coffees that Zero Prophet has had in the past & may acquire again, if/when available
*denotes something outstanding–that said, if it isn’t good, it’s either not listed here at all, or it’s listed at the bottom, as an ‘eccentric coffee’
INDONESIA, INDIA
*Java Kajumas Curah Tatal $11 butterscotch, chocolate (e)
Flores Jade $11 cocoa, molasses
Flores Organic Manggarai $11 melon, plum
Bali Kintimani $11 dark chocolate
Sulawesi Toraja Sapan-Minanga $11 blackberry, raisin, plum
Sumatra Classic Mandheling $11 caramel, pepper
Sumatra Onan Ganjang Cultivar $12 dark chocolate, tobacco, clove
Sumatra Organic Lampahan Bonkawan Coop $11 fig, cinnamon, black walnut
India Monsooned Malabar $11 licorice, anis
*India Mysore Nuggets $11 carob, clove (e)
*Papua New Guinea AA Maloolaba $11 chestnut honey, green apple
SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Bolivia Cenaproc FTO $11 dark chocolate, cinnamon
Brasil Poco Fundo FTO $11 tobacco, peanut, cream (e)
Brasil Pedra Grande 100% Bourbon $12 (e)
Brasil Daterra Yellow Bourbon $12 almond, hazelnut
*Brasil Ipanema tree-dried $11 dark chocolate, cream (e)
Brasil Carmo de Minas Fazenda Esperanca $13 tangerine, honey
Brasil Carmo de Minas Fazenda do Serrado $11 orange, chocolate
Brasil Pocos de Caldas Fazenda Barreiro $11 grape, hazelnut, banana
Brasil Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza Celso/Hamilton $12 clove, raisin
*Brasil Moreninha Formosa Raisin Coffee (tree-dried) micro-lot $12 tobacco, coconut, dark chocolate (e)
Costa Rica Asoproaaa Coop Tarrazu $12 milk chocolate, cherry
Costa Rica Finca Guadelupe $12 chocolate, pear
Costa Rica La Candelilla Tarrazu Miel (pulp natural process) $12 raisin, milk chocolate
Costa Rica La Candellila Guaca Bourbon $12 clove, milk chocolate
Colombia Huila Las Piedras de San Augustin $11
Colombia Huila Concurso San Pedro $11 clove, plum, chocolate
Colombia “Perros Bravos de Huila” $12 apricot, toffee
Colombia Cauca Tierradentro Organic $11 almond, honey, apple
Colombia Cauca Oro de Suarez $11 brown sugar, fig
*Guatemala Finca La Bella JBM cultivar $12 milk chocolate, caramel
Guatemala Fraijanes Finca Agua Tibia $11 dark chocolate, nutmeg
Guatemala Finca La Florencia 100% Bourbon $11 cocoa, hazelnut
Guatemala Huehuetenango “Quetzal Azul” $11 brown sugar, plum
Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca La Maravilla $11 raisin, orange
Guatemala El Injerto Estate Pacamara $13 black currant, fig, chocolate truffle
*Guatemala Organic Finca Ceylan Maragogype $13 tobacco, hickory
Guatemala Finca Retana Yellow Bourbon Rainforest Alliance Certified $12 almond, honey
Guatemala Coban SHB Liquidambar $12 orange, molasses, chocolate
El Salvador Matalapa $11 praline
El Salvador Matalapa peaberry $11 orange, cinnamon, dark chocolate
El Salvador Orange Bourbon $11 milk chocolate
El Salvador Finca Malacara (cup of excellence) $14 strawberry, caramel
El Salvador Siberia Estate Bourbon $11 chocolate, lemon
El Salvador Siberia Estate Pacamara $12 dark brown sugar, cinnamon
El Salvador La Montanita Pacamara $12 cinnamon, plum
*Honduras FTO Cocosam Coop $12 dark chocolate
Honduras Marcala FTO $11 cocoa, almond
Honduras FTO Marcala Beneficio Santa Rosa $11 milk chocolate
Honduras Marcala $12 chocolate, orange (10/09)
Nicaragua Segovia Maragogype Santa Isabel $12 currant, molasses (medium/city roast)
Nicaragua Limoncillo Pacamara $13 mango, papaya, tobacco
Panama Volcancito Don Pepe Bourbon $12 toffee, vanilla
Panama Boquete Golden Peaberry $11 peach, honey
Panama Carmen Estate 1800+ meters $13 chocolate, apple
*Panama Organic La Berlina Estate Typica $12 caramel, cocoa
Mexico Organic Nayarit Rustico $12 caramel, almond
Peru FTO Incahuasi $12 cocoa, nutmeg
Peru FTO San Ignacio Cajamarca $11 almond, milk chocolate
AFRICA & ARABIA
Rwanda Rushashi FTO $11 milk chocolate, orange
Burundi Kayanza Bwayi No. 7 $11 honey, lemon
Ethiopia Golocha Organic $11 apricot, tamarind
Ethiopia Organic Menno’s Misty Valley $14 jasmine, lime, kumquat
*Ethiopia Organic Idido Misty Valley $13 apricot, mango (medium/city roast)
Ethiopia Organic Bonko ‘Black Sun’ $12 apricot, hazelnut
*Kenya AA Giakanja Coop $13 cranberry, dark chocolate (city roast)
Kenya AB Auction Lot #786 Rukira $12 honey, strawberry, black currant
Kenya Kirinyaga Peaberry Gakuyu-ini Factory $11 plum, raisin, Meyer lemon
Tanzania peaberry $12 dark chocolate, black cherry
*Uganda Bugisu $11 dark chocolate, brazil nut
Yemeni Mokha Sana’ani $14 nutmeg, caramel
Water-process decaf
Mexico Malinal Organic $12 dark chocolate
*Mexico Oaxaca Organic $12 almond, dark chocolate
Sumatra Organic Tapanuli $12 smooth dark chocolate
Peru Royal Select Organic $12 carob
Peru Royal Select Bird-Friendly $12 carob, cocoa
Rwanda Butare Bourbon $12 tangerine
Brasil Cerrado $12 nutmeg, carob
Eccentric Coffee
Brasil FTO Poco Fundo peaberry (8.08) – this one makes an interesting espresso with more pronounced peanut tones than the non-peaberry poco fundo, but the thing is that it’s only acceptable with the max-extraction of a good machine. It is an ideal blending bean for a good espresso machine. It’s no good with a stovetop moka, and definitely hostile in the usual filter methods. Unexpectedly in its favor: it has added a good dry snap with bass tones to a complex blend (balanced by Bolivian and topped off with Ethiopia Idido Misty Valley) that serves well in a french press!
Sumatra Blue Batak (‘07) – despite much touting of this bean, I found it way too funky. It had to be roasted full city +, well into second crack, to be palatable, and then it really only worked for me as a strong espresso with milk & sugar, i.e., somewhat camouflaged by a method that nevertheless well served its ICBM tones.
Guatemala Oriente dry-process (12.08) – Those dried apricots, that barnacle-encrusted cask of marsala, and whatever else – this is their ideal companion. Have discovered that just into second crack, this is a great addition (20%) to a blend that needs an element of plumminess. Is plumminess really a word?
