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Special Reserve Green
Special Reserve coffees are almost exclusively sourced from Mercanta (www.coffeehunter.com). They are the finest greens from single farms, estates and co-operatives around the coffee producing world. These are distinctive and superior beans that stand on their own without blending and reflect the profile of a region as well as coffees that challenge and surprise us.
We are one of very few sources of these superb beans for home roasters in Australia.
Bolivia Colonia San Juan 8 Estrellas (green)
Special Reserve Coffee Cupping notes and tasting profile: Clean cup / medium body / rounded mouthfeel / notes of dark chocolate and honey / bright acidity / well balanced
NOTE: This coffee was a key ingredient in the blend used by Gwilym Davies of the United Kingdom, the winner of the 2009 World Barista Chamionship!
Price is per Kg, plus freight (if applicable)
Brazil Fazenda Cafundo Pulped Natural (green)
Cupping profile and tasting notes: Price is per kilo, excluding freight if applicable.
Bright grape acidity, medium body, notes of cane sugar and caramel, very smooth and rounded mouth feel.
Brazil Fazenda Inglaterra – Toca da Onça (green)
Cupping profile and tasting notes: This coffee doesn't need to go any further than the first pops of second crack. Price is per kilo, excluding freight if applicable.
Mild acidity, medium body, notes of honey and sugar cane, pronounced sweetness and very balanced.
Brazil Rodomunho (green)
This coffee is from Alto Paranaíba, the highest part of the Cerrado region, near the town of Rio Paranaíba in the state of Minas Gerais. Fazenda Rodomunho extends over a total area of 450 hectares. Of these, 316 hectares are planted with over 1 million coffee trees producing an average of 14,000 bags per year. Cupping profile and tasting notes
Extremely well- balanced, consistent coffee, with creamy, smooth, cocoa notes. A classic ‘canvas’ coffee that makes a solid espresso component. Full bodied and low acidity.
BSCA Espresso Blend No. 1 (green)
A delightful green blend that stands on it's own as a rich, complex coffee. No need to blend further, but if desired adding a futher origin with some high notes would work well.
Cupping Notes:
Smooth, velvety, nutty, creamy with hints of dark chocolate.
Colombia Del Obispo (green)
Used by Gwilym Davies to win the 2009 World Barista Championship in Atlanta, Del Obispo is a micro-lot from two small farms in Timaná and one in Acevedo (Huila) Cupping profile and tasting notes Price is per Kg, not including shipping.
Very sweet with mild acidity. Notes of blackberry and dark chocolate. Syrupy, buttery mouth-feel. Good body.
Out of stock
Colombia Finca La Bella Estate (green)
Cupping Notes: Price is per kilo, excluding freight if applicable.
Green apple acidity, clean transparent cup, some notes of caramel, full body with notes of macadamia nuts.
From a single estate (very unusual for Columbia) located in Botaga near capital.
Costa Rica Finca la Lia (green)
Special Reserve Coffee Cupping profile and tasting notes: Very clean, bright and lively acidity, chocolate notes, coating mouth feel. Price is per Kg, plus freight (if applicable)
Costa Rica Finca Las Lajas Organic (green)
This mircolot is a "miel" or "honey" coffee, meaning that some of the fruit is allowed to dry on the parchment layer on the patio. It actually looks quite unimpressive as green coffee, but roasts up evenly and has a clean, sweet flavor profile. Cupping profile and tasting notes: Price is per Kg plus shipping if appropriate.
Orange citrus acidity. Pronounced sweetness and notes of blackcurrants. Very syrupy, perfumed, and treacly with long lingering finish
Dominican Republic Caficultores de Juncalito (green)
Special Reserve Coffee Cupping notes / profile: Medium to high acidity, creamy body, citric and spice combination, creamy and consistent Ideally suited to both all day filter drinking and for use in an espesso blend. Price is per Kg, plus freight (if applicable)
El Salvador Finca La Fany (green)
Cupping profile and tasting notes: Price is per kilo, excluding freight if applicable.
Classic and one of the best single estate El Salvador coffees. 100% red bourbon. Very sweet with honey and caramel notes. Creamy, great mouth-feel. Makes a great espresso and also a superb filter.
Bright, juicy with pleasant acidity. Reliable and consistent.
Ethiopia Bashawieh Harar (green)
Very little known about this Harar, but in the cup it rises well above the generic, regular Harar: Cupping profile and tasting notes Price is per Kg, not including freight
Blueberry notes and rich dark fruit flavour. Quite a variable coffee which is hard to roast evenly.
Out of stock
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Cabey (green)
Cupping notes:
Crisp citrus acidity, notes of tangerine, lemon, rose petals, jasmine, pure transparent with soft sugar sweetness
Guatemala Finca Las Nubes (green)
Cupping profile and tasting notes: Price is per kilo, excluding freight, if applicable
Fine acidity, medium body, lemon smooth, with red berry notes. Beautifully prepared. Consistent.
Indonesia Tekengon (Aceh) (green)
Cupping profile and tasting notes: Price is per kilo, excluding freight, if applicable
Very clean and intense aroma with lively acidity and herbal notes. Liquorice, heavy bodied, figgy sweet treacly.
Indonesian Java Semaru Estate (green)
Cupping profile and tasting notes:
Grape acidity with notes of strawberry, blueberry. Juicy with clean syrupy mouth feel.
Kenya Gethumbwini Estate AA (green)
Special Reserve Coffee Cupping profile and tasting notes: Bold blackcurrant notes, yellow grapefruit finish, clean cup, balanced acidity and big body Price is per Kg, plus freight (if applicable)
Out of stock
Kenya Kanjathi AB (green)
Little or nothing is known of the provenance of this bean, but regardless, this coffee will just bowl you over with it's extraordinary qualities. The following description does not do it justice. Read the full background notes for the story... Price is per Kg, not including freight.
Cupping profile and tasting notes
Lemon, grapefruit, creaminess, acidity, floral, light and bright. Fruit notes develop as cools.
Kenya Tinganga Estate AA (green)
Cupping notes:
Vibrant grape acidity, bold mouth feel, sugar cane sweetness, notes of tropical fruit, pineapple, grapefruit and very clean.
Nicaragua Los Altos (green)
Los Altos farm is situated at an altitude of around 1,200-1,300m in the Matagalpa department of central Nicaragua. Cupping profile and tasting notes Price is per Kg, not including shipping.
Fresh, very sweet, with sugar cane and syrup. Soft acidity, very well balanced and smooth with juicy mouth-feel and notes of molasses and dark chocolate. Very suitable for espresso.
