4 pounds green coffee beans,

     Sustainable, small-holder farms, Minas Gerais region

     NOTE: These beans are un-roasted. They must be roasted before brewing.

​Cupping notes: Rich and creamy body, dark chocolate, walnut

Cultivation: grown in dark red soil in the famed Cerrado region of Brazil

Altitude: 3,500-4,000 feet

Tree type: Mundo Novo, Yellow Catuai, Red Catuai, Acaia

Preparation: Natural

Coffees from the Cerrado region are often touted as some of the best that Brazil has to offer. Cerrado is in the state of Minas Gerais, the largest coffee-producing state in Brazil. Coffee has been a major crop in this region since the 1980s mainly because of the devastating black frost of 1975 that forced growers from the Parana region to relocate north to Cerrado and other areas of Minas Gerais. Today coffee is produced by over 4,500 growers on 175,000 hectares of farmland with yields of approximately 5.5 to 6.0 million bags per year. The coffee is grown in rich soil that the natives call “Terra Roxa” or “Red Earth” and other factors such as consistent rains, high daytime temperatures, and dry winters combine to make the Cerrado region ideal for producing coffee.

I've been an avid home coffee roaster since 2004, always searching for high-quality, socially-responsible, and environmentally-sustainable green coffee beans. When I find them, I love to share them. I buy only current crop year, and move it from warehouse to my house to your house as fast as possible. I keep prices as low as I can. I'm retired, and this is something I do for the joy of it. Prompt and personal customer service is my commitment. I'll try to answer any questions, and give advice to start-up roasters. Just ask.

I stock coffee grown on farms that pay fair wages, practice sustainable agricultural, and improve their community. I've traveled to coffee-producing regions, and seen how people live. Growing coffee can and should improve people's lives and respect God's creation. Through my importers, I can document where the coffee comes from, and how that farm operates. I provide that information here.

Customers often ask which countries are my favorites. I'm hesitant to say. Coffee is a matter of personal taste, and what appeals to me may not appeal to you, and vice versa. Furthermore, coffee origins can vary widely from one season to the next, within the same country, region, or even on a particular estate or co-op. Every bag of coffee I buy has unique characteristics that may not be fully replicated again, due to variability of weather, processing, shipping conditions, and countless other factors. When I buy coffee, I seek out the origins that are most interesting to me at that time, and which come with high recommendations from my importers and their professional cuppers. Yet, part of the joy of roasting coffee is never knowing exactly what pleasant surprise awaits you when you take your first sip of a new batch.

If you don't get the coffee you ordered, or found it defective or damaged during shipping, I'll gladly offer you a refund or replacement, if you return the entire order before roasting within 14 days. Since good coffee is a matter of personal preference, and a great coffee can suffer from small mistakes in roasting, please don't ask for a refund after you roasted it and aren't crazy about the results. But rest assured! I don't sell any coffee that I haven't already roasted myself, brewed, consumed, and greatly enjoyed.