish.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcessing: \u003cspan\u003eNatural Processed and Dried\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAltitude: 1800 - 2200 \u003cspan\u003eM.A.S.L.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvest: November - March\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. Handcrafted Fair Trade Coffee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Co-operative Union was founded in 1999 by 35 small certified organic cooperatives. Its members are indigenous farmers located in the vast Oromia State of southern and southwest Ethiopia which produces 65% of the country’s coffee. The farms are in mountainous, rainforest areas at altitudes of 1,500 to 2,000 meters where electricity and running water are rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coffee grown by the founding co-ops is organic, forest-grown and bird-friendly. Its high quality is achieved through environmentally sound methods developed over generations – organic, chemical-free farming and intercropping with food crops to enhance soil fertility. The coffee bushes are interspersed with plants such as cardamom and ginger, fruits such as papaya, mangoes and avocadoes, and root crops such as sweet potatoes; acacias and oaks provide shade. The fallen leaves and decaying plant matter, along with animal manure, enrich the soil. The ripe and red coffee cherries are selectively picked by hand and processed in a clean environment to prevent contamination of the beans. Their quality was recognized with the third-place award at the 2003 cupping trials of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA). Varieties grown include Yirgacheffe, Limu, Sidamo and Harrar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOromia operates under an Auction Market Waiver which allows it to export directly to specialty markets in the US, Europe and Japan. This means it can bypass both middlemen and the Ethiopian coffee auction and therefore achieve a much higher price for its members’ coffee. Oromia provides credit facilities and technical assistance and has acquired funding from the Common Fund for Commodities to set up a cashew nut project to diversify incomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEducation:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOROMIA believes children have a right to education, and as such, requires completion of at least the primary level. Most of the $50,346 investment for the implementation of this project’s strategies includes the following: community-based planning (target setting and monitoring decided on by members); focus on enrollment and completion for school children aged 5-7; and partnership building among government departments, organizations, and cooperatives.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInfrastructure:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn addition to the installation of electricity, improving wet mills, and other investments, OROMIA used $736,568 of the premium to improve and develop one of the least developed sectors in Ethiopia – roads. The road development program includes universal rural road access, and the construction of all-weather roads in member communities. These roads are used not only by members but additional beneficiaries in the surrounding areas.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccess to Potable Water:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOROMIA invested $47,330 of the premium to provide potable water for members, which helped to promote the skill of the community in the management and operation of the project, as well as ensure the project’s long-term sustainability, during the implementation process. Ultimately the project helped to improve sanitation and hygiene of the environment, promoting a healthy, productive community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHealth:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe comprehensive community health clinic for mothers and children provides primary health care services to Oromia members. The traditional Birth Attendant (Dai) and Community Organizer are responsible at the village level. One of the goals is to save the cost and time of transport of patients by bringing health services to remote rural communities, reducing maternal mortality during childbirth, and the number of sick people in the rural community. Another goal is to support rural families with family planning, mother and child health, immunizations, and affordable, nutritious food preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eootgCoffee has worked for many years to develop long-term partnerships in Ethiopia, and through our various relationships there, we are pleased to offer a variety of Ethiopian coffees every year. Through an export partner, we are also able to offer washing-station-specific lots, with limited traceability as purchased through the current ECX structure: In future years, the traceability of these lots should be increased, as we will be able to buy directly from the washing stations through our exporter. We also do offer some standard, less-expensive and less-traceable but still very good quality ECX lots, sourced for their quality and true-to-region profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs the industry waits to see how the marketplace will develop in the wake of the Exchange changes, we are committed to strengthening our relationships, specifically in Sidama and within Yirgacheffe, and hope that coming years will see more farmer-specific lots and special-prep projects with price premiums attached for quality and differentiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAmong coffee-producing countries, Ethiopia holds near-legendary status not only because it’s the “birthplace” of Arabica coffee, but also because it is simply unlike every other place in the coffee world. Unlike the vast majority of coffee-growing countries, the plant was not introduced as a cash crop through colonization. Instead, growing, processing, and drinking coffee is part of the everyday way of life, and has been for centuries, since the trees were discovered growing wild in forests and eventually cultivated for household use and commercial sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom an outsider’s perspective, this adds to the great complexity that makes Ethiopian coffee so hard to fully comprehend—culturally, politically, and economically as well as simply culinarily. Add to that the fact that the genetic diversity of the coffee here is unmatched globally—there is 99% more genetic material in Ethiopia’s coffee alone than in the entire rest of the world—and the result is a coffee lover’s dream: There are no coffees that are spoken of with the reverence or romance that Ethiopian coffees are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne of the other unique aspects of Ethiopia’s coffee production is that domestic consumption is very high, because the beverage has such a significant role in the daily lives of Ethiopians: About half of the country’s 6.5-million-bag annual production is consumed at home, with roughly 3.5 million bags exported.