What’s Updog?

Glad you asked! This blend is a shoutout to all the amazing dogs, pets, and animal lovers we serve! $1 from each bag sale will be donated to the Humane Society of the Harrisburg Area! The blend is roasted to a solid city (medium) style and is a blend of El Salvador and Guatemala. Notes of mandarin orange, lavender, and butterscotch!

May Day is a celebration of our workers; it is a celebration of laborers; it is a celebration of our communities; and it is a joyful celebration of the return of Spring. These are the people, the movement, the force that grows the world. And we are these people. This coffee is here to deliciously celebrate us!

Through the month of May a dollar of each bag sales will be donated to the Dauphin County Bail Fund!

A blend of Colombia - Finca La María, Direct Trade & Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, Single Producer - Natural, these beans will evoke the floral notes of spring and give you at hint of the summer to come. Sold at full price to continue to help support us, our team, and our laborers. Original artwork by the one and only, Ryan Spahr.

Country: Colombia
Region: Vereda Loma del Guamo, Southwestern Antioquia
Farm: Taborda Cortez Family
Importer: Paisa Coffee
Variety: Red & Yellow Castillo
Altitude: >1600masl
Processing Method: Natural
Roast: Cinnamon (Light)
Tasting Notes: Juniper berries, an Arnold Palmer (lemonade/iced tea), tart plum

Most Colombian coffees are enjoyed as a washed process, but we’re excited to bring you something a little different with this natural processed selection!

This is another amazing coffee from Finca la María, located in the southwestern Antioquia region of Colombia near the small village of Vereda Loma del Guamo. Like most Colombian coffees, it is grown at higher altitudes, in this case around 1600 masl. This natural processed coffee is harvested anywhere from the beginning of November to the middle of January, and it is lovingly processed by the Taborda Cortez family. This farm has been in operation since 1945, passing from Gustavo Taborda to his son, Adolfo in 2013. Today, Finca la María produces over 10,000 lbs of coffee per year with its 12,000 trees, and their tried-and-true method is to hand pick only the ripest fruits through selective harvesting. This exceptional coffee is the result of years of experience and intention in producing, and it has cupped very well as a result!

This is a direct trade coffee — hit up Andrea Grove for more details on her visit to this farm!

(12 oz.)

Photo Credits: Paisa Coffee, Cropster, Andrea Grove

Country: Rwanda

Region: Western Rwanda

Farm: Gasharu

Importer: Umuko Coffee

Altitude: 1700-2100 masl

Processing Method: Natural

Roast: City

Tasting Notes: gingerbread, apple pie, candy hearts

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Umuko Coffee may be a new company but their legacy is over 43 years in the making. Jean Christophe (Chris) Rusatira’s family has been growing and processing coffee in Rwanda for more than four decades and during that time their profits have remained extremely low, with little to no improvement to the quality of life in the community. Umuko Coffee is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in coffee farming communities who have long suffered from unfair practices in the industry. Umuko is the Kinyarwandan name for a native East African tree species which held great significance for the people of the region. It is the spirit of sustainability and care that is at the heart of Umuko Coffee’s unique business model. Umuko Coffee gives smallholder coffee farmers and processors like Chris’s family a voice and will ensure transparency and connectivity from cherry to cup.

Photo credit: Umuko Coffee

REGION: Ethiopia Guji

TOWN: Chire Aroresa

ALTITUDE: 1800-1900 M

PROCESS: Washed & Swiss Water Processed (decaffeination processed)

VARIETY: Heirloom

TASTING NOTES: Crisp apple, honey, lemon