Try Our Favorite Las Mingas Microlot as Pourover
For those of you new to Gimme, Las Mingas is a program designed to partner high quality, small holder farms with high quality coffee roasters. Here's how it works: We choose a focus region in Colombia, ie. Nariño. The coffee producer from that region sends small lots of coffee to our exporter's warehouse. The coffee is evaluated based on physical analysis and taste perception, and either approved or denied. All approved coffee is forwarded on to us. We cup and either approve or deny based on our own evaluations. The approved coffee can either be kept separate, or blended with other approved coffees of a similar profile to create a macro blend. So, in Leonardo's case, his coffee was so unique, and scored so high on the cupping table that we chose to keep the entire lot (although very small) separate. And now we choose to give that gift to you.
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Maiyim Feb 1, 2010 – 10:22 PM
After lunch yesterday I went to down to Mame-sen , the roastery at the end of my lane, with the last of the El Progresso and Finca Trinidad I brought back with me to Japan. The roaster there and his wife brewed them into excellent pour-over coffee. Lots of good coffee conversation: they loved this Colombian ( who wouldn't love this mellow, beautiful brew? ) They commented on the acidity of the Finca, a quality much enjoyed in Japan, and said the gimme coffee I have shared with them has changed their perception of what kind of coffee Americans drink.Mr. Yoshida said he hasn't been able to get any coffee from Guatemala lately, and also that Ethiopian coffee is currently not being allowed into Japan, as it has tested with higher amounts of chemical residues than Japan allows. !! Have you guys heard anything about this?
He sent me home with a sample of his new blend, currently called just'new blend.'
They are always slightly bemused by Gimme's descriptions and all of the coffees, but we talked about crafting a catchy name/description for his new blend, gimme style.