Top Shelf - Seasonal Blend: Honduras + Brazil

Top Shelf - Seasonal Blend: Honduras + BrazilAbout the Coffee This blend draws from two origins: Honduras and Brazil. The Honduras component comes from the Montecillos area of La Paz, one of the country's most recognized coffee growing regions, where farms sit at high elevations with cooler temperatures that slow cherry development. The Brazil component comes from Campo das Vertentes, a region in Minas Gerais state with well established infrastructure for natural processing, where producers have

meaning the coffee cherries are dried whole on raised beds rather than having the fruit removed before drying

A decaf is for the serious enthusiasts

They believe these common practices have worked to keep producers and their treatment veiled while holding the standards of coffee quality shrouded in mystique meant to serve only the coffee consuming world

That shift to selling specialty coffee at differentiated prices has allowed him to put all five of his daughters through university

and both producers manage this with consistency across harvests

The area has a long track record

It manages to rank in the Pro-amateur category

200 meters above sea level and surrounded by Atlantic Forest

with farms typically sitting between 1

which makes it easier to pick selectively and manage on steep hillside farms

working with partners who share their focus on sustainable and ethical growing practices

Their first setup was a hand-built coffee cart in Calgary