[Oct 3] Legends of Excellence Cupping: Cup of Excellence Coffees, Little Neck NY

Roast Level: Light Variety: Laurina Process: Natural Region: Acatenango, Guatemala Elevation: 1,550 m We taste: Baked pink lady apple, Cinnamon pie Santa Felisa sits at 1,550 m in Guatemala’s Acatenango Valley. The farm was established in 1904 and is run today by the fourth generation of the…

Two washed coffees from the 2025 COCARIVE Specialty Coffee Competition in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Both bags come whole bean. COCARIVE is a coffee cooperative based in Carmo de Minas, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, and every farm that sells through it is certified by the Brazilian Specialty Coffee…

Roast Level: Light Variety: Bourbon Process: Washed Region: Kayanza Province, Burundi Elevation: 1900m We taste: Fresh strawberry, lime acidity, tea-like, super clean In Kirundi, incuti means relative, and it can also mean friend. The name fits. When one man heard about JNP Coffee’s Dushime program…

Roast Level: Light Variety: Ethiopia Landrace Process: Washed Region: Guji, Oromia, Ethiopia Elevation: 2316 m We taste: R aspberry, key lime, hibiscus Yabitu Koba comes to us from Guji's Uraga district in Ethiopia's Oromia region. Oromia is the largest region of Ethiopia, home to more than 30…

Roast Level: Light Variety: Red Obatã Process: Washed Region: Minas Gerais, Brazil Elevation: 1150 m We taste: Lemon drop, chamomile, honey This lot comes from Sítio da Torre in Minas Gerais, Brazil, grown by the Coli Siblings. A Washed Red Obatã, it placed 9th in the Pulped Natural category at the…

Roast Level: Light Variety: Yellow Catucai Process: Washed Region: Dom Viçoso, Minas Gerais Elevation: 1,200 m We taste: Yuzu, chamomile, cashew, juicy This Yellow Catucai comes from Fazenda Boa Vista, a farm on the slopes of the Serra da Mantiqueira that's been growing coffee since the 1880s. It…

Roast Level: Medium-Light We taste: Grapefruit, raspberry, nectarines, cinnamon freshness in aftertaste, heavy body Region : Chiriquí, Panama Elevation : 1600M Process : Enzyflow Washed Varietal : Caturra This Caturra comes from the Hachi Coffee Project, a collaboration between Diego Bermudez of…

Roast Level: Medium We taste: Lemon, black tea, red fruit Elevation : 1700-1800m Varietals : Ethiopian Heirloom Milling Process : Fully Washed Drying Process : Raised beds From the birthplace of coffee comes this delightful offering from Sidamo, Ethiopia. Grown at low densities under the shade of…