Teddy’s Blend

Rotating seasonal blend. Washed Guatemala and a natural Rwanada. The micro region of Peña Blanca is located in the sub-municipality of La Libertad, Huehuetenango. This coffee comes to us through a joint-effort of two local micro-mill owners who are perform farmer outreach on our behalf finding and delivering many, many samples to us of coffees from family members and neighbors alike all over the Huehuetenango region. This particular microlot comes from a single farmer, Flavio Martinez, whose farm is located in Peña Blanca. The coffee is a mix of Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra and Typica and is grown right around 1700 meters above sea level. The Nyakabingo green coffee washing station is named after the hill where it resides. It’s located in Rwanda’s Nyamasheke district at an altitude of 1850 meters above sea level, though farms reach up much higher toward 2000.

While unrefined sugars and bittersweetness are the bolded print here, this coffee shows nuanced top notes and fairly bright acidity. The smells touch on clean raw sugars, as well as an accent of rustic red fruits, and dark honey through inky, bittersweet roast tone. The aroma lets off a wonderful scent of brown sugar and apple when adding the hot water, an array of raw sugar winding their way through the steam. The coffee cools to bracing acidity that is very malic (apple/pear), and the aftertaste had a hint of spiced apple sauce. Overall this blend produces a cup filled with flavors that come together like berry-infused dark chocolate. This will make an excellent espresso too, and brings a blueberry note to sipid bittersweet flavors, and thick, syrupy mouthfeel.