This is a sampling of a few coffees Zephyr has, is getting, usually get... depending on availability, cup quality or time of the year. Click on the link above to see Zephyr's current offerings.
Australia Mountain Top Fancy
This coffee sings as a single origin espresso. Caramel apples! Each box (yes, box) contains two vacuum-sealed 10Kg bags (total of 44lb.).
Brazil Siriema Cerrado
Sweet chocolate. Bit of nuttiness.classic Santos.
Brazil 17/18 FC SS Moreninha Formosa– sun-dried full natural
Drying on African beds takes the risk out of full natural Brazils. Chocolate covered cherries. Another perfect choice for espresso. Read more about this coffee.
Fazenda Pedra Grande de Monte Santo de Minas 100% bourbon- Old bourbons from Sul de Minas from a very Central American looking Fazenda. Remarkably full-bodied, unbelievably sweet, rich and chocolaty. Full natural, dried on raised African beds.
Costa Rica Herbazu Estate Naranjo
Another coffee that we have been chasing after for years. Herbazu was an early leader in the micro-mill revolution that has hit Costa Rica. Their small production has been snapped up every year, well in advance of the harvest. The cup may surprise you with its winey, Kenya-like acidity.
Costa Rica Las Trojas Superior
Nice citrus acidity, clean, medium body. Everyone's a winner!.
El Salvador Pulped Natural San Emilio 100% Bourbon
Hello sweetness. Practically a Guatemalan by geography and altitude, but actually grown just north of San Salvador in Quezaltepeque (not to be confused with Quezaltepeque in Guatemala) with 100% bourbon pulped natural sweetness. Grown at 1400-1600 meters, pulped on the farm, dried on traditional brick patios (do they exist anywhere but el Salvador?) then brought down to the steam-powered dry mill (huh?). This stuff takes a good hand at the roaster, unbelievably dense but worth the wait. Thick, syrupy, sweeeeeeet, fizzy acidity.
Ethiopia Harrar "A-1"
Chalked full on dark fruit....lots & lots of it. Nice acidity up front. Solid cupper Named after the Zephyr crew's favorite retail location on Magazine street.
Ethiopia Washed Sidamo SCFCU Certified Organic Fair Trade
Assam tea with lots of lemon and sugar - the only way to describe this gem from Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. Sweet juicy acidity, tea-like mouthfeel, lemons and lemon blossoms, floral goodness. NOP Certified Organic.
Ethiopia Natural Sidamo Shanta Golba Certified Organic Fair Trade
Sweet, super-floral and tea-like, raspberries, cherries, lemons, with very nice acidity. The Shanta Golba coop is a member of Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. NOP Certified Organic.
Ethiopia Washed Sidamo Shanta Golba Certified Organic Fair Trade
Amazing jasmine notes with lemon highlights. The Shanta Golba coop is a member of Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. NOP Certified Organic.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Certified Organic Fair Trade OROMIA
We like this lot!, with good acidity, thick body and enduring sweetness. From Oromia Coffee Farmers Union. NOP Certified Organic.
Guatemala Genuine Antigua Acate
Super-thick and chewy, sweet cocoa, strawberries, nice acidity, and very clean. We like it.
Guatemala Genuine Antigua Pastoral
This year's model: good acidity and balanced body, cocoa, and wild strawberries (as in, fraises du bois, not Blanche). From our pals at FEDECOCAGUA.
Guatemala El Progresso SHB EP
From the Santa Isabel and Santa Rosa farms. Sweet, chocolatey coffee with good acidity and body to match.
Guatemala Huehuetenango SHB
If you don’t like intense ripe, winey, fruity acidity, don’t ask for a Huehue. Enough said. From our pals at FEDECOCAGUA.
Guatemala Huehuetenango El Injerto Estate
What can you say about this farm that has not already been said? Arturo Sr. and Jr. continue cranking out what I consider to be the best coffee in all of Guatemala. It certainly cups different then other Huehues. It lacks the fruitiness one associates with the region, but gives back body and dark cocoa balanced by frisky acidity. This coffee is a classic and the year-to-year consistency in the cup, a marvel. www.fincaelinjerto.com
Guatemala SHB Asociación Chajulense Certified Organic Fair Trade
A bit of spice, a hint of fruit in the fragrance, sweet with moderate and balanced acidity. From Asociación Chajulense Va’l Vaq Quyol (say that 3 times fast), a coop established in 1990 by ethnic Maya Ixil farmers in Chajul, El Quiche. More info about the producers. Grown 1500 meters up the hill. NOP Certified Organic.
