Coffee Recommendations From Guatemala, Colombia, Ethiopia, Bolivia, And More!

Amavida Coffee Roasters

Amavida Coffee Roasters: Natural Bolivia AIPEP—This limited release offering is from the primary-level producer association AIPEP, located in the Yungas mountains of Bolivia. This premium lot was the product of a substantial quality project involving the construction of new drying tables. The project was fully funded by Cooperative Coffees impact fund, which is used to assist coffee farmers at origin. We found this natural processed coffee to be pleasantly dense, with notes of blueberry, grape and black tea in the cup.

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Camber Coffee Roasters

Camber Coffee: Gesha Box Set—We’re thrilled to share our latest Artist Series drop, featuring TWO stunning Geshas from Guatemala. Guatemala Rosma Gesha is a washed process Gesha with exceptional clarity and effervescent notes of jasmine, makrut lime, bergamot, black tea, and casaba melon. Guatemala Cascada Encantada Gesha is a natural process Gesha showcasing a honeyed sweetness and complex flavors of apricot, black tea, clementine, grape, and black cherry. Sprudge readers can save $5 on the Gesha Box Set on cambercoffee.com with code GESHA through 11/3/23.

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CXFFEEBLACK

CXFFEEBLACK: OG Guji Mane—Brought to you by an all black supply chain. Grown by black farmers in the town of Uraga in the Guji Zone of Oromia in Ethiopia, exported by Black community leaders Ture Waji, aka the “King Of Guji”and the big homie Mike Mamo of Bmore and Ethiopian acclaim through their collaborative effort, Green Spring Coffee. It was imported through the homies at Equatorial Coffee Consultants and roasted by Renata Henderson and Sydni Barnes, Black women carrying the legacy that Ethiopian women started over 2,000 year ago.

This coffee was naturally processed at a washing station in the Guji Zone of Oromia in Ethiopia, and reminds us of passionfruit, papaya, nougat, caramel and dark chocolate.

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Equator Coffees

Equator Coffees: Guatemala El Injerto Ethiopia Landrace Natural

—Reviewed by Coffee Review in September 2023, this coffee scored an incredible 94 point review! Experience the sweet and complex flavors of Guatemala El Injerto Ethiopia Landrace Natural. This rare lot of coffee is a Landrace variety from Ethiopia processed using the natural, or dry method, which locks in its unique flavors and sweetness. We love the intense fruit-forward notes this coffee is renowned for.

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Intelligentsia Coffee

Intelligentsia Coffee: Otoño Blend—Fall is here, and with it, the next release in our seasonal blend lineup. Otoño is inspired by the reflection that autumn brings, when nature reveals its texture and each step outdoors is a chance to slow down and observe a beautiful transition unfold. For these blend, ingredients were carefully selected from our menu by our coffee team and combine in a recipe designed to deliver the flavors of the season. The 2023 edition of Otoño features three In-Season lots from our single-origin menu and three of the world’s most celebrated coffee origins: our Ethiopia Washed Alaka, Kenya Kamviu, and Guatemala La Florida.

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Joe Coffee

Joe Coffee: Colombia La Familia Guarnizo—This coffee comes to us through a strong relationship between Joe Coffee and the El Paraiso growers’ association in Huila, Colombia. This bright and light-bodied selection was grown by a special group of El Paraiso’s member farmers: the Guarnizo family. Featuring notes of stone fruit and almonds with a medium acidity, this coffee is a customer favorite.

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Madcap Coffee Company

Madcap Coffee Company: Luis Reinoso—Luis Reinoso grows coffee in Tolima, Colombia, with his wife Yenni. Though this coffee bears his name, Luis is the first to emphasize that it’s an equal partnership between Yenni and himself. In this balanced cup of the Caturra and Bourbon varieties, expect notes of cherry, red apple, and nougat.

The Reinosos had the first coffee Madcap ever purchased from Colombia. Luis and Yenni operate on a small, secluded 11-hectare farm. There you’ll find Luis diligently keeping records while processing small batches and Yenni raking the drying coffee on top of the roof of their farmhouse.

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Monogram Coffee

Monogram Coffee: Floripondio—Grown in a tropical microclimate with a distinct terroir, Floripondio is an ideal farm for experimenting with growing different varieties of coffee. It is a breathtaking farm, growing incredible coffees, and under the guidance of the Rodriguez family the coffees are grown, harvested and processed with close attention to detail every step of the way. Floripondio is a batian coco natural that has super clean and juicy flavours of plum and nougat with a creamy body.

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Night Swim Coffee

Night Swim Coffee: Rosalio Gutierrez – Natural—Rosalio is a young producer from the Valle Inca cooperative, only 38 years old. He and his wife Gladys cultivate the 10 hectares they share, only 2.75 of which are dedicated to coffee production. The rest of their land is for products for their own consumption, including pastures for cattle and old-growth forest. This sun-dried, bourbon varietal comes to us from Cusco, Peru and the Valle Inca cooperative. Located in Calca (specifically the remote subregions Yanatile and Lares) in the south of Peru, they launched in 2014 and Red Fox Coffee Merchants have been buying coffee from them ever since. Where, at first, Valle Inca yielded small quantities that struggled to make the grade quality-wise, they’re now one of their biggest vendors in all of Peru, producing enviable quality.

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