Ethiopia Nano Challa
$ 20.00
We're heading west for our third and final washed Ethiopia of the 2020 harvest. While most of our Ethiopian coffees come from Yirgacheffe and Guji in the southern part of the country, coffees from Nano Challa - alongside its sister cooperatives in the Kata Muduga Cooperative Union, Yukro, Biftu Gudina, and Duromina - have become some of the most sought-after coffees in Ethiopia over the past few years.
Our friends at Osito Coffee Importers - who we also work with for coffees from Burundi and Mexico - sent us a set of samples from Kata Muduga earlier this year, and this particular lot from Nano Challa was lights out. Alongside Mustefa Natural, this was one of two great reasons to branch westward in our Ethiopian offerings this year.
The Kata Muduga is one of the newest cooperative unions (a cooperative of cooperatives) in Ethiopia, born out of a joint development project from USAID and Technoserve in the early 2000s. With coffee fairly well-developed (or at least well-known) in Southern Ethiopia. USAID and Technoserve built several washing stations in Western Ethiopia, with the hopes of building up the coffee industry in different parts of the country.
Cooperatives, including Nano Challa, Yukro, and Duromina, among others, formed around these washing stations, and quickly began producing coffees that rivaled the best from Yirgacheffe. While these co-ops started as part of the Oromia Union, a few years ago a handful of them branched out to form Kata Muduga. We've featured lots from Yukro in Phantom Limb the past few years, but this our first time offering one of the Kata Muduga coffees on its own.
This lot from Nano Challa pops. We're tasting juicy clementine and bright red berries, balanced with delicate florals and sweet honey. A great endcap to our 2020 washed Ethiopias, and a great reason to roast up some delicious coffee from Jimma.
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Colombia Las Brisas
$ 19.00
We love the balance of approachability and jaw-dropping flavors that great Colombian coffees can exhibit, and Las Brisas has been one of our favorites for the past few years running.
2020 marks Huck's sixth harvest roasting Las Brisas, and each winter we can look forward to a great combination of zippy brightness and deep, balanced sweetness. It's been a few years since we've had the chance to visit the farmers behind this coffee, and to be honest, who knows when travel will be a possibility again, but in the meantime, we're excited for another delicious crop from the town of Rioblanco and the ASOQUEBRADON and ASCAFUR associations.
We've come to have pretty high expectations for this coffee, and 2020's crop delivers in spades. Las Brisas packs plenty of approachable caramel sweetness if you want to put a bit of cream in your cup, but also pops with green grape and candied citrus flavors for those of us who seek out a brighter, more exotic cup. Truly a crowd-pleaser!
And, if you're looking for something extra-special, keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming Gesha release from Israel Hernandez, one of the farmers behind Las Brisas.
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Ethiopia Mustefa Natural
$ 21.00
We're closing out 2020 and kicking off 2021 with our first two single origins from Western Ethiopia. While we've traditionally found most of our Ethiopian coffees from Guji and Yirgacheffe, the coffees we've tasted from the west have been increasingly hard to ignore, and Mustefa Natural joins Nano Challa as the fruitier of our first two single origins from Jimma!
Mustefa Abalulessa might have one of the most unique coffee origin stories in Ethiopia, with farm roots in revolution. Abalulessa, Mustefa's father, spent the 1970s as a guerilla leader, fighting against the Derg, Ethiopia's brutal dictatorship at the time, and hid out in the mountains and forests around Jimma. When the Derg finally fell, the family was granted some of the forest Abalulessa called home, as a form of reparations and reconciliation.
Mustefa first made a name for himself as a seed producer, selecting and preparing new seed stock for farmers in the area. He only recently began processing his own coffee for sale, but the meticulous detail required for seed preparation has clearly paid off in the coffee we get to roast.
Mustefa Natural is big-bodied, fruit-forward, and subtly boozy, with notes of blackberry, raspberry, orange liqueur, and brown sugar.
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GESHA: Colombia Israel Hernandez Washed Gesha
$ 32.00
1: Israel Gesha: 1 x 8oz bag of floral, complex, bright and delicous washed Gesha in an equally-bright gift box.
2. Taste of Rioblanco 2-pack: 1 x 8 oz bag of Israel Hernandez Gesha alongside 1 x 12 oz bag Colombia Las Brisas. Israel is one of the farmers who contributes to Las Brisas.
3. You Fancy Double Gesha 2-Pack: 1 x 8 oz bag of Guatemala Monte de Oro Natural Gesha alongside 1 x 8 oz bag of Colombia Israel Hernandez Washed Gesha
GESHA: Guatemala Monte de Oro Natural Gesha
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Mario Alarcon and his farm, Finca Monte de Oro, have been part of the Huck family for 3 years now, and his Caturra variety coffees have been some of the best, cleanest, and most consistent offerings we've roasted, year-after-year.
This past January, before covid turned the world upside-down, four of the Huck crew had the pleasure of visiting Mario, and were lucky enough to taste all of Mario's coffees side-by-side. His natural and black-honey processed Caturra are delicious in their own right, but his natural Gesha was undeniably stunning.
We bought just a small amount of this coffee to help Huck baristas shine on the barista competition stage, and did not initially plan to sell this. But, no surprise, coronavirus cancelled this year's barista competitions, so y'all get the chance to enjoy this special coffee. One of the few upsides to this topsy-turvy year.
Monte de Oro Natural Gesha's fruity, juicy, and complex, with notes of black cherry, Shiraz red wine, and fruit snacks. We enjoy brewing this alongside our natural/honey caturra from the same farm, or next to the equally-special washed Gesha from Israel Hernandez in Colombia.
We're offering this unique coffee in three options, all perfect for gifting and packaged in a special gift box designed by Obsesso Processo that pops as hard as the coffee:
1: Monte de Oro Gesha: 1 x 8oz bag of juicy, fruit-forward, fancy coffee in a gift box that pops as hard as the coffee.
2. Taste of Monte de Oro 2-pack: 1 x 8 oz bag of Monte de Oro Natural Gesha alongside 1 x 12 oz bag of our natural/honey caturra from the same farm.
3. You Fancy Double Gesha 2-Pack: 1 x 8 oz bag of Guatemala Monte de Oro Natural Gesha alongside 1 x 8 oz bag of Colombia Israel Hernandez Washed Gesha
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