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 medium roast creating complex cocoa notes mixed with sweet berry cobbler-like flavors. Designed to accommodate the coffee nerd or the heavy-handed cream and sugar in-laws...you're welcome, my friends.

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 Advent calendar, and we are happy to include lot from Bishan Fugu. Expect elevated notes of peach and white tea, with a bright green grape acidy and florals to tie it all together.

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 hits all the marks of a fantastic washed Kenyan coffee, making it our favorite within the Advent Calendars deep selection of Kenyan coffees. Expect notes of vibrant citrus, with a juicy mouthfeel throughout.

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, accompanied by an underlying fruit pulp and floral nature. Advent season is not complete without this stellar favorite of ours from Narino.

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 Calendar. This lot begins sweet and slightly herbal up front, but cools into a spiced experience of walnut and dried fruit.

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 in the cup. With flavor notes of malty fruits and floral honey, this coffee conflates progressive experimentation with traditional cultivation, making it a great offering to feature within the Advent lineup this season.

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 with them on this Gaharo lot. Expect notes of plum, and heavy caramelized sugars throughout the drinking experience.

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 coffee definitely showcases this with notes of melon and mixed berries, with a bright acidity. Expect this to be a fruit-forward showcase, highlighting the expanding processes and coffees of Guatemala.

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 been working with for many years. Concord grape is the most forward note in the cup & starts the journey of this complex flavor profile.

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 of Kenyan coffee, with its bright orange notes and almost sparkling acidity.

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 white grape and fig. We consider Jorge to be one of the seminal relationships for Onyx in Central America, and we are excited to feature his washed Pacamara in Advent.

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, giving it a concentrated sweetness. This macro-lot from Ethiopia is produced by our friends and collaborators at METAD coffee, who are vital to our Ethiopian program.

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 to create our seasonal single-origin known as Krampus. Well-developed and dense, this coffee boasts burned citrus and deep chocolate notes… all feature on what some consider to be the unlucky number of Day 13.

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 ripe mangos and chocolate truffle, with the complexity and tactile of a cabernet. Lots from Creativa tend to be bombastic and fruit-forward, making them a fun shake up selection for the calendar lineup.

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 innovation of simplicity, this natural from Kagunyu is tropical fruit laden, reminiscent of peaches and honeycomb in sweetness.

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 washed coffees, reminding us of fresh melon, delicate jasmine, finishing with lasting orange and cardamom. As with most washed Ethiopian offerings, we thoroughly enjoy these coffees for their utility both as espresso or filter brews.

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 of mixed berries and plum, making it an easy addition to the Advent lineup.

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 have partnered with them on this Gaharo lot. Some will notice this is the natural accompaniment of the Gaharo washed lot, a fun addition to Advent as it spans the most of the processing methods offered. Maybe next year we’ll feature a honey-processed Gaharo lot…

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) producers who have produced coffee for many, many years. Last season we began to purchase microlots, blending some to create the Lempa blend. This macrolot reminds us of candied pecan and oranges, with a juicy and lingering mouthfeel.

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 that consists of Framily. Featuring Halo #8 within Advent was an easy choice, as it is one of those all-time great washed lots with notes like peach, lime, and honey.

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 vibrant notes of melon and caramel. We visited the producers to find this lot is being grown at over 2000 MASL, making it some of the highest grown Pacas we have ever seen.

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 visualizing women's work, empowering them through education and leadership development, and improving their quality of life, the project creates a positive cycle of progress and equality within Bolivia. This coffee, featured in our Doyenne subscription, was an easy offering to include within the Advent lineup, highlighting the hard work of these producers.

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 from Bale mountain is clean and sweet in only the way that coffees from Guji can be.

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 great intersection of elevated comfort. With notes of white flower and cane sugar, this coffee is crisp, clean, and floral.