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This treasure from Brazil's Daterra Estate is a pulped natural microlot (less than 8000 lbs total from an estate with millions of trees) of the Mundo Novo varietal with chocolate and orange-spectrum notes reminiscent of the finest East African heirloom coffees. A limited offering but espresso-heads will be flocking to it...

First planted in the 1980s, Daterra Estate was Rainforest Alliance's first certified farm in Brazil, and is located in an area where the natural vegetation is grass, shrubs and low trees. Because the ecosystem (a savannah about 1100 meters above sea level near Patrocinio in Minas Gerais state) does not lend itself to shade coffee, the beans here are grown in sun and planted in tight rows. Rainforest Alliance certification and organic processing should promote conservation of the natural ecosystem called cerrado, wherein 35% of the area must be set aside for wildlife. More info on Daterra from the Rainforest Alliance website here at http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/profiles/documents/daterra_coffee_farm.pdf

An unforgettable coffee blend from Daterra which is not only sweet but crema-abundant. Pulped natural and sun-dried. 2006 World Barista Champion Klaus Thomsen used this coffee in his winning signature blend, and it has been seen in the most serious competition coffees for years now. Try it alone or in the new Deep Cello espresso, where it is paired with the distinctive and elegant Yirgacheffe Anbassa Bunna

We purchased this exceptional coffee with an eye towards a Brazil drip coffee with espresso cred, and it rocks! Estate-blended of Typica and Bourbon varietals, the sensory notes are: Aroma- Vanilla, almond fragrance & chocolate mixed with flowers, floral, bright acidity, round & smooth body, Aftertaste- vanilla notes with a lingering of flowers and marzipan courtesy Daterra, but spot on!)

Deep Cello espresso will now contain about 10% Sunrise.Have been pulling straight shots of it and find it somewhat more pointedly floral and less chocolatey than Daterra Sweet Blue but delicious all the same at a similar roast profile.

Rainforest Alliance Certified Organic, of course!

While we purchased a big lot of this fine natural(dry)-processed coffee for espresso blending, it is an exceptional taste of Brazil either as a straight espresso shot or drip preparation. Veloso is a very large, fully-sustainable operation in Carmo de Paranaiba, Minas Gerais. It has forward sweet, chocolately notes typical of the 9sun-dried) Catuai varietal. More info on this excellent organization can be found at www.veloso.com.br

What started out as an experimental all-Brazil blend for the Chicago high-end barista establishment Buzz:Killer Espresso is going mainstream! Two primo Daterra Estate beans: "Sweet Blue" natural microlot and "Sunrise" pulped natural, plus microlot Ruvaldo Delarisse Thais are a fusion of terroir. Espresso at once balanced, exciting, chocolatey and fruity. The experimental side of this blend will continue as we bring the most spectacular Brazil microlot offerings throughout the year. Natural-process Brazils more than most coffees like a nice rest period after harvest and processing. We will source only microlots where we can engage the farmers!

A richly sweet, hedonistic medley of fruity, spicy, and single origin chocolate deliciousness. Divine, crema-laden dark mahogany mottling ristretti as well as full flavor in milk or soy-based preparations. Deep Cello is currently featuring a base of one of our new crop Daterra Estate Sweet coffees paired with our awesome Ethiopia Sidamo Amaro Gayo. Rainforest Alliance and organic certified, way beyond Fair Trade. Freshly roasted to Northern Italian style in small batches for peak expression of flavors, developing intensely in the cup.

I know, you did a double take when you saw that description...one of Africa's greatest coffees in DECAF??!! Why not? Sweet, syrupy strawberry flavors with blueberry tones, chocolatey with a balanced citrusy finish. Beautiful prep at the Mexico Water Process decaffing plant in Veracruz. A must if you want excellent coffee with out any jitters!

***NEW CROP***Indian Anokhi Liberica Coffee, offers arguably the most intense wild blueberry aromas you'll find anywhere. In the cup, that sweet, earthy intensity morphs into a silky rich and spicy java reminiscent of the best dry-processed African varietals. 2009's offering is even more exactingly-picked than last year's, and EXCEEDINGLY rare...a grand total of less than 200 lbs has just arrived on our shores. Liberica trees are fast becoming an "endangered species" as the coffee board in India is encouraging their removal...Unlike anythnig in the arabica and robusta famililes, Libericas can be a towering 35 feet high and quite difficult to safely pick. The Anokhi is highland-grown, naturally (Dry)processed and sustainably farmed. A coffee hedonist's delight, and worthy of its Sanskrit appellation (Anokhi="unique")

A luscious, full-bodied and mellow offering from a very small estate in Chikmagalur which produces high quality arabica and robusta. Grown at 4500 feet, the farm is a micronutrient client of the shipper. If this is your gateway to how good top-notch Indian coffee can be, so be it! My partner Andrea Spella and I just received the new crop yesterday, 3/27/10, and feel this is an even better crop than last year's superb offering.

