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Deeper Roots Coffee Roasters

Featured in September 2014 Box

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Roaster
Deeper Roots Coffee Roasters
Cincinnati, Ohio
Producer
Finca San Diego Buena Vista
Origin
South Kivu, DR of Congo
Varieties
Bourbon
Elevation
1,460-2,000
Meters Above Sea Level
Process
Washed, Sun-dried

Featured in April 2013 Box

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Roaster
Deeper Roots Coffee Roasters
Cincinnati, Ohio
Producer
Productores Agroecologicos Santa Marta y Perija, farmed by 600 smallholder farmers
Origin
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Perija, Colombia
Varieties
Caturra, Colombia
Elevation
1100-1700
Meters Above Sea Level
Process
Washed
Our Notes
This lovely coffee opens with the sweetness of turbinado sugar. Notes of honeydew balance a round, candied orange acidity. It finishes sweet like strawberry preserves.

Colombia's coastal mountains are rich with indigenous culture. And thanks to Productores Agroecologicos Santa Marta y Perija (ANEI), these cultures have been rescued from near extinction. Since 1995, ANEI has brought 600 indigenous families into a sustainable farming cooperative. Together, they've revitalized the local economy and helped foster traditional culture in everyday life, with more and more members returning to traditional garb, language, and ceremonial practice. They've also made a damn good coffee, with a sweet opening of turbinado sugar that discovers a candied orange acidity tinged with honeydew, then finishes sweet as strawberry jam.