Super Bloom Blend

This year’s Super Bloom blend is built around a coffee produced by women smallholder farmers located in the Ngozi Province of Burundi. The coffee was processed at the Turihamwe Washing Station, the first in Burundi to be built and owned by women. The plant processes coffee for women producers of the Burundi chapter of the International Women’s Coffee Association, the first African chapter of IWCA to become a legally recognized entity. This fully-washed Bourbon variety coffee contributes floral and spicy flavors to the blend, perfectly complementing the contrasting characteristics of the other components.

Another fully-washed coffee from Colombia adds depth and body to the blend. it comes from a handful of villages around the town of Inzá in the Cauca Department, just a stones throw away the renowned Huila Department, which produces some of Colombia’s highest quality coffees. As one might expect, the quality and profiles available from Inzá can be close matches to Huila coffees, featuring flavors of dark cherry, ripe berries, and big-bodied red wine.

We finished the blend with a natural processed coffee grown by smallholder farmers in the Guji region of Southern Ethiopia. It was processed using the natural, or dry method at the renowned Biru Bekele washing station. After harvesting, the fruit was left to dry on the beans fully intact, imparting distinct berry-like flavors to the coffee. These fruit-forward flavors coupled with the classic floral notes that make coffee from Ethiopia so sought after contribute to Super Bloom’s unique and complex flavor profile.

For this spring’s seasonal blend, we partnered with JNP Coffee to source a core component coffee from the women of the Turihamwe Washing Station. Turihamwe, which means “together we can” in Kirundi, is Burundi’s first washing station built and owned by women farmers. 5% of every bag sold will fund training for alternative income streams to boost their earnings during the coffee off-season.