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Coffea Circulor

Arendal, Norway

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Coffea Circulor is a specialty roastery founded by Ivica Cvetanovski, roasting in Arendal, Norway (with a Swedish base). It focuses on rare and competition-grade lots — Gesha, Yemen, isolated varietals from its own Kenyan research plots — roasted light and sold worldwide, and has produced some of the most expensive coffees ever sold at auction.

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62 coffees
Brazil Caixa Yellow Bourbon Natural NX (Espresso)

A natural Yellow Bourbon from Brazil roasted as an espresso.

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Burundi Gasura WX (Espresso)

A washed Burundian lot from smallholder garden farms, roasted as an espresso.

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Colombia Cafe Granja La Esperanza Margarita Geisha Natural NX

SCA score 91.75. Roasted light.

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Colombia Cafe Granja La Esperanza Margarita Geisha Washed WX

Washed Geisha from Café Granja La Esperanza's Margarita farm in Colombia, roasted light.

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Colombia Medina Washed WX

SCA score 88.0. Roasted light.

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Fig, raisin, hazelnut, toffee

Colombia Mikava Marsella Geisha /L248 Carbonic Maceration CMX

Lot 248 of Geisha from the Doyle family's Mikava project in Santuario, Risaralda, processed by carbonic maceration and dried as a natural. Orange, passion fruit and wild strawberry, with apricot and elderflower in the aroma.

Natural, carbonic macerationColombia

Orange, passion fruit, wild strawberry

Colombia Reinaldo Chilito Pink Bourbon Washed WX

Washed Pink Bourbon grown by Reinaldo Chilito in Colombia, roasted light.

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Colombia Yeni Anacona Gesha Washed WX

Washed Gesha grown by Yeni Anacona in Colombia, roasted light.

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Costa Rica Volcan Natural NX

A natural from Tarrazú smallholders, dried in the cherry. Muscovado sugar, red currant and toffee, with honey, peach and vanilla in the aroma.

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Muscovado sugar, red currant, toffee

Ecuador Finca Cruz Loma & Coffea Circulor Sidra CCX

A Sidra co-developed by Coffea Circulor with Galo Morales at Finca Cruz Loma in San José de Minas, north of Quito, using Coffea Circulor's coffee-cherry (CCX) fermentation.

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Ecuador Finca Cruz Loma Galo CoE WAX

A washed anaerobic Cup of Excellence lot from Galo Morales's Finca Cruz Loma in San José de Minas, Pichincha.

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Ecuador Finca Cruz Loma Pacamara Washed WX

Washed Pacamara from Galo Morales's family farm Finca Cruz Loma in San José de Minas, a short distance north of Quito. Maple syrup, orange and yellow plum, with bergamot and toffee in the aroma.

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Maple syrup, orange, yellow plum

Ecuador Finca Soledad Pepe Geisha Washed WX

Washed Geisha from José "Pepe" Jijón's Finca Soledad in the Intag Valley, Imbabura.

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Ecuador Finca Soledad Pepe Jijon Typica Mejorada Wave NX

Typica Mejorada from Pepe Jijón's Finca Soledad in the Intag Valley, processed with his "Wave" natural method. Blueberry, honey, mango and raspberry, with fruit-candy aromatics.

Natural (Wave)Ecuador

Blueberry, honey, mango, raspberry

Ecuador Finca Soledad Pepe Synergy Geisha Washed WX

A "Synergy" washed Geisha from Pepe Jijón's Finca Soledad in the Intag Valley, Imbabura.

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Ecuador Galo Geisha Natural NX

Natural Geisha from Galo Morales in San José de Minas, Pichincha. Bing cherry, lavender and strawberry, with blackberry in the aroma.

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Bing cherry, lavender, strawberry

Ecuador Galo Geisha Washed WX

Washed Geisha from Galo Morales's Finca Cruz Loma in San José de Minas, Pichincha.

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Ecuador Putushio Jose Pepe Jijon Typica Mejorado Washed WX

Washed Typica Mejorado from Pepe Jijón's Putushio plot in Ecuador.

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Ethiopia Alo Bembe Natural NX

A natural Ethiopian lot from Alo Bembe in Coffea Circulor's Championship collection.

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Ethiopia Bochesa Washed WX

A washed Ethiopian lot from Bochesa, roasted light.

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Ethiopia Chaka Washed WX (Espresso)

Washed heirloom from a rainforest plantation in Bench Maji, south-west Ethiopia, roasted as an espresso. Marzipan, malt and orange, with hazelnut and nutmeg in the aroma.

