Elissimo Coffee Profiles
Sumatra
Grade: 1
Deliver: Spot
Location: Warehouse
Certification: Direct Trade
Country: Sumatra
Region: Lintongnihuta
Varietal: Ateng, Djember, Garundang
Process: Wet-Hulled
Altitude: 1000 - 1400 Meters
Cupping Notes: Brown Sugar, Dried Fruit, Orange, Vanilla.
Good For: Blends, Auto Drip, Full Immersion, Espresso
Description: The Mutu Batak is a name descriptive of the quality of the Batak people. It is produced in the Lintongnihuta region on the southern shores of Lake Toba and is another completely sun-dried and triple-picked coffee. It has great acidity for Sumatra, loads of clean and rich tobacco flavor, and a long lingering sweet butterscotch finish.
Kenya
Country: Kenya
Region: Kirinyaga
Varietal: SL 28, SL 34
Farm: Baragwi Co-op
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1700-1800 Meters
Grade: AB
Cupping: Dark Chocolate, Almond, Sweet
Description: The Baragwi Co-op is named after the small village in which it is located. This lot is processed by the Thimu wet mill. About 300 farmers use the Thimu wet mill to process their harvest. This mill receives fresh water from the nearby Kiringa River which is necessary for effective fermentation.
Brazil
Country: Brazil
Region: Cerrado
Varietal: Various
Farm: Various
Process: Swiss Water Process
Altitude: 1200-1400 Meters
Grade: 17/18
Certification: Direct Trade
Cupping: Chocolate, Nutty, Heavy Body
Description: This bean goes through a Swiss Water® Process which uses water from the pristine environment of the coast mountains of British Columbia, Canada to gently remove the caffeine until the coffee beans are 99.9% caffeine-free, while maintaining the bean’s distinctive origin and flavor characteristics. It’s decaffeinated coffee without compromise. Coffee decaffeinated using the environment-friendly Swiss Water® Process undergoes regular caffeine level audits to ensure compliance to 99.9% caffeine-free.
Guatemala
Country: Guatemala
Region: Coban
Farm: Chichen
Varietal: Caturra
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1350-1500 Meters
Grade: SHB
Certification: Direct Trade
Good For: Any brew method!
Cupping: Milk Chocolate, Lavender, Brown Sugar
Description: Mr. Arturo Gelpke was born and raised in Coban, but when he grew up he moved to Guatemala city. His greatest desire was to go back to his hometown and to be a farmer, but life didn’t allow him to do so until his second son was born. After Walter’s birth Mr. Gelpke met a German who wanted to go back to Germany and was selling his land for not too much. This was Mr. Gelpke’s opportunity to fulfill his dream and so in 1970 he bought the land. Mr. Gelpke started planting coffee and tried to get his three sons into agriculture. Mr. Gelpke sent his sons to the farm every Friday after school and spent the weekend there, so as every break they had from school. As a result of Mr. Gelpke’s effort, Walter (his second son) decided to go to a school of Agriculture. Now after almost 4 years of Mr. Gelpke’s death, his two oldest sons visit the farm and are taking of their father’s legacy.
Ethiopia
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Limu
Washing Station: Limu Faysel and Nazif Washing Station
Varietal: Heirloom
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1950-2050 Meters
Grade: 1
Certification: Direct Trade
Good For: Pour overs, full immersion, auto-drip.
Cupping: Caramel, Floral, Green Tea, Peach
Description: Testi Trading PLC is a family owned company embedded at the origin to supply the specialty coffee industry with high-quality coffee beans. Their objective is quality and building long-term business relationships by showcasing professionalism and quality to the industry. Testi does diligent work through sorting and screening to get clean and quality beans for export and are very meticulous in processing while always adhering to quality standards to prepare and deliver nothing but high-quality beans to the specialty coffee industry.
Burundi
Country: Burundi
Region: Gatara Commune, Kayanza province
Varietal: Red Bourbon
Farm: Almost 3,500 local farmers
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1675 M
Grade: 1
Certification: Direct Trade
Cupping: Cinnamon, Honey, Salted Caramel, Vanilla Taffy
Good For: Espresso, auto-drip, full immersion, pour overs.
Description: The Masha washing station is perhaps one of the most known washing stations in Burundi. Built in 1989 in the Gatara Commune in the Kayanza province, Masha lies at an altitude of 1,672m. 'Masha' derives its name from the number of cows (amasha y'inka in Kirundi) found in the area. The wet processing machinery is a Mac Kinnon, it has around 170 drying beds and can process up to 750MT per year. The washing station collects cherries from over 2,500 local coffee farmers spread over the 12 neighboring collines. During the harvest season, Masha processes more than 400 tons of coffee.
Masha has a reputation for consistently producing top quality coffees with complex fruit profiles.
This container is particularly special for us because each time these coffees are purchased, it helps fund healthcare for one hundred coffee farmers and their families who are otherwise unable to afford insurance. You are directly impacting the growers that provide coffee to the Butegana washing station, no matter which of these delicious coffees you end up roasting!
Columbia
Country: Colombia
Region: La Florida, Nariño
Varietal: Caturra, Castillo, Tabi
Farm: Various
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1700-2300 Meters
Grade: Excelso
Certification: Direct Trade
Cupping Notes: Cherry, Milk Chocolate, Sweet, Syrupy
Good For: Espresso, Blends, Cold Brew, Auto-Drip
Description: La Florida is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. The village of La Florida was founded on the 11th of November of 1820 under the original name of Mombuco which means "small valley". It was founded by Juan Meneses and formed part of the dioceses of San Bartholome of Matitui. It was renamed in 1843 to the name of La Florida. Its current population is of 25.529. Nariño is surrounded by high mountains and active volcanoes, giving this coffee a complex cup with a mixture of citric flavors, fruit flavors, herbal taste, chocolate notes and caramel sweetness.