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCoffee is still commonly enjoyed as part of a “ceremonial” preparation, a way of gathering family, friends, and associates around a table for conversation and community. The senior-most woman of the household will roast the coffee in a pan and grind it fresh before mixing it with hot water in a brewing pot called a jebena. She serves the strong liquid in small cups, then adds fresh boiling water to brew the coffee two more times. The process takes about an hour from start to finish and is considered a regular show of hospitality and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe majority of Ethiopia’s farmers are smallholders and sustenance farmers, with less than 1 hectare of land apiece; in many cases it is almost more accurate to describe the harvests as “garden coffee,” as the trees do sometimes grow in more of a garden or forest environment than what we imagine fields of farmland to look like. There are some large privately owned estates, as well as co-operative society comprising a mix of small and more mid-size farms, but the average producer here grows relatively very little for commercial sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePROCESSING AND PROFILE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere are several ways coffee is prepared for market in Ethiopia. Large estates are privately owned and operated by hired labor; the coffee is often picked, processed, and milled on the property. On the other end of the spectrum, “garden coffee” is brought by a farmer in cherry form to the closest or most convenient washing station, where it is sold and blended with other farmers’ lots and processed according to the desires of the washing station. Co-op members will bring their cherry to be weighed and received at a co-op washing station, where there is more traceability to the producer level as per membership rosters of the co-operative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe profile of Ethiopian coffees will vary based on a number of factors, including variety, process, and microregion. As a general rule of thumb, natural processed coffees will have much more pronounced fruit and deep chocolate tones, often with a bit of a winey characteristic and a syrupy body. Washed coffees will be lighter and have more pronounced acidity, though the individual characteristics will vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHarrar coffees are almost always processed naturally, or “dry,” and have a distinctly chocolate, nutty profile that reflects the somewhat more arid climate the coffee grows in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSidama is a large coffee-growing region in the south and includes Guji and the famous Yirgacheffe.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHere is a very basic breakdown of what we look for in coffees from some of the microregions of Yirgacheffe, in the Sidama region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eADADO: Delicate stone fruit with citrus and floral layers that create a nice balanced structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eARICHA: Complex and almost tropical, with a juicy fruit base and a sugary, floral sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBERITI: Prominent florals backed by a creamy citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCHELCHELE: Cooked-sugar sweetness more like toffee or caramel, almond, and a floral, citrus overtone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKOCHERE: Fruit tea backed by citrus and stone fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKONGA: Peach and apricot—more floral stone fruit—along with a strong, tart citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e** About Ethiopian place names: There is much confusion and inconsistency where place names are concerned in Ethiopia, partially due to the fact that Amharic does not use a Roman alphabet like English does. Therefore, it is not necessarily incorrect to spell the region as Yirgacheffe, Yirgachefe, or even Yirga Chefe. We have chosen a company-wide set of standard spellings for clarity’s sake, but there are various ways of interpreting the phonetic spelling of certain places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs for Sidamo vs. Sidama, it has been brought to our attention that “Sidamo” is a somewhat disparaging variant on the place name, and we have decided to use the more acceptable Sidama instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTHE ETHIOPIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) was established by the Ethiopian government in 2008 with the intention of democratizing marketplace access to farmers growing beans, corn, coffee, and wheat, among other commodities. As farmers in Ethiopia typically own very small plots of land and are largely sustenance farmers—growing what crops they need for household use and selling the surplus for cash—it was decided that standardization would be the most egalitarian way to improve economic health and stability in the agricultural sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe ECX strove to eliminate the barriers to sale by giving farmers an open, public, and reliable market to which to sell their products for a set and relatively stable price. At its inception, the ECX rules dictated that any coffee not produced by a private estate or a co-operative society was required to be sold