Well-rounded acidity, good body, pleasant sweetness, good complexity, soft nutty characteristics, chocolate notes.
The fruit that comprises La Gladiola comes from the Western portion of the Tarrazu valley. The fruit is purchased from specific farmers, process it at La Minita's mill, Benefice del Rio Tarrazu and kept separate from their other trademark coffee beans. La Gladiola exhibits a wonderful acidity, good body with some citrus cocoa notes.
This is one unique south Indian coffee just by the monsooning process. Monsooned Malabar coffee beans are harvested, processed, and laid to age in monsoon weather (June through September), and this mellows the green coffee beans and turns them a golden tan. The resultant brew is akin to a dry wine and very earthy. Tasting it would make you imagine they processed nuts right along with the coffee, as it has a pronounced nutty flavor. AA is a coffee grading term referring to a specific, larger than normal bean size.
Fruity (one of the rare coffees that taste of oranges) and brightly nutty, with a smooth earthy base decorated with cocoa and floral overtones. Its abundance of flavors, both bright and subtle, contribute to the complexity of this specialty coffee. SHB means “strictly hard bean” and is used to refer to coffees grown at altitudes above 4,500 feet. These beans develop more slowly and are therefore harder and denser, it also effects the flavor.
Rwanda coffee flavor profiles have a very clean, crisp and balanced cup, with medium to lightly-heavy acidity (not as much as Kenya or Ethiopia). The cup is very well balanced, silky & complex, with jammy, spice, grape and vanilla notes.
Peaberries are known to produce sweeter flavors with slightly more acidity. Peaberry coffee has been gaining popularity in recent years due to the consistency of their roast profile and their distinct sweetness. Cupping notes: Well balanced, very sweet with hints of bright citrus flavors.
Bittering and sweet aspects of burned caramel, wheat cereal comes up, cocoa powder, molasses and chocolate malted grains. (0.75 pound in stock, more can be ordered if there is demand!)
I'm only taking orders for friends and family, and scheduling will depend on demand. I can only roast about a half pound at a time, usually max of 2 pounds a night and I consider that a full night of roasting.
If you're local to Columbia you can pick up your coffee for free. I prefer to package repeat local orders in 16 ounce (aboout 0.4 lb of coffee) or 32 ounce (about 0.8 lb of coffee) mason jars which you can return when empty to be cleaned and reused. If you only plan to order once or want to give it as a gift I can package it in a resealable valve bag for maximum freshness on request.
Coffee is at peak freshness up to two or three weeks after roasting, so it's best to plan to buy only what you'll consume in a couple of weeks (and if you are ordering coffee shipped take into account 3-5 days travel time).
Orders larger than 1 pound will likely need to be divided up over multiple varieties as my stock allows.
To place an order you can contact me via whatever messanging service you have me on!
If you are local, you can set up a subscription and I will rotate through my stock on a weekly or bi-weekly basis (maximum of about a pound a week depending on demand). You can pay per order or deposit money into your account and replenish as needed.
All my coffees are currently $14.97 / lb. I accept payments via Venmo and PayPal currently. If you have another preferred app let me know and I'll look into it.
| Weight | Estimated S&H | Estimated Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 lb | $4.50 | $11.99 |
| 0.68 lb | $4.50 | $14.68 |
| 1 lb | $8.00 | $22.97 |
| 2 lb | $8.21 | $38.15 |
| 3 lb | $8.21 | $53.12 |
| 4 lb | $8.21 | $68.09 |