Highnote Coffee - San Carlos, CA

Light roast. Salted caramel, roasted nut, dried fruits, chocolate. Grower: producers from the Cerrado Region. Region: Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Altitude: 850-1300 meters. This cooperative farm was founded in 1984 and is located in Campestre, Minas Gerais. 11 farms in total, the average production is about 3500 bags per year. It is run and women who believe in equality and empowerment for women farmers in Brazil.

Medium-dark roast. Milk chocolate, fruited, sweet tobacco, nutty. Growers: producers from Central America, Eastern Africa, South America. Regions: Central America, Eastern Africa and South America. Altitude: varying. And to keep this a mystery, the blend sometimes contains some coffees not on our list. This blend produces a lot of crema, making the mouthfeel very thick and creamy. The sharp bite to the blend is not bitter, and fades into a sweet tobacco, fruited, milk chocolate aftertaste.

Medium roast. Plantain, cream, wafer cookie, dark chocolate. Grower: Cooperativa Cafetalera Capucas Limitada (COCAFCAL). Region: San Pedro de Copan, Copan, Honduras. Altitude:1400-1600 meters. Honduras FTO capucas is sourced from family-owned farms organized around Cooperativa Capucas Limitada, an association of 70 farming families located in Capucas, within the department of Copan, Honduras.

Medium roast. Plum, orange zest, cream, spiced cocoa. Grower: 12 coffee growers from Santa Cruz Ozolotepec. Region: Santa Cruz de Ozolotepec, Santa Maria, Oaxaca, Mexico. Altitude: 900-1250 meters. This particular lot comes from 12 families living near the town of Santa Cruz Ozolotepec that cultivate coffee on farms with just a few acres. They deliver their dried parchment to a family owned and operated export company in Oaxaca which specializes in preparing traceable, sustainable Oaxacan coffees to be shipped world wide.

Dark roast. Chocolate, toasted marshmallow, heavy body, syrupy. Grower: various. Region: Brazil, Honduras, Indonesia. Altitude: 1100-1300 meters. From the bright notes of Be-Bop to the brooding melancholy of Miles, this blend captures the imagination as your taste buds explore the rich flavors of Indonesia, the mild character of Central America and the silky delicate nature of South America.