through the Exchange, which established guaranteed price and sale for farmers, but by design, it took the “specialty” out of the coffee and turned it into a commodity—escaping all traceability aside from the most basic regional and grade information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePart of the definition of a “commodity” is that it must be replaceable: For instance, 100 bags of Grade 1 washed Yirgacheffe bought in December must be of equivalent quality to 100 bags of Grade 1 washed Yirgacheffe bought in August, period. Coffees are assigned grades based on their uniformity, cleanliness, and presence or absence of defect without consideration for flavor notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter pushback from the specialty-coffee industry and several rounds of intense negotiation, a later iteration established that washing-station information was made available after the coffees were purchased, though certainly tracing them down to the individual producers would prove impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn March 2017, the ECX voted to allow direct sales of coffee from individual washing stations, which will not only allow for increased traceability, but will also allow for repeat purchases and relationship building all along the chain—a change that increases the potential for higher prices to the farmers. It remains to be seen what the impact of greater traceability and more direct sales will have on specialty coffees from Ethiopia, but the industry appears optimistic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OutOfTheGreyCoffee.com","offers":[{"title":"Regular \/ Whole Bean (Grind Yourself)","offer_id":41178059274,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Coarse (French Press)","offer_id":41178059338,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Coarse (Drip Coffeemaker)","offer_id":41178059402,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium (Cone-Bottom Filter)","offer_id":41178059466,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Fine (K-Cup Pod\/Pour-Over)","offer_id":41178059530,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Fine (Espresso Machine)","offer_id":41178059594,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Extra Fine (Turkish Coffee)","offer_id":41178059658,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1947\/1527\/files\/ethiopianyirgacheffe2023c.png?v=1687458419"},{"product_id":"single-origin-tanzanian-kilimanjaro-pea-berry-specialty-coffee","title":"Single Origin - Tanzanian Kilimanjaro Pea Berry - Specialty Coffee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmooth, sweet and savory with tart acidity, flavors of dark chocolate, plum and peach.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndustry Review: \u003ca title=\"The Coffee Attendant reviews Out Of The Grey Coffee\" href=\"http:\/\/coffeeattendant.com\/2018\/07\/02\/review-out-of-the-grey-kilimanjaro-pea-berry\/\"\u003eThe Coffee Attendant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcessing: Washed and Sun Dried\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAltitude: 1800 - 2000 M.A.S.L.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvest: July - October\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. Handcrafted Specialty Coffee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTanzanian Pea Berry is a wonderful coffee, shade-grown on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro and sourced from small farmers in Tanzania, East Africa, who are paid three times fair-trade value!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eootgCoffee has not had a terribly active sourcing strategy in Tanzania, opting instead to buy for cup quality and profile, and leaning heavily on the pea berry market to fill our offerings from this producing country. Recently, however, we have begun exploring microlots and farm-specific lots, seeking the complex acidity and juicy texture we know the best of these coffees can have. We hope to continue leaving no rock unturned and no cup un-tasted until we discover just the right partnerships and are able to bring in the best-quality Tanzanian coffees we can find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith its relatively close proximity to Ethiopia, and its shared border with Kenya, some of Tanzania’s population has had a long history and culture relationship with coffee, namely the Haya people, for whom the plant was not used so much as a beverage as a chewed fruit. Coffee (probably Robusta) was grown for this domestic purpose until German colonists mandated that farmers grow Arabica coffee as a cash crop, spreading the plants’ reach within the country and developing the industry around Mount Kilimanjaro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in northern Tanzania, is the highest peak in Africa at 19,330 feet. Kilimanjaro’s lower slopes provide fertile soil to grow Tanzania Pea Berry coffee, and the climate provides excellent conditions for coffee trees to thrive. These wet-processed beans flourish in this precise climate ideal for growing such pea berry coffee beans. The pea berry bean is carefully selected for its rich, distinguished flavor, giving this coffee optimal taste and aroma. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGermany lost control of the colony to the British after the First World War, and the British attempted to develop a more efficient and profitable coffee industry along the lines of Kenya’s. Cooperatives of smallholder farmers started to organize in the 1920s to try to improve market access, but it was many years before Tanzanian coffees really caught on internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1964, after both countries achieved independence from Britain, Tanganyika and Zanzibar were combined to establish the Republic of Tanzania—hence the country’s name, Tan\/Zania. Growers attempted aggressive growth in the 1970s but had difficulty increasing production. The 1990s saw efforts to reform and privatize coffee exports, allowing growers to sell more directly. Today, in most of the Western world, Tanzanian coffees are famous primarily as separated-out pea berry lots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePEA BERRIES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTanzania Kilimanjaro