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NOTE: All of our premium Arabica coffees are roasted to City+ to Full City roasts, showing minimal-to-no surface oils….we want all of the flavor to stay in the beans until the coffee is ground! Despite the additional descriptors, the first flavor and aroma you'll think of is "COFFEE".

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Country of Origin: Kenya

Kenya Ruera Estate Peaberry

One of the higher-rated lots from the recent Nairobi Coffee Auction, this complex mingling of bourbon varietals from the Thika District shows top notes of grapefruit, mixed berry jam and chocolate with a bright middle and soft finish. Limited quantities available. Screamin espresso, surprisingly sweet and bracing at once! Drip preps will be more mellow in the cup.

$14.95

(1 lb. / $14.95 per lb.)

Kenya Oaklands Estate Peaberry

<p>Oaklands Estate (which ironically entered the West coast at Oakland terminal)is another fine property run by SOCFINAF, a Thika/Ruiru-based company with extensive coffee holdings and other agricultural holdings in Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Liberia. Our other fine peaberry, Ruera, is another Estate in this portfolio, which includes coffees used to win World Barista championships (WBC, James Hoffman in 2007, with Socfinafs Gethumbwini).</p>
<p>Our limited-offering Oaklands Estate Peaberry comes from the Thika district and a farm of just under 400 hectares (Ruera Estate is slightly bigger at 442 hectares). Like Ruera PB this is comprised of hybrid bourbon varietals and evinces a similar sweetness, somewhat more chocolatey and black currant. Will be trying as espresso in a couple more days but it has a lovely and lemon zesty finish as the cup cools.</p>

$14.95

(1 lb. / $14.95 per lb.)

Kenya Guama Peaberry, Baragwi Farmers Cooperative

Our current superb Kenya washed coffee comes from the Baragwi Farmers Cooperative (BFC) in the East Kirinyaga district near the slopes of Mount Kenya. The BFC members first started planting in 1952 and now, 60 years down the road, the 1380 producing-member co-op operates 12 wet mills. Principal varietals are SL28, SL 34 and Ruiri 11, planted between 1600-1800 meters above sea level. Timely and selective hand picking is carried out in Guama. Cherry is delivered to the wet mills on the same day it is picked, and cherry sorting is carried out at the wet mill prior to the pulping. Red ripe cherries are separated from underipes, overipes and foreign matter. Processing utilizes clean river water (wet processing) that is recirculated before disposal into seepage pits. Sun drying is done before delivery of the coffee to the dry mill for secondary processing. The end cup quality is normally impressively superior and exhibits notes of stone and sweet fruits and chocolate, approachable acidity and a smooth, silky finish. Best experienced as a drip coffee, preferably through a Hario V60, and also rich and complex as a single origin espresso.

$15.95

(1 lb. / $15.95 per lb.)

Pops' Blend

I thought one of the best ways to cope with the grieving process for my late father, Jerry Kagan, would be to create a blend in his honor to remind myself of one of the many ways he touched my life. He was a great lover of wine and food and reveled in the sensory intrigues of the coffees I would foist upon him.<br/><br/>
He so loved both the nuanced and explosive characters in the finest African coffees that a blend of my finest from the Continent which brought us coffee would make for a nice representation. Current offerings from Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Kenya are combined in this homage/medley. When only the best will do...love you Dad!
The picture is one of his exquisite creations in his 40+ years as a master bowmaker and jeweler

$16.95

(1 lb. / $16.95 per lb.)

Presenting Symphony!

Barista extraordinaire Tyler Hauptman of Portland's Sweet Masterpiece Chocolates demonstrates how to prepare a proper latte using Badbeard's Symphony! blend coffee.

Latest News:

Brief Hiatus: 6/6-6/10 Folks, will be out of town and resume roasting and shipping. On Tuesday, June 11.---badbeard

Tomorrow 5/30/13 welcoming Rwanda Gitesi washing station excellence! A limited offering of an exceptional coffee from Rwanda, bringing back memories of the Rwabisindu we had a couple of years ago. This joe is a rock star...like our Kenya Ruera Estate, smack-in-the-face citrus notes yet intrinsically sweet.

Unique S.O. Brazil espresso in house today! Welcome mat rolled out today for the biodynamically-produced, organic certified Fazenda Floresta from Bahia State in Northeastern Brazil. Doesn't get much better for single origin espresso cravers.

And the juicy Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Blue Nile back in stock, fresh crop just off the boat, ...more

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Luca looking forward to his first bottle of caffeine...

"I have been meaning to write you to tell you how spectacular the coffee you brought us was. I have never made as good a cup as with those beans! We had a house guest whose husband roasts his own beans and she said this was also one of the best cups she has had. Thanks again!"

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