SOLD OUT!!!! A delightful Kenya from a micro-sized coop produced one of the more classically fruity coffees. Described by one enthusiastic consumer as "beatifully curranty, strawberry jam...worth a 94 point rating"" The fragrance of the green coffee is outstanding...a combination of strawberry shortcake and Good Humor creamsicle. Not surprising that the jammy, strawberry notes are predominant in the roasted coffee! ***LIMITED QUANTITY ON HAND***

Full-bodied with a dark chocolate mid-palate, sweet finish and nice acidity. Northern Italian roast profile. Gets me going in the AM and PM! Barista favorite for lattes and cappuccinos.

We love our two new organic, Fair Trade® offerings, Yirgacheffe and this Harar, from the outstanding Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative (OCFCU). This dry-process (natural) coffee shows the classic Harar profile replete with blueberry/blackberry and chocolate, sumptuous body. It is a mixture of longberry and shortberry varietal and is grown at altitudes ranging from 4500-6300 ft. above sea level. Harar offerings have been spotty the last couple of years and this one is the tastiest we've come across in the new crop cycle.

This new crop, washed Oromia Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is destined to be a classic--full of clean citrus notes and exceptional body--not to be missed! The Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (OCFCU) produces some of the finest coffees in most of Ethiopia's designated growing regions. The Oromo peoples have been producing coffee since the 5th century! OCFCU is a small-holder, coffee-growers-owned cooperative union established June 1, 1999 by 34 cooperatives with 22,503 farmers. To date there are 129 cooperatives with 128,361 households and 800,000 families. OCFCU is a democratic members owned business opertaing under the principles of International Cooperative Alliance. Their coffees are organic and Fair Trade®, providing the growers and their families with the best possible price for their coffees.

New 2010 crop is in, 6/3/10 and better than ever! Mexico Terruno Nayarita Natural coffee is Certified Organic, Direct Trade. From the relatively unheralded climes of the State of Nayarit near Guadalajara comes arguably the greatest coffee produced in Mexico, and a drinking experience which is reminiscent of the finest African coffees. Powerhouse chocolate, orange peel and citrus notes, intense body and smooth finish. This pet project of importer San Cristobal Coffee shows the power of the direct trade model and the positive impact possible on a growing community. Unlike anything coming out of Mexico, simply gorgeous coffee is putting the Ejido Malinal co-operative on the world's-best map quickly.

El Ejido Malinal coffee is produced from old-growth tipica plants, some more than 100 years old. Beto Ocampo, production director of the coffee-growing cooperative, began working with Jim Kosalos in 1996 to export beans to the U.S. through the "Cristobal Coffee Importers" joint venture in Seattle, and production and quality have increased in the past decade year by year.

Kudos keep rolling in and we keep changing minds about "flavorless" decaffeinated coffee. This Nicaraguan beauty started out as wonderfully-bodied, complexly aromatic GREEN beans and the supercritical CO2 processing left it intact. One of our new components in Ultimate Decaf

Rarely have I tasted decaf that tastes this good and would fool most drinkers into thinking it had the java jolt. Our importing partners, Elan Organic of San Diego are ecstatic that the super-sized Maximus plant in Houston has received organic certification and that this natural decaffeination process has made it to the US (there are water processing plants in Canada and Mexico) For more info on this amazing synergy of supercritical CO2 and ultra-pure water, please see the site www.maximuscoffeegroup.com A wonderful cup of coffee, period!

We love the body and spicy notes of this delicious organic Mandheling, new crop which arrived on our shores in late august, 2009. This coffee also features prominently in our Mondocello espresso. While provenance of Indonesian coffes can be rather byzantine, the following courtesy of our importer, is pretty succinct for those who wish more specificity. * ELEVATION: 3200-6000 feet * CO-OP: Aceh Region * VARIETAL: Sumatra Typica * GRADE: Strictly Hard Bean * PROCESSING: Semi-Washed, Natural, Grade 1 * CERTIFICATION: Organic Sumatra is primarily sold from 2 regions, Aceh and North Sumatra. Aceh is known for its Mandheling. The region produces 90% organic coffee by default. They also produce a larger bean size and the coffee here is grown at a higher altitude. Aceh has 68,000 hectares and 65,000 farmers. Sumatra is made up of many small community growers, each averaging one hectare The mill is located in Takengon. It is surrounded by a compound including 22 homes, drying patios, 23 fermentation tanks and processing for washed, semi-pulped and natural coffees. The Dutch had seen washing mills in Africa and Latin America and then duplicated one in Aceh. Due to political and social unrest in the area, this mill tries to maintain a stable and rewarding environment for its employees. The majority have been there for 20 plus years, turnover is rare and salaries have increased. Currently, plans are underway to build a health clinic, nursery, school and playground. The main Cooperative in the region, Tunas Indah, has their main office inside the compound.Tunas Indah has over 5000 growers each averaging one hectare.

***CURRENTLY SOLD OUT***** Prized for it's full body, spicy flavors, and low acidity, our Sumatra Mandheling from Indonesia is decaffeinated with the Water Mountain Process, without the use of harsh chemicals. Organically grown high in the mountains of Aceh province, our Mandheling is sweet with spicy topnotes and a long finish.

