Americas
Considered the “Best of Brazil,” the cup is medium to heavy-bodied with a trace of earthiness, due to a dry milling process. It also bears a subtle sweetness in its full flavor.
This "Strictly High Grown" coffee from Chiapas is medium-bodied, very clean, with acidity reminiscent of dry white wines. It has a hint of nuttiness folowed by a slight woodiness in the finish. It is great for all occasions.
The coffee producing areas of the Bucaramanga region are very lush with ideal rainfall, cloud cover and soil conditions. This area is also distinctive in that a large number of plantations have maintained their original "Typica" trees. (Typica trees produce a superior bean to the more common "Caturra" hybrid tree, the source of most Colombian beans.) These plantations also maintain banana trees which provide ideal shading for the coffee trees. Typica trees produce fruit that is bold in size, heavier in body with soft, pleasant acidity.
Panama has long held a reputation for very fine, well-balanced, mild coffees, especially those produced in the Boquete district of the Province of Chiriqui, near the Costa Rica border. Panama produces a full-bodied cup with delicate acidity that is famous for its smoothness. Due to the size of the bean, bags of Panama contain 14 oz of product.
A mild coffee with good balance, acidity, body and character. It has a hint of spice and some nutty overtones. This award-winning coffee is grown outside of the capital city of San Jose, at an elevation of 3,800 feet.
San Lazaro is characterized as extremely complex and well-balanced, with very good acidity and body. Some have noted a buttery tone in the finish. San Lazaro Estate has an ideal coffee-growing climate and enjoys volcanic eruptions every 25 years or so, which helps to alleviate nitrogen depletion in the soil.