Posts made by Onyx

• Day 24: Colombia Huila Finca Samboni Gesha

  This is a washed coffee which has been fermented in a limited oxygen environment, elevating its tactile to silky and soft. As the Gesha offering of the Advent Calendar, this coffee lives at the gre...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:35 PM
• Day 23: Ethiopia Guji Bale Mountain Natural

  This natural lot comes to us from Red Fox Coffee. This archetypal lot from Guji sits on the border of washed and natural in terms of cup profile. With crisp pear and ripe raspberry, this coffee fro...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:35 PM
• Day 22: Bolivia Caranavi Matriarcas Project

  The Matriarcas project stands as a shining example of how sustainable and socially responsible practices can be integrated into the coffee industry to empower women and uplift communities. By visua...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:35 PM
• Day 21: Guatemala Las Nueces

  This is a coffee that took us by surprise. We visited our friend Raul Rodas who has helped form new relationships throughout Guatemala this season. This washed Pacas lot was on the table, with its ...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:34 PM
• Day 20: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Halo Lot #8

  This washed coffee from Halo is from our friend Abenezer at Origin Lands Coffee. This new venture has provided us with two of our favorite coffees of the season, this Halo and the Banko Gotiti lot ...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:34 PM
• Day 19: Honduras San Andres Lempa

  This is a beautiful and traditional lot from some new friends in San Andres, Honduras. Sitting right on the border of El Salvador and Honduras, San Andres is home to many small (and large) producer...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:33 PM
• Day 18: Burundi Long Miles Gaharo Natural

  This natural processed coffee comes to us from our friends at Long Miles Coffee Project. For years, they’ve aided in the production at the Bukeye and Heza stations, and we are thrilled to hav...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:33 PM
• Day 17: Mexico Finca Las Chicharras Natural

  This is a lively natural-processed lot from our friend Tim at Bodhi Leaf coffee. Exceeding the expected profile of coffees from this region, Las Chicharras is deeply complex and sweet, reminding us...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:33 PM
• Day 16: Ethiopia Gedeb Gotiti

  Washed coffees from the Gedeb region are often shining examples of why Ethiopia is the north star for processing and cultivation. This offering from Banko Gotiti fits the mold of the archetype of w...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:32 PM
• Day 15: Kenya Kagunyu AA Natural

  The Kagunyu factory is a legendary station we visited three years ago. Since, they’ve reserved some of their raised bed space to produce naturals like this one. A shining example of the innov...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:32 PM
• Day 14: Panama Creativa Giovana Boutet Anaerobic

  This anaerobic natural processed by our friends at Creativa Coffee District checks all the boxes we love about anaerobic processing. Layered, complex, and immensely sweet, this Catuai reminds us of...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:31 PM
• Day 13: Krampus PB

  This is a peaberry selection from the Rungeto Factory in the Kii cooperative of Kenya. Each season, the Rungeto factory will bulk it’s peaberry from the peak outturns, giving us the ability t...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:30 PM
• Day 12: Ethiopia Gedeb Beriti Natural

  This organic coffee from Gedeb Beriti boasts all the fruit notes we love about natural processed coffee. Dried within the cherry, this coffee is enveloped within complex fruit esters and sucrose, g...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:30 PM
• Day 11: El Salvador Santa Rosa

  This coffee is the pinnacle of immaculate processing meets variety. Processed by Jorge Rivera, this washed Pacamara offers up delicate florals like rose, braced by the tart acidity and sweetness of...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:29 PM
• Day 10: Kenya Muthingini AA

  Grown and processed in Kirinyaga County, this AA lot from the Muthingini station hits all the marks for a citric and sweet Kenyan coffee. This coffee was included in Advent to highlight the range o...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:29 PM
• Day 9: El Salvador Santa Rosa Honey

  This deeply sweet, honey processed coffee from the Northern Chalatenango Mountains is one of our favorite annual offerings. Finca Santa Rosa is owned by our good friend, Jorge Rivera, whom we have ...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:28 PM
• Day 8: Guatemala Finca Travesia Natural

  This natural lot is mostly a yellow-bourbon variety grown in beautiful Antigua on Finca Travesia. We included this coffee in Advent to show the broader range of coffee within Guatemala, and this co...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:28 PM
• Day 7: Burundi Long Miles Gaharo Hill

  This washed coffee comes to us from our friends at Long Miles Coffee Project. For years, they’ve aided in the production at the Bukeye and Heza stations, and we are thrilled to have partnered...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:28 PM
• Day 6: Costa Rica Las Lajas Black Honey

  This is a deeply complex honey processed coffee produced by our friends at Las Lajas. The result of this type of fermentation and drying practice creates intense sweetness and clean, silky textures...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:27 PM
• Day 5: Mexico Puebla Zapotitlan #2

  Grown by small-holder producers and sourced and assembled by our friends at Red Fox coffee, this Zapotitlan lot is the archetypal washed lot from Mexico we chose to feature within the Advent Calend...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:27 PM
• Day 4: Colombia Aponte Village

  This unique offering has become foundational in our Colombia coffee sourcing programs for the last six years. Farmed by the Inga indigenous community, these coffees are intensely sweet like honey, ...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:26 PM
• Day 3: Kenya Gichathaini AA

  This AA lot is a screen separation of large side seeds, lending a more juicy profile than their smaller counterparts. Grown in Nyeri and processed at the legendary Gichathaini station, this coffee ...

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  Onyx
  11/16/23, 4:22 PM
• Day 1: Framily

  We are excited to include our seventh edition of this heartwarming Holiday coffee that embodies the joy of spending time with friends and family. This washed coffee from Banko Gotiti is a developed...

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  Onyx
  11/8/23, 11:57 AM
• Day 2: Ethiopia Hambela Bishan Fugu

  This washed coffee from the famous Hambela Estate reflects just why we love coffees produced from the Adinews. Each year we include both washed and natural processed coffees from METAD within the A...

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  Onyx
  11/8/23, 11:55 AM