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As you might know, starting 01of June we re-open the shop. We have some information for you regarding the re-opening. The following ‘rules’ will apply starting June 1st, however we also follow the basic rules as stated by the government that already everyone knows. NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED since we only have limited capacityWhen you come to the...

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Shakisso coffees have classic and pronounced Guji profiles, including: citrics, florals, and stonefruits. Haile is the Godfather of Guji coffee and founder of Shakisso: a 640-hectare semi-forest farm. Shakisso coffees are Organic, RainForest Alliance, FairTrade USA certified. Coffee is Haile’s enemy and his friend. At the age of 10, Haile Gebre...

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Huehuetenango is well-known for its high altitude and consistent weather patterns. The region lies at a nexus of hot air sweeping eastwards from the Plains of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico and cool air rushing down from the Cuchumantanes Mountains. The meeting of this hot and cold air creates a microclimate that keeps frost in check and enables...

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Don Reginaldo started working as a child in the coffee farms of his family. As a 24 year old he bought his first farm of 4mz.Together with his wife they had 5 children before they needed to leave Nicaragua during the war of the eighties. In December 1990 they returned and started working on the farm again, production was really low in the first couple of...

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This uncompromising coffee is an ideal example of what a good small estate coffee can be. Where most coffee farmers join a cooperative who offers the coffee together with lots from other farmers at multiple exporting companies, this lot from EVANS ESTATE is the result of a collaboration with Kenyacof/Sucafina. The coffee gets milled at the Sucafina dry...