Holiday Blend

  • Single-origin microlot, post-roast blend
  • Bright and balanced, with a velvety smooth finish
  • Notes of malted chocolate and caramel

This seasonal blend celebrates our Mexico Peaberry. While most coffee beans develop in pairs, about five percent of coffee beans develop alone, and take on a round, pea-like shape. When roasted on its own, the unique shape of peaberry coffee helps to bring out brighter flavors and more complex aromatics. We’ve roasted these beans to light and medium levels, and blended them to create something extra special. We hope our Holiday Blend will keep you feeling warm and festive the whole winter long! 

Colombia | Tolima | Medium Roast

  • Balanced, Currant, Pink Peppercorn
  • Medium Body, Light Acidity 
Farmer: La Linda
Region: Tolima
Elevation: 5,200 – 6,900 feet
While Pierre was on his trip to Colombia and Peru this past Spring he was able to secure us some bags of this amazing Castillo Colombia coffee grown on La Linda Farm, by Noé Alejandro. We are super-excited for this extremely clean cup; it really showcases Pierre’s objective palette, developed over several decades.

 

Mexico | Terruño Nayarita | Peaberry S-11 | Medium Roast

 

  • Blueberry, Pipe Tobacco, Velvety

  • Heavy Body, Medium Acidity 

Farmer: Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNAY)
Region: El Cuarenteno, La Yerba, Cofradia de Chocolon, Huaynamota | Nayarit
Cultivar: Peaberry S-11
Elevation: 1000 meters
Process: Natural
We are thrilled to bring you this stellar Microlot from the esteemed Grupo Terruño Nayarita! Fully traceable and fully memorable! We tasted notes of deep fruit, hints of cherry cola, and pipe tobacco undertones. The rich-textured body also stands out and produces a velvety espresso. 
Roasted in the light to medium range to highlight the complexity it delivers without sacrificing any sweetness or body. We hope you enjoy this special offering as much as we do! Available in FULL POUND bags like all our coffees; just because it is a microlot does not mean you get less!

Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNAY) is an enterprise that delivers consistently high-quality, socially and environmentally responsible, internet traceable coffee from Mexico.

GTNAY stockholders are independent democratic coffee producing societies scattered throughout the state of Nayarit. These societies range in size from 15 to a hundred producers. And while each society develops its own infrastructure and elects its own leaders, they are equal participants in the GTNAY structure, agreeing to not compete with each other and to implement proven best practices.

CAFESUMEX was founded by James Kosalos in Tepic, Nayarit in 2003. CAFESUMEX employees help their fellow GTNAY member producers acquire and accumulate the background and quality assurance data needed to obtain certifications, promote sales, and directly export their coffee. CAFESUMEX is also the co-inventor and manufacturer of the FincaLab Quality Management System along with its fully equipped professional portable Coffee Evaluation Laboratory. CAFESUMEX uses the FincaLab system to evaluate coffee lots, dispense immediate quality feedback to farmers, design blends to meet export contracts, and print bag labels with barcodes and serial numbers that provide full internet traceability for the coffee.

https://trackyourcoffee.com/cui?code=GTN9504073

Guatemala | San Martin | Organic | Dark Roast

  • Chocolate Ganache, Almond, Maple
  • Medium Body, Low Acidity
Region: San Martin Jilotepeque
Elevation: 4,000 – 6,000 ft
Varietals: Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Pache
Process: Washed

In March, Mocha Joe’s sent Sales Manager & Green Coffee Buyer Bill to Guatemala in search of a great new coffee for the 2024-25 season. Bill traveled around the country, met farmers, learned about their challenges and successes, and tasted some GREAT coffee. He came back with a classic smooth and chocolatey organic Guatemala coffee from San Martin Jilotepeque, a small coffee growing region nestled in the mountains north of Guatemala City. We tasted rich chocolate and nutty notes when dark roasted.

The small family farms from San Martin Jilotepeque organized under the Asproguate farmer’s association in 2014. Ninety-five percent of members are organic certified so Asproguate holds monthly workshops in organic fertilizers, fungicides, and insecticides so producers can make these essential products on their own farms. The farmers showed Bill how they make a fresh garlic infused organic pesticide that protects the coffee and the environment.

They also train on other agricultural practices like erosion mitigation and shade cover plus social program for women and children in the area. Fifty-five percent of producer members are women.

The coffee is sent to Dinamica Coffee in Guatemala City to be processed and sorted. State if the art mechanical sorters sift out defects and sort by size for an incredibly clean bean that you can taste in the cup.

