COFFEE LONG SEASON

María Cenaida Flor started growing coffee about 20 years ago through a school coffee programme and now farms it alongside fruit trees, cassava and maize. Only bright-yellow ripe cherries are picked, every 15 days, then fermented 28 hours in cherry and 24 hours after pulping and dried for about 14 days in a parabolic dryer kept under 35 °C. Exported through Banexport. 150 g.

Papaya, yellow peach, ginger, spice

Exporter SNAP built a washing station in 2019 in Danche, a small Chelbesa village, after falling for the area's coffee; around 1,300 neighbouring households deliver cherry there. A clean natural with Darjeeling-like florals and rounded plum and grape. Green coffee shared by Coffee County. 150 g.

Darjeeling, plum, grape

Malawi Geisha is a variety carried to Malawi and close to Typica: mild and balanced, with Geisha-like florals, lemony fruit and a caramel and honey finish. Grown at Buena Vista in Antigua by Luis Pedro Zelaya, who also manages around 20 other Antigua farms with single-variety plots, managed shade and day-by-day micro-lots. 150 g.

Floral, lemon, caramel, honey

Job grew up in his father's coffee business, worked abroad, and on returning to Honduras in 2008 used his savings to buy more land. Friends talked him into entering the Cup of Excellence, where he placed second, and he has put the last 13 years entirely into coffee. Green coffee shared by Coffee County. 150 g.

Apricot, green apple, cane sugar, cocoa

"Thunguri" means "hill" in Kikuyu. 1,057 smallholders in the Mukurwe-ini valley grow for this factory, founded in 1961, which has its own wet mill, drying tables for 40 t of parchment and a dry mill. The shop chose the AB grade to soften Kenya's heft and add complexity. Green coffee shared by Coffee County. 150 g.

Cassis, raisin, brown sugar, yellow tomato

Finca Tunki sits near Lake Titicaca in Puno and is named after the Andean cock-of-the-rock, Peru's national bird. It belongs to the Inkawasi cooperative. A washed Bourbon the shop compares to a Geisha: white flowers and muscat like Champagne, with a long caramel finish. Green coffee shared by Coffee County. 150 g.

White flowers, muscat, caramel

A rotating dark roast chosen for the season, gentle enough to drink morning to night. The shop names the current coffee on request. 150 g.