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Marzipan, malt, orange

Ethiopia Daye Bensa Rumudamo Washed WX

A washed lot from Daye Bensa's Rumudamo station in Bensa, Sidama.

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Ethiopia Duwancho Washed WX

A washed Ethiopian lot from Duwancho, roasted light.

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Ethiopia Elto Arbegona Washed WX

A washed lot from Elto in Arbegona, Sidama, roasted light.

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Ethiopia Gesha Village Gesha Oma /32 Washed WX

Washed Gesha 1931 from block 32 of the Oma farm at Gesha Village, Adam Overton and Rachel Samuel's estate in Bench Maji near the South Sudan border. Apricot, honey and lemon, with gardenia and rose in the aroma.

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Apricot, honey, lemon

Ethiopia Uraga Washed WX

A washed lot from Uraga in Guji, roasted light.

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Ethiopia Yaye Natural Anaerobic NAX

An anaerobic natural Ethiopian lot from Yaye in Coffea Circulor's Championship collection.

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Honduras Chungo Geisha Natural NX

Natural Geisha from the Chungo farm in Honduras, roasted light.

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Honduras Yensi Parainema Washed WX

SCA score 90.0. Roasted light.

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Kenya Coffea Circulor Bishop Isolated Ruiru 11 AA Multi-Stage Wet Hypoxia Dry WHDX

Isolated AA-grade Ruiru 11 grown, fermented and dried by Coffea Circulor at its own Kenya estate in Meru, processed with a multi-stage wet hypoxia and dry finish. Honey, rhubarb and strawberry.

Multi-stage wet hypoxia, dryKenya

Honey, rhubarb, strawberry

Kenya Coffea Circulor Bishop Isolated Ruiru 11 AA Washed WX

Isolated AA-grade Ruiru 11 from Coffea Circulor's own Kenya estate in Meru, wet-fermented 36 hours and dried 20 days in parchment. Blackberry, honey and vanilla, with black currant and lemon in the aroma.

Washed (36h, 20 days drying in parchment)Kenya

Blackberry, honey, vanilla

Kenya Coffea Circulor Ordo Isolated Ruiru 11 AA Washed WX

Isolated AA-grade Ruiru 11 researched, grown, processed and roasted entirely by Coffea Circulor at its Meru estate. Washed, with blackberry, honey and vanilla.

Washed (36h, 20 days drying in parchment)Kenya

Blackberry, honey, vanilla

Kenya Coffea Circulor Outo Isolated SL34 AA Washed WX

Isolated AA-grade SL34 from Coffea Circulor's Kenya estate in Meru, washed and dried in parchment. Honey, lime, nutmeg, peach and rhubarb, with blackberry and hibiscus in the aroma.

Washed, dried in parchmentKenya

Honey, lime, nutmeg, peach, rhubarb

Kenya Coffea Circulor Oxyco Isolated Batian Coffee Cherry/ORAC-Centered CCX

Isolated Batian from Coffea Circulor's Meru estate, fermented with its coffee-cherry, ORAC-centred formula. Black currant, mango, purple plum and yoghurt, with cotton candy and hibiscus in the aroma.

Coffee cherry / ORAC-centred fermentationKenya

Black currant, mango, purple plum, yoghurt

Kenya Coffea Circulor Rook Isolated Batian NYX

Isolated Batian from Coffea Circulor's Meru estate, dried as a yeast-inoculated natural with a fast dry. Dark chocolate, rosehip and sage, with coffee cherry and tamarind in the aroma.

Natural, yeast inoculation, fast dryKenya

Dark chocolate, rosehip, sage

Kenya Coffea Circulor Ruby Isolated Batian Natural NX

Isolated Batian from Coffea Circulor's Meru estate, dried in the cherry as a natural. Apple, blueberry, mango and yellow plum, with apricot, strawberry and toffee in the aroma.

Natural, dried in cherryKenya

Apple, blueberry, mango, yellow plum

Nicaragua Peralta Washed WX (Espresso)

SCA score 87.5. Roasted light. “Chocolate praline.”

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chocolate praline

Panama Agatsby Geisha CCX (WCIGS Winner)

Geisha from the Altieri farms in Callejón Seco, Boquete, fermented with a Coffea Circulor CCX formula aiming for a Zibibbo-like straw-wine grape character; the coffee behind a World Coffee In Good Spirits win. Green grape, peach and pear, with elderflower and pineapple in the aroma.