Guatemala | San Martin | Organic | Light Roast

  • Navel Orange, Milk Chocolate, Green Tea
  • Light Body, High Acidity
Region: San Martin Jilotepeque
Elevation: 4,000 – 6,000 ft
Varietals: Caturra, Catuai
Process: Washed

In March, Mocha Joe’s sent Sales Manager & Green Coffee Buyer Bill to Guatemala in search of a great new coffee for the 2024-25 season. Bill traveled around the country, met farmers, learned about their challenges and successes, and tasted some GREAT coffee. He came back with a classic smooth and chocolatey organic Guatemala coffee from San Martin Jilotepeque, a small coffee growing region nestled in the mountains north of Guatemala City. Some nice citrus and tea notes when light roasted.

The small family farms from San Martin Jilotepeque organized under the Asproguate farmer’s association in 2014. Ninety-five percent of members are organic certified so Asproguate holds monthly workshops in organic fertilizers, fungicides, and insecticides so producers can make these essential products on their own farms. The farmers showed Bill how they make a fresh garlic infused organic pesticide that protects the coffee and the environment.

They also train on other agricultural practices like erosion mitigation and shade cover plus social program for women and children in the area. Fifty-five percent of producer members are women.

The coffee is sent to Dinamica Coffee in Guatemala City to be processed and sorted. State if the art mechanical sorters sift out defects and sort by size for an incredibly clean bean that you can taste in the cup.

Brazil | Blend 56 | Medium Roast

  • Chocolate, Nutty, Floral
  • Medium Body, Low Acidity
Region: Cerrado
Elevation: 3,000 – 4,000 feet
Varietals: Catui, Mondo Novo, Caturra
Process: Natural and Semi-Washed


Though great as a drip coffee, Blend 56 was developed especially for use as espresso or a base in espresso blends. La Minita combines natural and semi-washed coffees from select fazendas in the Cerrado region to make up the desired profile. The end result is a blend that is balanced and sweet, with fresh noticeable acidity, flavor nuances of clean berries and fruits, and a thick creamy body. Blend 56 shines in espresso preparation; it exhibits a flavor balance between punchy fruit and chewy nut, produces great crema, and has super long, lingering sweetness.

Mexico | Ki-Saya | Organic | Dark Roast

  • Chocolate, Almond, Allspice
  • Low Acidity, Heavy Body
Varietals: Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Typica
Region: Chiapas 
Elevation: 4,100 -5,741 ft
Process: Washed

 

This coffee comes from Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative – El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas, Mexico. Fair Trade and Organic Certified, we tasted chocolate, almond and allspice notes in this dark roasted beauty.

Mexico | Ki-Saya | Organic | Light Roast

  • Meyer Lemon, Brown Sugar, Vanilla
  • Light Body, Medium Acidity
Varietals: Bourbon, Mundo Novo, Typica
Region: Chiapas 
Elevation: 4,100 -5,741 ft
Process: Washed

 

This coffee comes from Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative – El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas, Mexico. Fair Trade and Organic Certified, with juicy fruit notes and a clean finish, we tasted Meyer Lemon-like citrus, brown sugar sweetness and vanilla. Yum!

   

Decaf Espresso | Water Process

  • Notes of Clementine, Clove, and 60% Cocoa
  • Full Body, High Acidity
Producer: Worku Buche
Region: Oromia, Ethiopia
Elevation: 5700-6400 ft
Process: Swiss Water Process, Natural

We’ve blended two roast levels of this excellent Sidama coffee to create a decaffeinated espresso blend that doesn’t need any caffeine to wake you up. Bold, winey flavor and a grapefruit mouth feel. 

Swiss Water Process is a chemical free process. The green coffee is pre-soaked in pure, hot water to create a solution, which is passed through activated charcoal filters that extract the caffeine without extracting the coffee’s particular flavor. 

Peru | La Llama | Organic | Light Roast

  • Raisins, Cinnamon, Jasmine
  • Medium Body, High Acidity
Region: Chanchamayo
Elevation: 3,940 – 4,595 ft
Varietals: Bourbon, Typica, Caturra
Process: Washed

La Llama is a fully washed coffee from the Chanchamayo Valley located in the province of Junin and the region around Chontali. La Llama is one of our best sellers, a customer favorite and a staple on our coffee menu for more than a decade. This light roast has a medium body with notes of raisins, cinnamon, and jasmine.