Archers Dime Bag Set
Archers is back baby! We brought them on last year for our October Drop and loved what we had. Thrilled to be bringing them back! For those of you who haven't tried them before, Archers is a huge roastery based in Dubai. Considering the insane volume they move through, they roast really well. They have lots of exclusive lots and really high end coffee. We've got a pretty nice mix of options for this release!
Roast Profile: They roast on a Loring and I'd put them somewhere in between ultralight and light. Their coffees usually taste best with 3.5 - 4 weeks rest.
This is a dime bag set of all 7 coffees from this release! It will include 30g of the following:
1. Chevas Coffee Estate - Lot 69 Dark Room Drying Washed Gesha - Boquete, Panama
Founded in 2016 by then 18-year-old José Luis Chevas, the eponymous Chevas Coffee Estate debuted within the Top 10 auction lots at the 2024 Best of Panama, placing 9th in the Geisha Natural category. Attuned to the esteemed stature of the finest coffees in the cosmopolitan cultural landscape, José Luis honors the agricultural roots established by his grandfather in the 1970s by steering their half-century-old estate — originally dedicated to large-scale production of food crops and later on coffee — toward a greater focus on quality, charting a path toward increased relevance and sustainable prosperity
If you just get one of these geshas, this is the one to get. Great producer that you don't see as often. Really high quality Panama gesha.
Tasting notes: White florals, floral honey, mandarine, peach
2. Janson Coffee - Los Alpes lot 407 Washed Green Tip Gesha - Volcan, Panama
Three generations of Jansons run the operations of Janson Coffee today. Kai and Jannette Janson, both from the second generation, and Miguel, Janette’s son, are at the forefront. Their coffees have been awarded and auctioned several times at the Best of Panama, and are often featured by coffee champions on the world stage. The 2023 World Barista Champion won the top accolade using a Janson Panama Geisha, while in 2024, UAE National Brewer's Cup and National Barista Champions both ranked among the Worlds Semi-Finalists, also using Janson coffees.
Throughout their 30+ year history, the Jansons have relied on the experience of their founders while remaining attentive to every step and fine-tuning areas of production, from cultivation to processing, that will allow them to produce increasingly more delicious coffees. To begin with, they maintain the balance of nutrients in the soil by preserving the endemic flora in their farms, which serve as natural barriers and obviate the need for pesticides or herbicides.
Pickers are trained to select and hand-collect only the properly ripe cherries at harvest, and to further re-assess the cherries in their baskets and remove any that do not conform. These are then carefully placed in plastic crates, and no longer in sacks, to be sent for processing. This change was done to remove the risk of the cherries being compressed, and losing juices and sugars beneficial to flavor development, while in transit to the beneficio or plant. Upon reaching the plant, the cherries are passed through a mechanical siphon to separate the denser cherries from the rest before going into fermentation. This is done since the highest potential for the best flavors rests within the healthiest cherries, typically indicated by a higher density.
Tasting notes: Jasmine, white grapes, orange, early grey
3. Finca Auromar - Firestone Washed Gesha - Chiriqui, Panama
Nestled within a highland tropical forest regarded as a natural reserve in Candela, Chiriquí, Panama — Finca Auromar, established and led by triathlete and coffee producer Roberto Brenes, is the provenance of the Best of Panama 1st Place Geisha Washed lot Firestone in 2022.
We brought this coffee on a few times last year and loved every roast of it. This is a great, classic washed gesha
Tasting notes: Orange blosom, mandarine, white grapes, candied lemon
4. Potosi - Washed Pink Bourbon - Cauca, Colombia
Café Granja La Esperanza (CGLE) is a remarkable illustration of a family’s ceaseless efforts across generations, and the consequent successes, in fostering a continuity of prosperity emanating from each of their estates to the greater, surrounding communities, which their founding patriarch and matriarch began a century ago.
Their first farm, Hacienda Potosi, is the nesting ground of a century-old love story revolving around family and coffee. It began in 1924, with a young husband and wife — Israel Correa and Carmen Rosa Vega —— acquiring the farmland in the highlands of Valle del Cauca to establish a homestead and livelihood for their growing family.
This is the same green as the PB we brought in from Gout if you tried that. Definitely 'warshed', but really enjoyable. Probably the cleanest coffee you'll try from CGLE!
Tasting Notes: green apple, nectarine, white grape, caramel
5. Elto 48 Hr Natural Anaerobic 74158 - Sidama, Ethiopia
Elto Coffee is the passion project of Sidama Bensa-based couple Eliyas Dukamo and Atiklit Dejene. Their activities aim to honor every facet of coffee by producing exclusive and outstanding nano-lots. They do this by using the highest quality cherries cultivated and harvested by the smallholder farmers in the proximate communities and processing them through contemporary updates to traditional methods and styles. They named their company “Elto” which, we learned from Atiklit, means “more than passion” and “abundance” in the Sidamic language. Their aspiration is for every Elto coffee to be the most exciting cup a consumer has ever tasted.
In this Archers-curated 48-hour natural anaerobic process, the perfectly ripe, hand-harvested, and carefully pre-cleaned cherries were re-sorted on raised beds to ensure uniformity of the ripeness level (visually indicated by color) before being placed in 50-60 KG plastic barrels and then sealed with lids having a one-way valve — to aid in maintaining an oxygen-free fermentation phase throughout the pre-determined 48-hour period.
After this, the barrels were emptied onto the raised beds, as the whole cherries were evenly spread out in very thin layers, allowing the fermentation juices to sufficiently drain off of them. The specific instruction to maintain very thinly layered cherries throughout the sun-drying phase was deliberate, to avoid extraneous microbial activity as the coffees had already undergone the necessary fermentation in the barrels prior. The target moisture level was achieved after 18 to 21 days. As a result of this process, this cup expresses a dainty balance of florals, intense and multi-faceted sweetness with a touch of tropicality, with complex acidities from pome, stone, and tropical fruits and berries, as well as an enhanced, creamy mouthfeel.
Tasting Notes: mango, melon, lychee, orange candy
6. Alo Village - Washed Peaberry 74158 - Sidama, Ethiopia
This coffee doesn't have a description from Archers written yet, but this one is a must buy imo. Alo peaberrys are spectacular and are pretty hard to find outside of Asia. The John Small lot we brought on last year was also a peaberry. Expect the tiniest coffee beans you've ever seen, packed with flavor.
Tasting Notes: Lemongrass, mandarin, berries, melon, earl grey
7. Alo Village - Hybrid Washed 74158 - Sidama, Ethiopia
This coffee doesn't have a description from Archers written yet, but it was very hyped by Archers. It's also gotten lots of hype in the Chinese market. A bit 'warshed', but Tamiru always does a great job of keeping coffees clean while also bringing out extra sweetness
Tasting Notes: Jasmine, lemongrass, melon, white peach, apricot