Anaerobic dry fermentation (CCX)Panama

Green grape, peach, pear

Panama Altieri & Coffea Circulor Yuyi Typica Natural Geisha Macerated NMX

Typica from Altieri's Mimas Estate in Callejón Seco, Boquete, dried as a natural after maceration with Geisha cherries. Blueberry, red grape and sugar cane, with blackberry and white currant in the aroma.

Natural, macerated with Geisha cherriesPanama

Blueberry, red grape, sugar cane

Panama Altieri Dilgo Geisha Natural Anaerobic Cold Fermentation NACX

Geisha from the Altieri farms on the eastern slope of Volcán Barú, fermented cold and anaerobically and dried as a natural. Cotton candy, melon and raspberry.

Natural, anaerobic cold fermentationPanama

Cotton candy, melon, raspberry

Panama Altieri Poseidon Geisha Natural Cold Static NCX

Geisha from Altieri's Mimas Estate in Boquete, slow-fermented cold and static and dried as a natural. Blueberry, green grape and oak, with pear in the aroma.

Natural, slow cold static fermentationPanama

Blueberry, green grape, oak

Panama Janson Geisha Alpes /908 Natural NX

Natural green-tip Geisha from lot 908 of the Janson family's Alpes farm in Tierras Altas, Chiriquí (the farm dates to 1926). Cinnamon, red apple and orange.

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Cinnamon, red apple, orange

Panama Janson Geisha Alpes /911 Washed WX

Washed green-tip Geisha from lot 911 of the Janson family's Alpes farm in Tierras Altas, Chiriquí. Nectarine, rose and yellow plum, with anemone and bergamot in the aroma.

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Nectarine, rose, yellow plum

Panama Kotowa Las Brujas Geisha /26-860 Honey HX

Honey-processed Geisha, lot 26-860, from Kotowa's Las Brujas farm in Panama.

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Panama Savage Coffees Deborah Symmetry Geisha Natural Carbonic Maceration

Jamison Savage's "Symmetry" Geisha from Finca Deborah in Volcán, Chiriquí: carbonic maceration followed by an extended natural dry. Lively and aromatic, with green grape, pineapple and white grape over cognac and mango aromatics.

Extended natural, carbonic macerationPanama

Green grape, pineapple, white grape

Panama Savage Coffees Finca Deborah Afterglow Geisha Natural

Finca Deborah's "Afterglow" Geisha from Jamison Savage, a natural dried in the cherry in several stages. Clean, with lavender, orange and toffee.

Natural, multi-stage in-cherry dryingPanama

Lavender, orange, toffee

Panama Savage Coffees Finca Deborah Geisha Aril Extended Natural CM Washed Finish

Finca Deborah's "Aril" Geisha from Jamison Savage: an extended natural with carbonic maceration and a washed finish. Elegant and velvety.

Extended natural, carbonic maceration, washed finishPanama
Panama Savage Coffees Finca Deborah Geisha Umbra Extended Shade Dried Natural

Finca Deborah's "Umbra" Geisha from Jamison Savage, an extended natural dried in the shade.

Extended shade-dried naturalPanama
Panama Savage Coffees Finca Deborah Nirvana Nitrogen Macerated Anaerobic Natural

Finca Deborah's "Nirvana" Geisha from Jamison Savage, macerated under nitrogen and dried as an anaerobic natural. Syrupy and complex, with champagne, raspberry and white grape and a long finish.

Nitrogen-macerated anaerobic naturalPanama

Champagne, raspberry, white grape

Panama Savage Coffees Iridescence Geisha Carbonic Macerated Washed

Jamison Savage's "Iridescence", a carbonic-macerated washed Geisha from Volcán, Chiriquí (90.75 points). Cane sugar, grapefruit zest and orange, with apricot and toffee in the aroma; producer notes of coffee flower, lychee and tangerine.

Carbonic macerated, washedPanama

Cane sugar, grapefruit zest, orange

Peru Azucena Caturra Pache WX

A washed Caturra and Pache lot from Azucena in Peru.

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Peru Carima Catuai Washed WX

A washed Catuai lot from Carima in Peru.

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Peru Hugo SL9 Washed WX

Washed SL9 from Hugo Pareja and his wife Flor Lopez, who farm speciality coffee in Incahuasi in central Peru, between the coast and the rainforest.

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Uganda Kiliti Washed WX

A washed lot from smallholders on the Ugandan slopes of Mt. Elgon in Sironko district, fermented with the cherry skins. Cherry, milk chocolate and orange, with biscuit and chestnut in the aroma.

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Cherry, milk chocolate, orange

Yemen Waya Carbonic Maceration CMX

SCA score 90.5. Roasted light; a swift, concentrated roast.

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Cotton candy, hibiscus, myrrh, rose