We've found that the tastiest non-chemically processed decafs are the CO2 (see our Peru Decaf) and Mountain Water Process methods. Of the latter, this high-grown, organic Sumatra Mandheling represents the best, retaining a surprising amount of the body and spiciness found in our caffeinated organic Mandheling. Very flavorful cup which will cut through milk easily and deliciously.

By popular demand the Symphony line now includes decaf for those wanting to support the Oregon Symphony. The marriage of our favorite, tasty CO2 process Nicaragua and Peru and Mountain Water Process Sumatra Mandheling will delight the caffein-intolerant and as always a contribution of $2.00 per pound sold will be made to the Oregon Symphony general fund. The three coffees all all certified organic and Fair Trade.

One of Panama's finest Estates, the Hartmanns have worked assiduously with microdevelopment specialist Joseph Brodsky of Ninety-Plus Coffee to produce a multi-varietal offering based on "honey processing", wherein some of the sweet, sticky pulp is left on the bean during the drying process. Result? Some of the sweetest-tasting and -smelling coffee on the planet. The designation "H2" which crops up resfers to "Hartmann" and "honey". A similar project is being developed by Brodsky and the Hartmanns in Guatemala...stay tuned!

***TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT, PENDING ARRIVAL OF NEW YEMEN COFFEE FOR THIS BLEND**** A favorite of my dearest uncle Russell (he of discriminating palate), this is an awesome blend of our three heirloom coffees from the Red Sea area…Yemeni Mokha, Ethiopia Harar and Yirgacheffe. Tremendous body, excellent acidity, and a fruity, floral experience throughout the cup.

From the fertile and picturesque Lake Toba area of Northern Sumatra comes this fantastic coffee, a sweet departure from the traditional earthy profile, with wonderful body and a nice acidity. This lot is predominantly caturra cultivar, grown between 1300 and 1500 meters above sea level, wet-hulled and sun-dried. Importer Royal Coffee has nurtured a special relationship with exporter Syahrial & Dody since 2007 to present a "cleaner"-tasting, spicy, no-funk Sumatra. As trader Alex Mason put it..."I enjoyed cupping the various lots they had at one of the best cupping facilities I saw on my journey. They have a great all-wood blending area that is used to create these particular lots. It was like an indoor soccer field feel with low surrounding walls, all covered with large strips of dark wood. Very cool. As Syarial said: “It is like making the perfect spice”…thus the Tabu Jamu was born. Like with most fine sumatrans, de facto organic agronomy is practiced here.Fans of the vaunted Blue Batak offerings will enjoy this heady cup!

Our Symphony blend with a 50% base of Brazil natural process will have your espresso machine purring. Rich crema and body, stone fruit and spice in the cup with nice hints of agave honey in the finish. As with Symphony blend, $2 for every one pound bag sold will be given to the Oregon Symphony general fund. For local customers, pickup will be possible for online orders at Sweet Masterpiece Chocolate in the Pearl District (@ 922 NW Davis St., PDX 97209) and my roasting partner's Spella Caffe, corner of SW 9th and Alder and at Andrea's forthcoming (mid-December!) second location on SW 5th Ave.

Support the Arts with your purchase of Symphony Blend coffee from Badbeard's! $2.00 of every purchase of this delicious blend of world-class Panama, Sumatra and Ethiopian coffees will be given to our local Oregon Symphony Orchestra. Our contribution to the forthcoming OSO debut in Carnegie Hall in 2011! Local Portland pickup available...please specify when ordering!...at Sweet Masterpiece Chocolates in the Pearl district and Spella Caffe at the corner of SW 9th and Alder downtown.

A joint venture between Badbeard's Coffee and Spella Cafe, the smooth blending of notes in Symphony! will brighten any morning! ****SEE ALSO SYMPHONY ESPRESSO and SYMPHONY DECAF! All OF THE SYMPHONY LINE OF COFFEES QUALIFY FOR THE $2 OREGON SYMPHONY CONTRIBUTION****

A medley of great beans from three continents which has become a “house” coffee staple at several locations in Portland, including mine! Recently accorded an 89 rating of house coffees from the esteemed Coffee Review (www.coffeereview.com) in their February issue.

A blend of our three decaf coffee beans: Mountain Water Process organic Sumatra Mandheling, organic Peru and Nicaragua CO2 process. These coffees stand proudly on their own but together make a tasty espresso shot or French press. Crema, you say, in a DECAF? This is the one...and very tasty to boot. We pinch ourselves that this is decaffeinated coffee...taste-wise, many cuppers would be confounded!

Inspired by Adam Shearer and his Portland, OR-based band WEINLAND, Weinmark is a specially blended coffee with a misting of Maker's Mark whiskey applied during the cooling of the beans. The result is a smooth coffee with a heady aroma of caramel and butterscotch...and the best part is no hangover!

Amy McCullough posted a brilliant review back on 4/7/2008 for Portland's Local Cut music journal. $1 per pound of sale is donated to p:ear, a Portland youth-mentoring organization.

Read more about WEINLAND and WeinMark.

Very high-grown, complex, intense, wine- and fruit-laden, difficult to acquire, this Ismaili is exceptional. This heirloom coffee will knock you out! QUANTITIES LIMITED