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New Single origin NICARAGUA LOSDELIRIOSPACAMARA By Intelligentsia Sourcing | November 22, 2024 New special selection NICARAGUALOS DELIRIOSPACAMARA By Intelligentsia Sourcing | November 22, 2024 New single origin COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON By Intelligentsia Sourcing | January 26, 2024 The Variety The Canales Family Daniel Canales made history in 2004 as the first grower to win a Cup of Excellence competition with an organic coffee. We proudly purchased that groundbreaking lot and have been collaborating with the Canales family ever since, making this one of our longest-standing Direct Trade partnerships. Over the past two decades, they’ve become a symbol...

New single origin GUATEMALAMILDERVELÁSQUEZ By Intelligentsia Sourcing | October 24, 2024 New single origin GUATEMALAMILDERVELÁSQUEZ By Intelligentsia Sourcing | October 4, 2024 New single origin COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON By Intelligentsia Sourcing | January 26, 2024 The Variety Milder Velásquez In March 2024, we traveled to La Libertad and cupped freshly delivered lots at Coopesqui’s quality control lab. This particular lot was grown and processed by farmer and cooperative member Milder Velásquez. Selected in a blind cupping, this marks our first purchase of Milder’s coffee. Our regular visits to Coopesqui have deepened our relationship, giving us the chance...

New single origin KENYAKONYUAB By Intelligentsia Sourcing | September 11, 2024 New single origin KENYAKONYUAB By Intelligentsia Sourcing | Septem 11, 2024 New single origin COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON By Intelligentsia Sourcing | January 26, 2024 The Variety Distinct Kenyan coffees are some of the most expressive in the world. When thinking about factors that can affect the quality of a given coffee harvest, we often discuss soil, elevation, and rainfall, but the frequency of cherry picking and processing protocols are equally important to consider. In Kenya, cherries are picked 1-2 times per week during the harvest, unlike...

New single origin GUATEMALAFRANCISCOMARTÍNEZ By Intelligentsia Sourcing | August 28, 2024 New single origin GUATEMALAFRANCISCOMARTÍNEZ By Intelligentsia Sourcing | August 28, 2024 New single origin COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON By Intelligentsia Sourcing | January 26, 2024 The Variety Huehuetenango Pronounced way-way-teh-nan-go and often simply called Huehue, this remote, mountainous area is home to famed high-altitude coffee towns, celebrated for their complex, fruit-forward coffees. Nestled in valleys and clinging to mountains that rise from the winding roads leading to Mexico’s southern border, farms sit as high as 2,000 meters above sea level. The steep terrain makes harvesting, processing, and...

New single origin ETHIOPIA ALAKAWASHED By Intelligentsia Sourcing | Aug 30, 2024 New single origin ETHIOPIAALAKAWASHED By Intelligentsia Sourcing | August 30, 2024 New single origin COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON COLOMBIASTRIPED RED BOURBON By Intelligentsia Sourcing | January 26, 2024 The Variety Metad Within Ethiopia, we have yet to find anyone producing more flavorful coffees more consistently than the Adinew family operation, METAD. As operators of the first CQI-certified lab in Africa, the highly trained teams at METAD washing stations apply best-in-class quality control processes to create opportunities for thousands of smallholder coffee growers. We first partnered with METAD just over...