From the misty forests of Oaxaca’s Sierra Sur, Yogondoy brings together smallholder grown Pluma coffee and an extended fermentation wet process. The result is honey sweet, with a silky flow that lives up to the community’s Zapotec name: River of Bees.

This peaberry selection comes from the New Ngariama Cooperative on the slopes of Mount Kenya. A traditional Kenyan double washed process gives the cup lively definition, while a medium light roast keeps everything sweet, silky, and in motion.

Gondo came ready to make some noise. Grown along the Aberdare slopes of Mathioya in West Murang’a, this double washed lot brings serious clarity to an absolutely loaded cup. Ripe blackberry & black currant set the bassline, red grapefruit and pineapple light up the top end.

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We find blackberry and juicy orange, followed by figs, raisin, and dark fruit. The profile settles into black tea, citrus, and chocolate. There is a wonderful tension here between fresh fruit and dried fruit, brightness and depth, clarity and richness.