Guatemala Doña Lucinda
$ 22.00
Lucinda is back in the lineup and her coffee’s the official kickoff to our Aprocafé microlots for the year!
We've been working with the Aprocafé Association in Guatemala for years now, and back in 2015, Manuel Tzic Saso and Lucinda Puac Perez were the first two farmers Huck featured on their own. In the years since, we've roasted standout coffees from other farmers in the group, but it always feels good when we get to feature one of the OGs.
Lucinda and her husband Bacilio are some of our favorite farmers to visit when we make our near-annual pilgrimage to Guatemala - caring, hospitable, opinionated but open to feedback, and hilarious. All smiles, every visit. After a few years of good, but not amazing coffee, Lucinda made some subtle tweaks to her post-harvest processing, and the last 4 years have been a return to form!
Every farm’s coffee will fluctuate a bit from year-to-year, but Lucinda’s has been remarkably consistent since she’s made those process tweaks a few years back. We’ve come to expect red fruit and big sweetness, and the 2024 harvest delivers! We’re digging the sweet notes of toffee, with fruity black plum and tart cranberry punching through to keep things interesting!
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Pictured: Lucinda Puac Pérez and her husband, Bacilio Alescio.
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Colombia Dario Rodriguez
$ 23.00
Dario Rodriguez is back in the Huck lineup, and while his Pink Bourbon variety is an extra-special treat, we’re also roasting up some of his more “normal” coffee and slinging it in slightly less-fancy packaging. Hard air quotes around that “normal” though, because Dario’s other coffee is also delicious!
We’ve been buying coffee from the Desarollo Growers Association for years now, and two years back, our head roaster Shelby singled out Dario Rodriguez and his pink bourbon variety for special release. For the second year running, we went all-in on Dario, and are roasting up not just his extra-special pink stuff, but also his very tasty, “normal” coffee. It’s a touch less in-your-face, but still bright, sweet, and super enjoyable.
In a world where mono-cropping has taken over much of the Colombian mountainsides, Dario aims to create an old-world farm with organic and sustainable practices. While his main source of income is his coffee, Dario has only planted 11 of his 16 hectares with coffee trees. Why, you ask? Because Dario knows that the key to long-term success is biodiversity. Mono-cropping (planting only one type of crop in an area) can easily destroy a delicate ecosystem, cause major erosion and kill the nutrient rich soil.
From macro to micro, Dario has his operation molded into a symbiotic ecosystem. The ash from his stove and the scraps from his kitchen go into his compost. His chickens eat the fallen, overripe cherries off of the ground to control the insects, and they, in turn, fertilize the soil. The shade crops he planted exist to draw the right kind of wildlife, enticing the indigenous species back to the land, creating the bustling environment needed for truly phenomenal coffee. Not much happens by accident on Dario's farm, and that intention is something that we can taste in the cup.
Dario’s “normcore” coffee - primarily, but probably not only Colombia variety - combines bright fruit with more traditional and expected Latin American sweetness. We’re tasting molasses, boysenberry, and blood orange here, and this one’s coming in a full 12 oz bag.
*** for roasting schedule, shipping, receiving & additional information, please visit out Frequently Asked Questions . And, for a primer on coffee processing, check out our Processing Basics Guide. ***
Ethiopia Danche Marcelo
$ 24.00
Danche Marcelo is back, and we’re running this experimental washed process alongside a full natural from the same folks and the same place. Danche is the washing station in Gedeb, and while the natural is, well, a natural, Marcelo is named after the station manager.
Ethiopia's the birthplace of coffee, with unparalleled genetic diversity, plus unique terroir and processing that can produce super floral, citric washed coffees and the cleanest, juiciest, most berry- and tropical-forward naturals.
And Snap Coffees, a quality-focused exporter and washing station operator, has been a longtime partner for us at Huck. We've featured coffees from Snap's two washing stations in the kebele of Worka Chelbesa - the eponymous Worka Chelbesa station, plus the newer Danche station - for most of the last 5+ years, and coffees from within the Snap network often make up at least some, and sometimes all, of our flagship Phantom Limb Blend.
Over the past couple years, Snap has given its washing station managers the opportunity to experiment a bit with processing, and deviate a bit from the traditional washed and natural profiles. In this case Marcelo, one of the employees at Danche, pioneered a weird take on the washed process, keeping the coffee in-cherry, but in a sealed, cool environment, for 5 full days before undergoing a more typical washed process. Risky, but it works.
Last year, we spent some time with Snap in Addis Adaba, tasting dozens of coffees from throughout their network. When we came across the Marcelo process, it was "wow, wtf is this Amanuel?, we gotta have it" at first sip. And we were tasting samples blind, so even better that it came from a station we've bought from for years. Now we’re stoked to have it back for round two!
This one's combines the things we love in both the best washed and natural Ethiopias - citrus and florality, plus bigger fruit and body - without some some of the funky wine, pushing vinegar, that we sometimes taste in super-long fermentations. We're tasting nectarine and mango front and center, with white tea florality, subtle blackberry, and bright, clementine-like citrus acidity. Crisp, bright, and just a touch more fruit than you might expect in a washed Ethiopia.
*** For roasting schedule, shipping, receiving & additional information, please visit out Frequently Asked Questions . And, for a primer on coffee processing, check out our Processing Basics Guide. ***
*washing station photos courtesy Snap Coffees.
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Ethiopia Danche Natural
$ 21.00
Natural Ethiopia is back in the Huck lineup, and we’re kicking things off with this juicy and complex fruitbomb from the village of Worka Chelbesa and Danche Washing Station! Sweet, juicy berry flavors are the main attraction here, and they’re complemented by some delicious florals and citrus.
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. After a few seasons with one station, Snap decided to build a second, newer station, closer to some of the more remote farmers, and named it Danche. This year we'll have two delicious coffees from Danche - this full natural fruitbomb and the return of last year's all-star, the experimental washed lot named after station manager Marcelo.
Berries, tropical fruit, jammy goodness, with a touch of florality and citrus 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.
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*washing station photos courtesy Snap Coffees.
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