Author Archives: Dylan Connell

Little Wolf Ethiopia Qonqana – Coming to us from Bombe, Ethiopia is Qonqana washing station. Or, Bombe Qonqana washing station. This is a farming co-op, known to locals as the “Mother station” and processes coffee from approximately 1,020 local smallholding farmers. This is a 2,000 MASL washing station, fairly standard for this region of Ethiopia.Continue reading “April 2024 – Little Wolf and Kaffa”

Junto Colombia Finca Cataluna – Cataluna is the farming project from Flor Marina Betancourt. Flor comes from generations of coffee farmers and learned about the industry from her father on the farm she grew up on. Flor’s father inherited a plot of land and she convinced him to turn it into a new farm, FincaContinue reading “March 2024 – Junto and Lykke”

Manhattan Tanzania Edelweiss – This sparkling lil guy comes from the Gaia farm in Tanzania, a member of the Finagro Farms collective. The farm is owned by the Vohoras, a multiple generational farm sprawling 1000 acres on the southern slopes of the Ngorongoro conservation area on the edge of a crater. The farm is locatedContinue reading “February 2024 – Manhattan and HaveFun!”

CleverCoffee Ethiopia Keramo – From the Bombe Mountains in the Sidama region of Ethiopia, we have coffee from the Keramo washing station. Keramo washing station buys cherries from around 380 smallholding farmers, or farm workers that pick wild coffee. Keramo is located at 2300-2400 MASL, which is one of the highest elevation coffees I haveContinue reading “November 2023 – CleverCoffee and Little Wolf”

Junto Ethiopia Worka – I don’t have too much of a story on this one, Worka is a massive washing station as this subscription surely knows by now with around 2540 active members operating on super small plots of land. I taste strawberry Jam, sour cherry, and earl grey tea. Super delicate profile on thisContinue reading “October 2023 – Junto and Kaffa”

Lykke Snovatten – As mentioned with the last Lykke round, Snovatten is going to be a consistent offering every time we have Lykke. This coffee is from Agua de Nieves in Peru, the small 5 hectare farm that Lykke owns. This is my favorite of the three single-origin coffees that Lykke owns the whole farmContinue reading “September 2023 – Lykke: The Return and Vivid”

Manhattan Colombia Nestor Lasso – The Nestor Lasso… We are finally sharing this newer producer’s coffee that has been on all of the menus at some of the fanciest roasters across Europe for the last few months. Nestor and his brother Adrian took over their family coffee farm and made the decision to grow specialty.Continue reading “August 2023 – Manhattan and… HAVE FUN!!!”

The Barn Guatemala La Colina – This farm is named for “The Hill” that the plot of land is located on. La Colina is owned by Antonio Medina, a third generation farmer from this area, and had dreams of growing coffee while the rest of the farm was occupied by various other crops. Antonio firstContinue reading “July 2023 – The Barn and SEY”