India Monsooned Malabar AA
Some roasters see this as espresso crema panacea. Dry-process arabica beans are exposed to monsoonal moisture in open-walled warehouses, then dried and sorted a second time. The beans swell up and become ghostly pale, and pick up a profound musty/peppery flavor with hints of cedar. Not for the timid. Makes a great blend with other bold coffees (especially Sumatra and Sulawesi) and really does work well as an espresso component.
India Mysore Nuggets Extra Bold
India produces some excellent coffees. Mostly they get press for what they do with robusta, as well as the whole monsooning thing. Plus they have nuclear weapons and aren't afraid to test them. Well, don't forget the washed arabicas. Mysore Nuggets are the big boys - 19 screen beans from the Baba Budan region of Chikmagalur. Sweet, spicey, good body, ridiculous name.
Jamaica Blue Mountain Mavis Bank Grade 1
So you're ready to sell the cow and buy a barrel of JBM; why choose Mavis Bank Coffee Factory instead of one of the other mills? Well, Mavis Bank has history (opened in 1920, and the family that started it has been growing coffee on Blue Mountain since 1885. MBCF is one of the two largest mills in Jamaica (you can guess the name of the other, and between the two they acccount for at least 75% of all certified Blue Mountain coffee); what is notable is that MBCF is located about 3000 feet above sea level, not at sea level down in Kingston, so the coffee isn't subject to the fading and cup degradation we see in samples from other mills. Most of Mavis Bank's coffee goes to Japan, so we are fortunate to have some on our offering list. Smooth, mild, sweet, good body, a bit floral.
Java Arabica Blawan Estate
Blawan is one of the four old-school government estates. Cup is thick and heavy, hint o' chocolate and spice; classic!
Mexico SHG EP Pluma Oaxaca 'don Eduardo'
A sweet, smooth-cupping Mex, just like mom used to make.
Nicaragua Limoncillo Estate
Lush thick mollasses body, sugar cane sweet, hints of bright peach and apple. More information about this farm. I fell down a hillside here a couple of years ago - with at least 4 witnesses - but I would hike there again.
Nicaragua Apanas UCASUMAN Certified Organic Fair Trade
Located on Lake Apanas, this small co-op has been producing surprisingly good coffee the past few years despite their limited resources. Member farms average two hectares with wet milling done with hand-cranked depulpers. The coffee cups somewhere between a Matagalpa/Jinotega and a Segovia, which is in keeping with their geographic locale. Check out their fancy website! http://www.ucasanjuanriococo.com/index.html. NOP Certified Organic.
Nicaragua Apanas UCA San Juan del Rio Coco Certified Organic Fair Trade
The municipality of San Juan del Rio Coco is so far north of Jinotega it is practically in Honduras. The UCA San Juan del Rio Coco is a union of eight cooperatives comprised of 309 small producers (64 women, 245 men) producing certified organic coffees. Their coffee leans toward the Segovia style, with nice body, good acidity, and sweet with hints of cocoa and spice. NOP Certified Organic.
Nicaragua Placeres Estate
Pure Matagalpa single estate coffee. A beautiful farm with copious shade, practically a museum of Nicaraguan coffee history. The cup, rich deep and tobacco; crisp with cognac aftertaste. Visit the Placeres website: http://smierisch.googlepages.com/fincalosplaceres2.
Panama Carmen Estate
Yup, Carmen. About as good as it gets in the non-gesha variety. Taking reservations now. Not cheap, but auctions indicate it is worth so much more. The Paso Ancho of Volcan is producing some of the best coffees in Central America these days. Did we mention this is a Rainforest Alliance certified coffee? And they put up a website: www.panamacarmencoffee.com.
Panama Paso Ancho
The micro-region of Paso Ancho (One particular hill in the Volcan region) produces coffee of amazing character. Until Carlos at Carmen Estate started his own micro-mill a few years back, most these coffees got lost into ‘big lots’ or became part of the well-known Florentina coffee. As Carmen Estate has a very limited production, we asked Carlos a couple years ago if he could start buying some of his neighbor’s coffee and process it for us as Paso Ancho coffee. Same microclimate, soil, elevation (up to 1900m) and tree varieties… same great coffee. Coffees from Paso Ancho are full of aroma, flavor, body and acidity.
Peru Certified Organic Fair Trade
We work with a lot of different coops in Norte, including Aprocassi, El Milagro, Cenfrocafe, Incahuasi, Bosques Verdes, Lonya Grande.... our goal - balanced coffee with good body, some acidity, a nice clean cup, and a reasonable price for FTO. NOP Certified Organic.
Sumatra Mandheling Grade 1 "Old School"
An in-between Sumatra prep. Huge rich body, earthy but not musty, herbal, clean enough to be roasted light, enough Sumatra character to burn to a crisp. Dope.
Tanzania Peaberry North
Proud to be a peaberry. Good acidity, nice body, oranges and organge blossoms.
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