Pea Berry is special because it is so rare. Only about 5% of coffee beans are pea berry beans. Most coffee beans are born twins. Within each cherry on the coffee tree, two beans are grown side by side, resulting in the flat face of most beans. Pea berries, however, occur when only one of the two seeds are fertilized, growing on its own without anything to flatten it. They are individualists, the lone guns of the coffee world. Because of their independence, each pea berry is infused with all the assets normally reserved for two beans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OutOfTheGreyCoffee.com","offers":[{"title":"Regular \/ Whole Bean (Grind Yourself)","offer_id":41178054346,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Coarse (French Press)","offer_id":41178054410,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Coarse (Drip Coffeemaker)","offer_id":41178054474,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium (Cone-Bottom Filter)","offer_id":41178054538,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Medium Fine (K-Cup Pod\/Pour-Over)","offer_id":41178054602,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Fine (Espresso Machine)","offer_id":41178054666,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Regular \/ Extra Fine (Turkish Coffee)","offer_id":41178054730,"sku":"","price":23.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1947\/1527\/products\/tanzanianPEABERRY.png?v=1613873976"},{"product_id":"single-origin-zimbabwe-aa-smaldeel-estate-fair-trade-coffee","title":"Single Origin - Zimbabwe AA+ Smaldeel Estate - Fair Trade Coffee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpicy, sweet, hazelnut, orange bitters and black peppercorn flavors, brisk, juicy acidity with satiny mouthfeel with richly drying finish.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcessing: Washed and Sun Dried\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAltitude: 1066 - 1319 \u003cspan\u003eM.A.S.L.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvest: May - September\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. 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Conditions are perfect for growing coffee beans: high mountain peaks, lush valleys, and a cool climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe country used to be famous for its SHQ (\"super high-quality\") coffee, which was slowly sun-dried and smooth-drinking with deep fruity flavors. In the '90s, Zimbabwean coffee was the darling of coffee bars wherever it was exported: London, New York, Johannesburg, Japan, and Amsterdam. It accounted for two to three percent of the country's GDP, bringing foreign wealth to commercial farms and livelihoods to countless laborers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen Chada is a farmer in Zimbabwe's \"Eastern Highlands\" coffee district, a 1,000-kilometer stretch of pristine coffee fields. As he harvests red Arabica coffee beans at dawn, he laments the collapse of Zimbabwe's once-booming coffee industry. \"Our government grabbed coffee farms from commercial growers in 2001 and the world punished us,\" says Chada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a dispute that exploded in 2000. Then, young militants loyal to 92-year-old president Robert Mugabe stormed white-owned coffee farms and seized the fields. Dozens of farmers died, and hundreds were chased into exile in South Africa, the U.S., Australia, and Great Britain. The attackers defended their actions by saying they were restoring farms seized from indigenous black Zimbabweans in the colonial years from 1890 to 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt one famous coffee farm called Rosecommons, the terrified owner fled to Australia, abandoning 123 workers and their families to ruin. \"From that time up to today, farm schools, clinics, and shops stopped as work and wages dried up,\" Chada explains, who farmed next to Rosecommons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the time of the attack, Chada was known as an \"out-grower,\" a black coffee farmer owning a small plot of land next to huge commercial farms, relying on his white neighbors for resources, expertise, and machinery. \"First, the attackers burnt down our coffee beans and burnt acres of trees in a week of rage. Coffee-drying pens were turned into nurseries for marijuana and wild vegetables,\" says Chada. \"The militants craved for quick profits, but a coffee tree, once planted, takes five years to mature. 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RKG represents a younger generation of farmers, 971 in total, 80% of whom are women, and all of whom are focused on top quality. Together RKG members farm a total of 1,234 hectares of coffee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe coffee grown by the founding co-ops is organic, forest-grown and bird-friendly. Its high quality is achieved through environmentally sound methods developed over generations – organic, chemical-free farming and intercropping with food crops to enhance soil fertility. The coffee bushes are interspersed with plants such as cardamom and ginger, fruits such as papaya, mangoes and avocadoes, and root crops such as sweet potatoes; acacias and oaks provide shade. The fallen leaves and decaying plant matter, along with animal manure, enrich the soil. The ripe and red coffee cherries are selectively picked by hand and processed in a clean environment to prevent contamination of the beans.Their quality was recognized with the third place award at the 2003 cupping trials of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA). Varieties grown include Yirgacheffe, Limu, Sidamo and Harrar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. 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Its members are indigenous farmers located in the vast Oromia State of southern and southwest Ethiopia which produces 65% of the country’s coffee. The farms are located in mountainous, rainforest areas at altitudes of 1,500 to 2,000 meters where electricity and running water are rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s a reason why most coffee cuppers will name Kenya as their favorite origin—we tend to obsess over organic fruit acids and clarity of flavor, and the best coffees from Kenya have a vibrancy that outshines all others. It is easy to detect Kenyan coffees on a blind table, and even those new to specialty coffee learn to recognize their distinct character quickly, because it demands your attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Dark Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. 