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Biloya Natural
The Kochere district is one of the districts in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gedeo Zone, Kochere is bordered on the east by Gedeb, on the southwest by the Oromia Region, and on the north by Yirgacheffe, all well-know coffee-producing regions. Kochere is a diverse woreda which is made up primarily by three ethnic groups, the Gedeo, the Oromo, and the Amhara, in order of population. The coffees produced in this area are consistently some of the most beautiful coffees grown in the world thanks to the unique combination of the local environment, coffee genetics, and processing methods. Numerous variables come together to develop the unique flavors present in this coffee. First, the coffee is grown at noticeably high altitude, around 1700 meters above sea level. Temperatures stay cool, with average highs around 70 degrees Fahrenheit and lows around 60. Additionally the varieties, Kumie Diga, and Wilsho make up this coffee, which are all local varieties to this area of Ethiopia. This may account for what makes this coffee stand out, as these are not common to any other area of the world. Lastly, this coffee is processed carefully using typical dry processing methods. To process this natural coffee, the coffee arrives to the Kocherie Beloya washing station where it is first sorted by hand to select the densest cherries. It is then taken to raised beds where the coffee is dried for up to 21 days. After drying, the coffee is milled and ready to be shipped off. Naturally processed Ethiopian coffees are often the coffees that stand out for the profound sweetness and fruit notes, and this one stands up to that.
- 12oz Whole Bean $16.95
Hambela
Seventy-five kilometers beyond Yirgacheffe, deep in the heart of some of Ethiopia's best coffee country, is where you will find the rich, fruit-forward coffees of the two-hundred hectare Hambela farm. Hambela includes a washing station, dry mill, drying beds and a large warehouse, all in the Oromia state of Guji. This site is managed by METAD, a family company founded by community leader Aman Adinew, that has worked closely with our importer friends at Balzac Brothers over the last few years. METAD owns Africa's first SCA-certified quality control lab and the company provides post-harvest training and health benefits to its employees. Between the Gedeb and Hambela washing stations, METAD is employing a total of twenty-eight permanent staff members and seven-hundred seasonal employees. Over seventy percent of these staff members are women. Search Newsletter Signup.
- 12oz Whole Bean $16.95
Iglesias
- 12 Oz Whole Beans $15.95
Villa Ines - Colombia
Villa Ines comes to us from Rodrigo Pelaez in Neiras, Caldas, Colombia. Pelaez began focusing on naturally processing his coffee about three years ago when the Colombian Coffee Federation altered its policies regarding exportable coffee. After a few years of hard work and experimentation with Cereza Coffee (exporter), Pelaez has developed a Colombian natural that is one of the more unique natural coffees we have ever had. There is clarity in the acidity that may remind you of a fruity lollipop paired with a subtle chocolate fudge sweetness. During the harvest, pickers are paid premiums to ensure that they only pick ripe cherries. Once the pickers deliver cherries, single mothers are employed to serve as a second filter to, once again, ensure that only the ripest cherries are used. After this, the cherries are floated in water to remove the less dense cherries that float. At this point they are readying for pre-drying. Once the short pre-dry phase is complete, the coffee cherries enter the drying silos. Here they are dried in intervals over the course of three weeks. Thanks to Joey Wein and the team at Cereza Coffee for bringing us this unique, vibrant coffee! Search Newsletter Signup.
- 12 Oz Whole Beans $16.25
Heavyweight — Blend
Heavyweight has been a mainstay on our menu from day one of roasting. Whether it is a drip coffee at one of the many restaurants or hotels around Charleston or a cold brew from the tap on Beaufain Street, chances are, if you've had Second State Coffee, you've had Heavyweight. While the components have changed over the years, the roast profile and resulting tasting notes remain the same. This year, we welcome the return of Finca La Cascada as the primary component of our Heavyweight blend. Unlike previous versions of Heavyweight, this year we now know more about where this coffee is coming from and the impressive labor and detail that goes into its processing. As a part of the recent trip to Antioquia with Balzac Brothers, De Los Andes (non-profit co-op) welcomed our group to their dry mill as well as their brand new wet mill. I was able to enjoy multiple cupping sessions with the quality control team at De Los Andes as well as take a fascinating tour around their large dry mill facility. De Los Andes works with more than 3, 539 partners around Antioquia and play a major role in the economic success of each town and city in the region. We look forward to pairing this classic washed Colombian profile with our Brazilian natural to complete our Heavyweight Blend through the rest of 2019. We hope you find this coffee to be approachable, consistent, and full of sweetness no matter how you brew and consume it! - Austin Heflin, Head Roaster/Green Coffee Buyer.
- 12 Oz Whole Bean $14.95
Decaf
All decaffeinators utilize the same steps to accomplish the extraction of caffeine from green coffee. The steps include Steaming, Hydration, Extraction and Drying. All of the steps are done in 3 primary pieces of equipment. First is the Pre-treatment tank, second is the Extractor and the last step is done in the Dryer. Each piece of equipment is designed to specifically achieve a desired result. The internal design differentiates the decaffeinated coffee processors. Our proprietary DFE Decaf Process ® design enhancements provide the platform necessary to achieve coffee decaffeination with considerably less drain on resources. By reducing the amount of resources and energy required to produce our decaffeinated coffee, we have drastically reduced our carbon footprint once again. Our proprietary DFE Process ® has positioned QUSAC as the leader in the decaf industry for the lowest carbon emissions. By using Green Chemistry, our DFE Decaf Process ® has achieved the incredible results in our flavour profiles. Our team has determined the optimal parameters to target the caffeine with surgical precision and remove it from the green coffee beans. We named this step Target Specific Extraction Technology (TSET). TSET not only extracts the caffeine with surgical precision, it can also be used to extract unwanted mould and fungi such as the one responsible for the production of naturally occurring chemical compounds known as Mycotoxins. The end result is a decaffeinated coffee overflowing with its natural flavours. Our DFE Decaffeinated coffee is the best tasting decaf with the lowest carbon footprint and presents the consumer with a decaffeinated cup of coffee that is free of pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers. Our decaffeinated coffee is clean, fresh, healthy and eco-friendly. It is the socially responsible choice. – Qusac Decaf Search Newsletter Signup.
- 12 Oz Whole Bean $15.50
Second State Matcha
$10.00
A custom blend of a traditional Japanese matcha, ginger, yuzu peel, rosemary, coriander, and grapefruit.