Our Honduras Microlot Fair Trade Coffee that is also Natural Processed is called as Reserva Especíal. And yes, it is very special!
It is a Natural Processed, also called “sun-dried”, Fair Trade, and USDA Organic coffee from Toomer’s Coffee. The floral and fruit aromatics come out as a jammy, strawberry & pineapple mix that will let you know this is a special coffee when you first open the bag. [Read more…] about Honduras Microlot Fair Trade – Organic – Natural Process Coffee
In this article, Joe Borg, Royal New York Senior Coffee Trader, will walk you through the four most common decaffeination processes. At Toomer’s Coffee we currently use both Swiss Water Processed® and Mountain Water Processed Decaf.
[Read more…] about How is Coffee Decafinated?
This Ethiopian Sidamo Natural Process coffee is sourced by our brokers as a Certified USDA Organic and FairTrade African coffee from family-owned farms of the Shanta Golba Cooperative, which is located in the Bensa district. The Shanta Golba Cooperative is part of the Sidamo Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (or SCFCU). SCFCU was formed in 2001 with a mission to support sustainable coffee production from cooperatives in the Sidamo region. SCFCU is made up of more than forty five cooperatives with more than 80,000 producers. [Read more…] about Ethiopian Organic Natural Sidamo – Fair Trade Shanta Gobal Coffee
My wife first visited Caffè Rosano in the Spring of 2019 while on a trip to Italy with some of her girlfriends. She was so captivated by Italy as a whole, then Florence and specifically, Caffè Rosano she said, “I want to take you back to Italy and Florence and we’ve got to go to Caffè Rosano”. So we did in February of 2020. Enjoy our short slide show above! Notice the “Aubie” car tag we added to their decor!
First off, your coffee should not taste sour. Period. There are a variety of factors that can cause this and we’ll cover those here very briefly. There’s no point in getting into all the chemistry, grinds and roast methods too deeply just suffice it to say, coffee should not taste sour. [Read more…] about Blond roast coffee tastes sour. Here’s why
Rain, rain go away!
The Indonesian rainy season had a long winded and abnormal sequence at the end of 2017. The dry season there usually starts in December, but growers witnessed huge upsets to their normal ops with heavy rainfall well into 2018. This is affecting our Kokowagayo prices going into 2018 significantly, with our costs almost double what we paid last year.
With the normal harvest running from December to January, which didn’t happen, reports we have received from brokers we are in contact with say the yields are down a whopping 72%. Reports from the areas affected indicate that rains knocked down a significant portion cherries, and higher than normal humidity, particularly at high altitudes have crippled normal sun drying operations, which in turn has led to further losses due to molding and spoiling.
The numbers, according to the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters, exports for February were only 4,042 tonnes, a decline of nearly 10,000 tonnes from February 2017.
All of this to say, we recommend buying now as prices later in 2018 will likely climb to levels from the 2008 era we saw with the mold and rust pandemic.
NOTE: Our current prices reflect this reality as we expect higher than normal replacement costs to replenish our inventory throughout 2018 of this popular Pacific Rim coffee.
For your continued reading:
https://ictcoffee.com/ict-update-supply-crisis-indonesia/
