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This is a natural Anaerobic red Catuai, that has undergone a double anaerobic fermentation. This is a method Jhon Alvarado has developed to increase the maximize the flavor complexity in the coffee. Jhon ”Jhonny” Alvarado comes from a family of coffee farmers. Many of his brothers farm as well, in the same region – Brunca. This fairly unknown region...

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Established in 1969, the Kaiguri factory is located near the town of Kaiguri in Kenya’s Nyeri region. Besides the SL 28, SL 34, Ruiru 11 and Baitan coffee varieties, other crops grown by farmers here are maize, beans, arrow roots, sweet potato and potato. Farmers producing specifically for Kaiguri have planted a variety of shade trees inlcuding:...

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Osito has been working with Sookoo’s founder, Ture Waji, since our earliest days sourcing coffee in Ethiopia. Ture and his brother, Assefa, founded Sookoo (legally, Dambi Uddo Agro Industry) in late 2018/early 2019. In that same harvest, Osito delivered to Dambi Uddo their very first registered purchase contract. Ever considering ways to pursue...

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Some of you might remember our Nicaraguan single family lots, traceable farm lots that we offered from 2015 to 2018. Sadly, because grave mismanagement of our then export ally, we had to pull out and leave this country which we hold so dear – but it was when Arjan van der Hoek from Bean Brothers introduced ThisSideUp to Rina and René Paguaga...