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If idyllic terroir wasn’t enough, Kenya’s meticulous cherry harvest and processing puts their coffees in a league of their own. Kiandu is a shining example of their labor’s fruit, incredibly clean, with the sparkling acidity not far from that of a bubbly rose. Have we grabbed your attention yet? There’s more. In addition to cup quality, Kenyan coffee production puts emphasis on quality of life, through advanced cooperative networks. Members of the Kiandu Cooperative receive assistance in market access and selling, as well as pre-financed services such as medical, school, and farm inputs. While the complexity of this coffee would allow us to go on for days, we especially love its syrupy mouthfeel, floral honey sweetness, and juicy flavors of blackberry and white grape.

Producer: Tetu Coffee Growers
Process: Washed 
Elevation: 1810 MASL
Notes: blackberry, melon, floral honey, syrupy

Translating in English as "dreams," Indoto comes from two-time Cup of Excellence winning Kiryama washing station. In 2017, our import partner, JNP Coffee, known for their work with women owned microlots in Burundi, invested in the washing station. The coffee is produced by some 3,500 small land holders in the country's Kayanza province, among banana trees, cassava, and beans. JNP was founded by Jeanine Niyonzama-Aroian, to support more inclusive economic development in the country. The business supports growers by sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation, and promoting environmental stewardship. Sparrows loves this coffee for its delicate, silky mouthfeel, seeming all the while robust with its flavors of black tea and dried apricot.

Producer: Kiryama Washing Station
Sub-Region: Kayanza Province
Process: Fully washed
Varieties: Bourbon
Elevation: 1808-2128 masl
Import Partner: JNP Coffee
Harvest: 2019-2020

Base Component: La Plata - Huila, Colombia 
Accent Component: Danguara - Sidamo, Ethiopia
Process: Washed
Notes: Citrus, milk chocolate, floral, honey 

According to an old Midwestern proverb, to live in a place like West Michigan, you’re likely to experience all four seasons in a single day. We can attest to this, and because of this worked to develop a blend which complements the best and worst of Midwest weather patterns. All Seasons blend offers crisp and balanced flavors, for mild Fall days, and our first glimpses of Summer in the Spring. It’s just as fitting for snow day mornings, with its resounding chocolate flavors, and provides delicate florality and vibrancy for an iced Summer sipper. 

Region: Chimborazo - Cauca, Colombia

Producer: CENCOIC Cooperative 
Process: Fully washed 
Variety: Castillo, Bourbon, Typica 
Harvest: Spring 2019
Notes: Blood orange, stone fruit, milk chocolate, juicy, vibrant 

While “peace” isn’t typically found on flavor wheels or listed as one of a coffee’s tasting notes, it’s resoundingly present in our Colombian coffee offerings from the country’s Cauca region. Following 50 years of conflict, the country is in the middle of a historic peace process, supported in part by its robust coffee industry. To help encourage this progress, Sparrows works closely with Coffee for Peace, a coalition of coffee farmers and market allies. CFP works to ensure economic stability in historic conflict zones through coffee, by aiding farmers with business development, trade facilitation, and coffee quality improvement. We currently source all of our Caucan coffees through Coffee for Peace and the farmers supported by the organization.

Our current Caucan offering is a blend of lots from the region’s Chimborazo municipality, regarded for its juicy stone fruit flavors and sweet citrus vibrancy. To compile this blend of lots, CFP worked with the CENCOIC cooperative, who supports indigenous coffee producers, and advocates for their political and land rights. In the cup, this coffee is big and full-bodied, with the bright juiciness you commonly find in a blood orange. 

Base Component: La Plata - Huila, Colombia
Accent Component: Papagayo - Tarrazu, Costa Rica 
Process: Washed
Notes: cedar, toasted almond, roasty, dark chocolate, heavy

In addition to being one of Sparrows’ go-to roasts for those desiring some roast and smoke flavor, H.O.M.E.S. also serves as a mnemonic acronym for those desiring to list off all five Great Lakes. Don’t hesitate to fill your cup with this cravably classic sipper, and drop your new geographical factoid on friends and family.

Base Component: Blend of coffees from Colombia’s Cauca region
Process: Washed
Notes: dark chocolate, currant, roasty, smokey, rich, syrupy 

For too long, Dirty Bird was kept an off-the-menu secret, akin to In-N-Out’s animal style burger, or Chipotle’s Burritodilla. For the first time, this bird is now uncaged for your drinking pleasure, pairing lush sweetness with flavors of mild roast and smoke. But, beware - Dirty Bird is a siren, just as flirty as it is dirty, capable of luring the most pure of light roast drinkers to the dark side of the roast. 

Region: Pitalito - Huila, Colombia
Producer: Various farmers 
Process: Natural Ethyl Acetate Method 
Variety: Castillo, Caturra, Colombia
Harvest: Spring 2019 
Notes: Molasses, vanilla, citrus, rich, creamy 

Unique in flavor and processing method to many other decaf coffees, La Serrania employs ethyl acetate derived exclusively from sugarcane mixed with mountain water from an isolated range in the Andes, to remove 99.7% of the caffeine. Preserved complexity and fruit flavor shine as a result from the time and attention put into this Colombian decaf. 

Brewed, La Serrania is smooth and silky with soft acidity oddly reminiscent of banana. Its deep sweetness evokes that of molasses and vanilla, which is balanced by its citrus zest vibrancy on the back end. You'll hardly be able to tell it's even decaf!

Region: Cauca, Colombia

Producer: CAFINORTE
Process: Fully washed 
Variety: Bourbon 
Notes: Citrus, chocolate, floral

Not only was this Colombian coffee produced by young growers, it was also selected by the world's youngest Q grader, Frankie Volkema. The Joven / Sparrows team worked with the CAFINORTE cooperative in Colombia's Cauca region to compile this blend of lots, in collaboration with Coffee for Peace. In the cup, it tastes of rich milk chocolate, sweet citrus, and spring flowers. Even better, it specifically supports and celebrates the next generation of farmers in Colombia.

Region: Ngozi, Burundi

Producer: Turihamwe
Process: Fully washed 
Variety: Bourbon 
Notes: Black tea, apricot, vanilla

Not only was this coffee produced by young growers, it was also selected by the world's youngest Q grader, Frankie Volkema. Produced by a collective of seven young women entrepreneurs from the Ngozi region of Burundi, this coffee shines. The women from Ngozi pooled their savings to produce their first harvest and purchase a wet mill. They named their investment group Turihamwe, which means "together" in Kirundi. While these women have been in coffee farming for years, this is the group's FIRST EVER harvest. It's incredible.

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