Guatemalan Coffee: a Rich Cup, a Rich History
Posted by Matthew on 6/11/2023 to
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Ah, coffee. The magical elixir that can sharpen you up enough to say “Quetzaltenango” five times in a row without stumbling. (Try it!). That’s the rather colourful name of the region in central Guatemala from which we source our cooperative-grown coffee.
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Papua New Guinea: Tribal Coffee
Posted by Matthew on 1/18/2023 to
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an immense and sparsely populated country northeast of Australia. It’s still quite wild. Mountainous and verdant, the island’s stunningly fertile soil tends to produce coffees with a crisp citrus acidity and rich with flavours of chocolate and tropical fruit.
Ethiopian Coffee Guide - Beans, Regions & Brewing Tips
Posted by Matthew on 12/13/2022 to
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If you are in the market for Ethiopian coffee, look no further. Coast to Coast Coffee has what you need for a delicious brew.
Bolivia: On the Rise
Posted by Matthew on 4/23/2022 to
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Bolivia has long been synonymous with the coca plant. For millennia, indigenous farmers in Bolivia's soaring Andes grew the leafy bush in terraced mountain gardens. The leaf is sacred to the Inca and other mountain peoples, who steeped it for tea and chewed it for an extra energy boost up where the air is thin.
Mexico: Right Down the Middle
Posted by Matthew on 11/3/2021 to
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‘Mexico’ is not where everyone’s mind goes when they think ‘coffee’. With places like Colombia, Ethiopia and Peru in the limelight, poor old Mexico sometimes gets… (sniff) … forgotten. Yet Mexico is the 9th largest coffee producer in the world.
Peru: Terroir in Abundance
Posted by Matthew on 6/4/2021 to
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Peru is an extremely diverse country. From the green rainforest of the Amazon to the golden beaches of the Pacific Ocean, from the arid Atacama Desert to the snow-peaked Andes, it holds a huge variety of landscapes and climactic regions.
Ethiopia: The Birthplace of Coffee
Posted by Matthew on 3/5/2021 to
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Coffee is Ethiopia’s biggest export. It produces almost a billion pounds of coffee per year and over a tenth of its citizens work in coffee production. The word "coffee" even derives from Kaffa – the name of a place in the southwestern Ethiopian Highlands where coffee was first discovered.
Nicaragua Café Femenino
Posted by Matthew on 3/1/2018 to
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Product Feature: Nicaragua Corcasan Café Femenino
We are excited to be offering a delicious new coffee from another Café Femenino certified cooperative in Nicaragua! This coffee is brought to you by the woman farmers of Corcasan.
Sumatra Café Femenino
Posted by Matthew on 5/5/2017 to
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Product Feature: Sumatra Café Femenino
We are super excited to be offering a fantastic new coffee from Sumatra. Not only is it delicious, but it’s also certified Café Femenino. This certification reflects a movement empowering women in remote coffee-growing regions – it ensures that the women coffee producers behind all Café Feminino products are recognized and fairly compensated for their work.