Stumptown Coffee Roasters

emilio gamboa, a third generation coffee farmer, produces his coffee in the san pablo de leon cortes region of costa rica's tarrazu valley. our montes de oro primarily consists of lots from four beautiful farms: la trinidad, carrizal, el rosario and teresita. emilio exemplifies our best efforts to encourage all producers to pick only the very ripest cherry. his are depulped, mechanically demucilaged and soaked overnight before drying on raised beds in full sun.

arturo aguirre and son arturo jr. cultivate their bourbon in guatemala's famed huehuetenango region near the mexican border. their eye for detail extends throughout their process including cherry flotation, extended fermentation, soaking, drying, and proper storage. each year, the aguirres approach their crop with a consistent commitment to quality; the results are evident in each cup of our most popular coffee.

marysabel caballero and husband moises herrera represent the fourth generation of family coffee cultivating tradition. marysabel's great grandfather felipe garcia exported his first coffee beans in 1915. their washing station sits high in the mountains above marcala de honduras in chinacla. our el puente lots are mechanically demucilaged, fermented, washed and soaked overnight before hitting the drying patios, drum dryers and newly installed african drying beds.

for the last four years, haile gebre has been working with stumptown in what has proven to be our longest standing direct trade relationship in ethiopia. haile achieves a consistently dynamic cup primarily by focusing his efforts on pristine processing and the care of his young plants, which he keeps shaded under an ideal forested canopy. after fermentation, the coffee is washed thoroughly in channels before it is soaked and sun dried on raised beds.

in 2010, 113 farmers who had constructed their own washing station formed the duromina cooperative. this lot represents only the second time that a clean washed processed version of their coffee exists; we offered their first last year. located just west of jimma, duromina is nestled in the highlands of what is most likely the original habitat of the wild arabica coffee forests. after depulping and demucilaging, the coffee beans are soaked overnight and then laid to dry on raised drying beds.

located west of jimma, nano challa is a newly formed cooperative under the oromia coffee farmer's cooperative union. until nano challa financed mechanical demucilaging equipment two years ago, no one had tasted a clean, washed processed coffee from this area, despite jimma’s reputation as the birthplace of the arabica coffee species. they repaid their financiers fully in one year from the proceeds of last year’s crop. after demucilaging, the beans are soaked overnight and dried on raised beds.

gajah aceh is our first direct trade venture into indonesia. our producer partners in indonesia reside well inland from the coast near takengon and lake tawar in the aceh province of the archipelago's northern most island of sumatra. our qc team carefully built this lot from three sub-regions around the lake; kebayakan, bintang and pantan lues. after depulping and minimal fermentation, the coffees are semi-washed then dried on covered patios which protect the beans from the elements.