Coffee Of The Week
Colombia Cauca El Tambo and Organic Biodynamic Brazil
On my walk one morning this week I smelled the distinct fragrance of daphne blooming, and sure enough, there was a bush with the dainty white flowers just over a fence. Around the next corner, three daffodils were tipping their shining yellow heads in a salutation to the sun. I certainly hope we get more rain, but the benefit of all this good weather is that spring seems to have sprung early. It sure is nice to stroll around town without a jacket in February.
Last week got away from me, and although I had started this newsletter, I never finished. Luckily for you, that means that you get TWO featured coffees this week. The first comes from a co-op of twelve farmers in Colombia. I’ve been enjoying drinking this at home and at work, so I wanted to make sure to keep it as a special for you for another week. It has delicious nutty and creamy tones, with a lingering chocolate finish.
Oh! Speaking of chocolate, our dark chocolate sea salt cashews are back in stock. If you love them like I do, they’re back!
With no segue at all, let me tell you about this week’s coffee: our Organic Biodynamic Brazil Fazenda Floresta. This coffee comes from the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil, near Chapada Diamantina National Park. They practice biodynamic farming, a holistic type of agriculture that treats the farm “as an interconnected organism that generates its own fertility through diverse cover-cropping and the integration of manure from livestock raised on the farm. Biodynamic goes beyond organic practices including applications of homeopathically treated compost based on the rhythms of nature (see here)”
This has been a popular bean every time we’ve been able to get it in. It’s unusual to be able to procure a coffee that goes beyond organic to biodynamic farming. In the cup it tastes of sugar cane and cocoa, with creamy vanilla notes. I’m taking some home to enjoy for the upcoming week. You can try either of these coffees with the code below. In other news, I hear there might be rain in the forecast. Here’s hoping! And happy birthday to Christiana, our lovely employee whose birthday is today. I hope you had a great day. And I do wish everyone a great weekend, whatever the weather. Cheers!
–Holly Fike
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