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Because of their independence, each pea berry is infused with all the assets normally reserved for two beans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s a reason why most coffee cuppers will name Kenya as their favorite origin—we tend to obsess over organic fruit acids and clarity of flavor, and the best coffees from Kenya have a vibrancy that outshines all others. It is easy to detect Kenyan coffees on a blind table, and even those new to specialty coffee learn to recognize their distinct character quickly, because it demands your attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRatu Ketiara Gayo (RKG) is the Ketiara group’s newest business unit: a women’s cooperative established in 2017 and co-lead by three of Ms. Rahmah’s young protégés: Ms. Indayana as chairwoman; Ms. Dini as quality control; and Ms. Murul Kemala as treasurer. RKG represents a younger generation of farmers, 971 in total, 80% of whom are women, and all of whom are focused on top quality. Together RKG members farm a total of 1,234 hectares of coffee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoast: Light Dark to Dark Japanese Roast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 oz. 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This particular lot is a honey process carried out at COMSA’s centralized wet-mill dedicated to process organic lots. After farmers meticulously harvest ripe cherries and deliver them to COMSA, the post-harvest process begins by floating cherries to eliminate under ripe and damaged coffee. The water is recycled several times to ensure conservation of water. Next the cherries are depulped and the mucilage-covered beans are dried on patios to 11 percent moisture and then stored until preparation for export. COMSA also has its own dry-mill where coffee is hulled and sorted by density and color in preparation for export. COMSA has a fully equipped cupping lab and several Q graders who check the quality prior to shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe COMSA coffee production strives for consistent, quality coffee beans, while also prioritizing a lifestyle that promotes economic stability and growth opportunities for the farmers themselves. 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One of the primary founding objectives of COMSA was to seek out and promote new ways of thinking – both in production, moving from conventional to organic production; and in markets, moving from commercial to specialty buyers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning the challenges were enormous, as transitioning from conventional to organic practices can cause dramatic drops in production yields. Many members became discouraged and dropped out of the organization. In response, the COMSA Board of Directors and technical team looked for new methods of intensive organics to support their transition and established a strategic alliance with the Corporación Educativa para el Desarrollo Costarricense – CEDECO. With CEDECO’s support, staff, and members of COMSA learned new and innovative practices to transform their lands into integrated organic farms – promoting soil and water conservation, and the preservation of local plant and wildlife. Meanwhile, members began to see improvements in coffee yields, better family relationships and rapid growth in membership for COMSA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith their initial successes, members became increasingly open to experimentation with innovative organic practices. Since COMSA’s inception, it has developed its own approach to organic agriculture, adopting the five “M” of organic agriculture over time: in 2001 – use of organic Matter; 2006 – application of Micro-organisms in compost; 2010 – exploring the use of Minerals; 2012 – production of fermented live Molecules; 2013 – strengthening the grey Matter (brainpower) of their technical team, members, and strong educational program with their youth and women’s groups\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, COMSA is 1,500 members strong, with a waiting list of producers still hoping to join the organization. Their lead farmers continue to demonstrate effective, regenerative organic practices that are both improving productivity and protecting their plants from common diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, COMSA launched the Diplomado Organico, a week-long intensive training program that not only teaches innovative organic farming techniques, but also helps broaden perspectives for small-scale farmers on the relationship between their work, the ecosystem, and the health of communities on both sides of the supply chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eootgCoffee began working with COMSA in 2017, importing their members’ high quality green coffee with the unique regional characteristics of Marcala.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor the past several years, ootgCoffee’s green-buying team has continued to explore relationships in Honduras, searching for just the right combination of microclimate, variety, processing, and attention to detail. 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The coffee features a combination of SL-28, SL-34, and Ruiru-11 coffee cultivars from local producers. The deep red and black volcanic soils, rich in organic matter, along with the high elevations ranging from 1,500 to 1,900 meters above sea level, enhance the development of rich flavors and natural sugars in the coffee cherries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWashed Process Kenya Coffee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProducers handpick ripe cherries in the early morning and transport them to the wet mill, where the cherries are spread out for sorting. Clean water is poured into the de-pulper, which removes the outer fruit of the cherries between two rotating abrasive slabs. 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