Coffee Of The Week
Colombia Nariño San Antonio Natural
Hello! I have taken a break from this newsletter for the last couple of months, and I’m excited to start updating you all again. My kids are back in school (that’s our annual first day of ice cream picture to the right, with cousins), and we’re slowly getting back in a routine. We are one of those families that fully embrace the unscheduled nature of summer, and we stay up late and get up late. That’s a joy in the summer, but it does make the transition back to early mornings tough.
This summer we spent outside, as much as possible. Yes, I still came to work most days, but we did go camping, hiking, and kayaking when we could. My amazing sister Katie took her four kids and my two backpacking the first week of July, and they found that Glacier Lake was still frozen over! That of course did not stop the kids from jumping in. But then, these are the same kids that like to greet the new year by leaping in our pool at midnight. They are not strangers to cold.
I wish I could tell you about all the great new coffees that we’ve featured lately, like our Fair Trade Kenya AA Rift Valley Kabngetuny Women’s Coffee from two weeks ago, or our Organic Costa Rica Hacienda La Amistad from last week–but that would take too long. I’ll tell you about this week’s coffee, our Colombia Nariño San Antonio Natural. This is a natural coffee, or dry-process, meaning that the coffee is dried with the cherry still intact. As you might expect, this lends a particularly fruity flavor to the cup.
This Colombian was grown by Nilson Luis López Dias on his San Antonio farm, at high elevation in the Andes mountains. Sr. López inherited the farm ten years ago from his parents, and he and his family are committed to excellent and sustainable farming practices. He has his own micro-mill to process the coffee cherries, and this allows for great care in processing the coffee. According to our broker, “in 2012, Sr. López’s mother was recognized for their family’s efforts with a first place finish in the Cup of Excellence.” That is quite an honor.
Seven years later, and this coffee still stands out. This is a beautiful cup of coffee, that tastes of blueberries and plums, with notes of citrus. We hope you enjoy it this week. I will drink a cup and toast Sr. Lopez and his family for their excellent work–and you can try a cup on us with the code below. Enjoy!
–Holly Fike
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