Civitas Blend
$ 16.00
Don't call it a dark roast! Okay, okay...we won't.
How about we call it Civitas and say it's "a slightly darker roast with slightly longer development"? Yea, that sounds cool!
In either case, we're excited about this one! Huck has long believed that we should (or could) be just as proud of our darker & more developed coffees, as we are of our lighter offerings.
It just took us a while to find a roast profile that still checked all the boxes for us!
Our Civitas blend is meant for the fan of a full bodied coffee with notes of dark sugars, chocolate, toffee, and a great nuttiness -- not unlike our Blue Orchid Blend, but a hair darker than that.
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Blue Orchid Blend
$ 16.00
Blue Orchid is Huckleberry’s house espresso blend. We serve this coffee every day in our cafes, and it is designed to be approachable, both as espresso and as a brewed coffee, with and without milk. If you’ve ever had a great latte experience at one of Huckleberry’s cafes, Blue Orchid was the base.
While the Blue Orchid blend does change frequently, we try to maintain a sweet, full-bodied, chocolate and caramel flavor profile by using Central and South American coffees specifically chosen for those qualities. This is great tasting comfort coffee, and is a well-rounded crowd pleaser, especially if some of that crowd likes cream in their cup, or is still making the transition from darker roast profiles into specialty coffee. We love intense floral aromatics, but some mornings we just want the chocolate, toffee, and a bit of milk in our mug, and for those days, Blue Orchid is our go-to.
The current version of Blue Orchid is a blend of Brazil Fazenda Cachoeira da Grama and a washed coffee from longterm partners Aprocafé el Grano in Guatemala.
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Costa Rica El Cedral Natural
$ 23.00
Our other CoopeDota coffee, Santa Maria, is grown on multiple smallholder farms, and is a more traditional, though equally delicious cup. In contrast, El Cedral is a single plot, collectively owned by all of CoopeDota, that operates as an experimental model farm to help individual farmers learn better growing and processing practices. It's among the higher plots of land in the area, and the naturally-processed coffees have been clean, sweet, and jammy year after year.
Costa Rica Santa Maria
$ 19.00
Santa Maria is back and more special than ever. As one of two coffees from the Cooperativa de Caficultores de Dota (CoopeDota) we'll roast this year, it already has a special place in our hearts. This is our fourth year working with CoopeDota and roasting coffee from the village of Santa Maria, and this year we asked CoopeDota to prep our coffee a bit differently than they have in the past.
Each year the washed coffees from Santa Maria are both balanced and complex, and showcase why Central American coffees are among the most versatile and easy to drink. But to be honest, the quality hasn't held up quite as well as some of our other Centrals, and we've occasionally pulled Santa Maria from our single origin lineup a bit earlier than we'd hoped.
CoopeDota washes all of its coffees using an Eco-Pulper - a machine that uses significantly less water to remove the coffee's fruit and mucilage from the bean. While it's not necessary with this machine, the cooperative does give its microlots a chance to ferment before washing, which tends to boost complexity. But, Dota does dry the majority of its coffee on patio, occasionally resorting to mechanical dryers when there's less room on the drying patios. This year we asked (and paid a premium for) the cooperative to dry our coffee on raised beds, slowing down the drying process. In our limited experience, coffees dried on raised beds tend to taste better, for longer, than coffee dried more quickly on patios or in mechanical dryers.
Beyond their willingness to try something new for us, we're also excited to work with CoopeDota because the group has always been a sustainability leader in Costa Rica. In 2011 the cooperative produced the world's first certified carbon-neutral coffee, and is known for its work to reduce both its carbon and water footprints.
2020 Santa Maria has a lot going for it - milk-friendly chocolate flavors at the forefront, red grape and green apple brightness, creamy body and depth. Given their exceptional coffees and excitement to experiment a bit with drying, we're excited for the longhaul with CoopeDota, and are hopeful this year's coffee will taste awesome for the longhaul, too.
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Ethiopia Chelbesa Natural
$ 19.00
Natural Ethiopia is back in the Huck lineup, and we’re kicking things off with this juicy and complex fruitbomb from Worka Chelbesa. Sweet berry and tropical fruit flavors are the main attraction here, and they’re complemented by some delicious florals and citrus. We'll be roasting washed and natural coffees from Worka Chelbesa side-by-side, and both of these are among the top-scoring coffees we'll offer all year.
SNAP Specialty Coffees has impressed us quite a bit over the last few years. They’ve exported and dry milled some of our favorite coffees from the Guji Zone, but also own a few washing stations throughout Ethiopia. This is the second year we'll be showcasing coffees from their stations in Worka Chelbesa. Worka Chelbesa is the highest kebele (village) in the Gedeb municipality, and Gedeb is well-known for producing some of the best coffees in Ethiopia's famous Yirgacheffe region.
Several years ago, SNAP built its first washing in Worka Chelbesa, and named it after the town. Our washed Worka Chelbesa comes from this original station, but ahead of the 2019/2020 harvest, SNAP built a second station in town, called Danche. Same kebele, at a slightly higher elevation to cater to farmers a bit outside of the main village. This year's Chelbesa Natural comes from this newest washing station and the 486 farmers who deliver coffee cherry.
Berries, tropical fruit, jammy goodness, with a touch of florality to mix things up. This one’s for all you fruity coffee lovers out there - we hope you enjoy this one as much as we do. We highly suggest brewing up Worka Chelbesa washed and Chelbesa Natural side-by-side. Maybe experiment a little and blend the two roasts before brewing. We'll give you a few more chances to taste washed and naturals from the same place, but in the roasting team's opinion, this may be the best-tasting pair of the year.
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*washing station photos courtesy Abenezer Asfaw of SNAP.
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