We stopped into one of our friends in Tanzania who manages a high-end Arabica coffee farm, Africa Plantation Kilimanjaro, to cup coffees and discuss the future of specialty coffee in Tanzania. Coffee here is world-class and so are the people who grow the stuff. The operation was extremely impressive and ethically sound: from owner to coffee-picker, we saw smiles the whole way through, along with a deep commitment to growing some of the world’s finest coffee.
A month ago, we invested a very small, super high quality batch offering from Costa Rica, Coto Brus. It was the third in our newest Spring 2017 SOLO (Single Origin Limited Offering) Series, and one of our most ambitious.
This weekend we set our sails west for the Emerald City—Seattle, Washington—for the biggest convention in coffee, the 2017 Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Expo. It got interesting.
On Tuesday, two boxes arrived to our roastery with grasshoppers on them.
They made us really, really excited.
Why? Because what was inside these boxes wasn't some insectarium but instead sat some of the world's finest Costa Rican washed single-origin coffee on the market, part of Royal Import's Crown Jewel offerings.
The aroma. The flavor. Is that a note of blueberry muffin I taste? Strawberries and Cream? Cocoa? On Monday, our Hunter Bay team roasted and cupped some of the world’s finest coffees from Ethiopia, and a few others.
We checked in Hunter Bay employee, Creative Movement Ambassador, and coffee expert Levi Chagnon about his time sourcing coffee in Tanzania, East Africa. Here's what he had to say.
Check out our newest Creative Movement Ambassador, photographer and outdoorsman Brian Christianson. Interview here.
"We are Hunter Bay" is a special series of staff profiles, to celebrate our 25th year anniversary and share the passionate, creative people that have helped crank out exceptional coffee for over two decades. This is our sixth installment (#01 - Scotley Pedersen; #2 - Halsey Kordonowy; #3 - Kailtyn Mortensen; #4 - Andrew Goodrich; #5 - Rob Young).
"We are Hunter Bay" is a special series of staff profiles, to celebrate our 25th year anniversary and share the passionate, creative people that have helped crank out exceptional coffee for over two decades. This is our fifth installment.
Check out our latest video from Creative Movement Ambassador