A first-place prize winner in the 2005 Bolivia Cup of Excellence competition, where as a green (unroasted) coffee it attracted an impressive score of 93.5 from an international jury. Produced by farmer Juan de Dios Blanco from trees of the traditional typical variety of Arabica. Paradise Roasters prides itself on roasting and shipping coffee only after orders are placed, and has become a leading
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Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Natural Idido Misty Valley
A region of lush, rolling hills in south-central Ethiopia, Yirgacheffe is the most celebrated growing region for wet-processed Ethiopia coffee, meaning coffee that has been prepared by removing the fruit before the beans or seeds have been dried, resulting in a cleanly high-toned, intensely floral- and citrus-toned cup. The Yirgacheffe reviewed here, however, is a "natural" or dry-processed
Best of Panama Cafe Kotowa
Cafe Kotowa is produced by a third-generation farming family. This lot, a seventh-place prize winner in the 2005 Best of Panama competition, was grown at 5,500 feet on a farm overlooking the Pacific that was just awarded organic certification. Paradise Roasters prides itself on roasting and shipping coffee only after orders are placed. Its metaphoric mission is to bring some paradisiacal warmth
Brazil Yellow Bourbon
Yellow bourbon is a prestigious, heirloom variety of Coffea Arabica. Judging from the delicate, brightly complex cup, this coffee probably was processed by the pulped natural method, meaning the skin is removed from the coffee fruit immediately after picking, but the seeds or beans are dried with the sweet pulp, or fruit flesh, still adhering to them. Paradise Roasters prides itself on roasting
Espresso Nuevo
Paradise Roasters prides itself on roasting and shipping coffee only after orders are placed. Its metaphoric mission is to bring some paradisiacal warmth from the coffee-growing south to the cool environs of Minnesota. Visit www.paradiseroasters.com or call 763-433-0626 for more information.
Indian Mysore Nuggets
Mysore Nuggets Extra Bold is the highest grade of Indian wet-processed Arabica coffee, based on very large bean size and virtual absence of visual defects. Mysore is a traditional market name for coffee from south-central India, Extra Bold refers to the very large bean size, and Nuggets, I take it, has something to do with preciousness, as in nuggets of gold. Paradise Roasters prides itself on
Espresso Classico
Paradise Roasters prides itself on roasting and shipping coffee only after orders are placed. Its metaphoric mission is to bring some paradisiacal warmth from the coffee-growing south to the cool environs of Minnesota. Visit www.paradiseroasters.com or call 763-433-0626 for more information.