Coffee Bean

Country: Colombia ASOMUJER – Timana – Huila – EA Decaf de Caña
For us at Cafe Imports, there’s something about Colombia.Actually, there’s not “something” about Colombia, but many, many
somethings that make this place particularly special among coffee-growing countries, and as famous. Everyone knows
Colombian coffee—or thinks they do. However, to simply say a coffee is from Colombia is to tell just a fragment of the story, like
recommending a book to a friend by only telling her the name of the publisher. To really get to know Colombian coffee is to
travel thousands of miles, taste through thousands of cups, and wear out dozens of pairs of hiking boots touring hundreds of
coffee farms from north to south. Even that’s just the beginning—but every beautiful story needs a beginning.We have had
boots on the ground (and spoons in the cup) here since our earliest days, and we fall in love over and over again with the
regional variations, the varieties, the landscape, and the producers themselves. From our work sourcing strong, versatile
workhorse coffees for our Excelso Gran Galope signature offerings; to our celebration of the taste of place with Regional
Selects from Cauca, Huila, Nariño, and Tolima; to the discovery and development of microlots from all over the country with
our export partners and the producers with whom they work closely—we simply can’t get enough.Neither can our customers:
Our offerings sheet comprises a wide selection of flavors, farms, and terroirs, and we will continue to explore new-to-us
regions and support the mostly smallholder farmers of Colombia into the future, as long as they’ll keep letting us come back
again and again and again

Country: Peru Yoryi Yimer Berru – Finca Gramalotal – La Coipa – Gesha
Though coffee arrived in Peru relatively early—in the middle of the 1700s—it wasn’t cultivated for commercial export until
nearly the 20th century as demand from Europe rose due to a significant decrease in coffee production in Indonesia. British
presence and influence in the country helped increase and drive exports. In the early 1900s, the British government took
ownership of roughly 2 million hectares of land from the Peruvian government as payment on a defaulted loan, and much of
that land became British-owned coffee plantations.As in many Central and South American countries, the large European
owned landholdings were sold or redistributed throughout the 20th century. Farms became smaller and more fragmented,
offering independence to farmers but also limiting their access to resources and a larger commercial market. Unlike many
other countries whose coffee economy is dominated by smallholders, Peru lacks the organization or infrastructure to provide
economic or technical support to farmers—a hole that outside organizations and certifications have sought to fill. The country
has a remarkable number of certified-organic coffees, as well as Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, and UTZ-certified coffees.
Around 30 percent of the country’s smallholders are members of democratic co-ops, which has increased the visibility of
coffees from the area but has done little to bring incredibly high-quality lots into the spotlight.As of the 2010s, Peru is one of
the top producers of Arabica coffee, often ranked fifth in world production and export of Arabica. The remoteness of the coffee
farms and the incredibly small size of the average farm have prevented much of the single-farm differentiation that has
allowed for microlot development and marketing in other growing regions, but as with everything else in specialty coffee, this
is changing quickly as well. The country’s lush highlands and good heirloom varieties offer the potential for growers to beat the
obstacles of limited infrastructure and market access, and as production increases, we are more likely to see those types of
advancements.

The Cup: Fresh jasmine, artificial raspberry, and fresh lavender with mild fresh apricot flavors.
Clean fruit-like sweetness and winey acidity.