You can help support the Black Hills Raptor Center by purchasing some delicious Colombian coffee.

Sulawesi is back! This is a VERY Specialty Coffee. It is an exceptional coffee! The creme of the crop Toraja!

First I must warn you, this is STRONG coffee. The Sulawesi typically is a very robust, but rather is full in your face strong coffee. It makes an awesome base for a good espresso. It has a full body, full mouth flavor. Some would say syrupy, I would say, ‘thick’. Not green acres spoon standing up in the coffee thick but a full flavored head on coffee. If you like good hearty coffee’s, then this one on its own is what you have been looking for all year.

As I have said in the past, this coffee can be an acquired taste. I mention this so that you don’t get it expecting a delicate daisy and get a big honking sunflower in the face.

In Memory of Dave Ruhl, Firefighter

Dave Ruhl loved the Guatemalan Dark Roast coffee. It was his preference of the Guatemalan that challenged me to roast it darker. No matter how many specialty coffees Dave tried, in his quiet way, he would insist the Guatemalan was the best. We will continue to use the name “Super Dave’s Fire Brew” in memory of Dave.

A heartfelt thank you to Erin, Tyler and Ava for providing me with the name of Dave’s favorite coffee and the label we use.
About Guatemalan Coffee:

A good Guatemalan Antigua coffee has a sweet, clean, well-balanced flavor. It is also a very complex coffee. Antigua coffee is grown in shaded areas on the mountainside. Guatemalan coffee is very diverse, depending on the farm. For those who like the dark smokey tones, to the bright, fruity floral tones, you can roast this bean a light to very dark. Majority of people love Guatemalan coffee roasted dark. Works great in an espresso blend!

**We also have this in Organic, Cost is $1.20 extra. Please let me know if you wish to have organic.

Shipping for 2 lbs: $7.20 (Priority bubble envelope) **Update: Due to the Guatemalan beans having more volume to them, it is impossible to fit 3 lbs in one bubble envelope. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Shipping for 3-8 lbs: $13.60 (Priority Medium box)

Out of Stock as of 2/27/18. El Salvador Pacamara (This is a high grade speciality coffee) Limited Supply until April 2018.

This is a specialty coffee, and well worth the little extra. I can only get it in July or August. Once it is gone, I have to wait another year. The Pacamara bean is a hybrid strain of Arabica known for its very large and sweet bean. This particular crop came from Santa Leticia, home of the Maya philosophers. It is considered to be one of the best areas for cultivating coffee in Central American, because of its rich volcanic soil. The Pacamara is rich and sweet with a creamy body, very balanced. It sometimes has a hint of molasses undertone and a tangerine like acidity. If you roast it light, it will have an earthy taste. A medium to full city roast will give you the sweetness. I like it both light and dark. It’s fun to roast this both ways and mix it a checkerboard blend.

After I tested the Colombian and Guatemalan, I wondered if I dare try a three-blender. What would it be like if I added Sumatra to the mix? After several attempts over a period of two weeks, I have found the correct blending ratio and degree of roast for each one. Roast the Colombian to a Full City, just before the 2nd crack. I then roast the Sumatra to a Full City. The Guatemalan I take to a light Vienna, but just barely. I hear one tiny snap of the second crack and I hit the cool down. I let these beans sit in a sealed container for 24 hours. Now you have a coffee that is bright and fruity, with a slight earthy taste, and a sweet and clean well-balanced cup. There are so many subtle differences in this blend that it is difficult to pass up!

The rich, bold taste of Sumatra. A very complex coffee bean. At first sip, you notice there is no heavy taste and it has a crisp acidity that is the heart of the coffee. It is a full bodied coffee which can be used in a blend or by itself. This Indonesian coffee will always roast slightly uneven. It can be roasted at a medium roast, which accentuates the complexity and brings out all the different flavors of the bean; yet remains a smooth cup of coffee. Or, this can be an excellent French Roast. I have only roasted it to a Full City+. Either way, you are bound to love the intriguing Sumatra “cup of Joe”.

Colombian, Brazil and Sumatra – Watch a beautiful sunset while you sip one delicious house blend of our newest coffees. This is an excellent espresso blend. It is rich and bold, with the smooth taste of Colombian, mixed with Sumatra to bring in the intriguing earthy taste, and a well-balanced bright, slightly acidic, caramel flavor of Brazil. Sit back and relax as you envision the loons calling to one another as their babies float along on their back. A superb coffee like no other!

This last coffee blend, is a well-rounded flavor coffee (Guatemalan) mixed with a clean and crisp, full-bodied coffee (Sumatra). You can have both of these roasted as a Full City+, or give off the smokey taste of Guatemalan by roasting it as close to Vienna as possible. I prefer both roasted a Full City+. I’ve not tried the Guatemalan at a lighter roast, and mixed that with the Full City+ Sumatra roast, but that might be my next venture. Either way, this is another great, well-balanced cup of coffee.