Caturdays Artist Series
Caturdays Artist Series
Process: Natural
Acidity: Bright
Body: Juicy
Taste Like: Raspberry, Vanilla, Cranberry
Elevation: 1850 MSAL
"Gilmer Mejia operates the beautiful Finca Ecológica Agua Colorada, a farm his father, Filadelpo Cordova Mejia, acquired for growing coffee in 1990. It is a 7-hectare plot, on which 4 hectares grow Caturra and other common varieties. Wilmer is sure to pick all his coffees ripe and by hand, as they mature under the protection of wild shade trees. He uses compost and guano to fertilize his farm, and uses no herbicides. Gilmer is a young and innovative producer who is committed to and passionate about quality in every way, from the anagement of his farm to the final taste in the cup."
- Cafe Imports
The beginning of June coms with another local artist takeover, featuring illustrative work made by our lead roaster, Katrina Heinrichs. She is a lover of cats and coffee, and is happy to blend the two in her creations of the artwork and the roast. A portion of each bag sold will to to Wichita Animal Action League. WAAL is dedicated to rescuing animals in crisis and supporting the human-animal bond through proactive and nonjudgmental community outreach programs designed to keep pets out of shelters and in loving homes, to provide access to veterinary services for all, and to reduce the staggering pet overpopulation crisis in our community.
NOTES FROM THE IMPORTER
Cafe imports
Cupping Notes: Cooked plum with mellow caramel, burnt sugar, and jammy nectarine flavours. Juicy malic acidity and sugary sweetness.
Kindeng Mill
This coffee comes to us from the Kindeng Dry Mill, located in the Jikawa province of Papua New Guinea. It is a blend of coffee purchased in cherry from about 1500 multiple smallholders located in the Kindeng and Arufa municipalities. The average farm size of producers in this area is about 1-2 hectares, and the soil is generally sandy loam and loamy clay. After cherries are received at the mill, they are processed accordingly and dried on raised beds and canvasses. They are moved multiple times a day throughout the average 1-month drying process to ensure an even and uniform average moisture content across the lot. Once the coffee is adequately dried, it is placed into bags, stored in a cool and dry warehouse, hulled, milled, and prepped for export.
Community Select
Part of our stratified buying approach, these community select lots are mostly larger lots of coffee with an elevated profile above our signature coffees. Generally these are blended lots from various producers from a single community in a specific coffee growing region in the world. These lots offer an increased level of traceability and often are a result of small-holder producers banding together in an official or unofficial structure to sell their coffees together. Café Imports is able to blend specific day lots to create a desired profile working closely with these farmers.
