Bean Bios

Maine Morning Micro Roasters

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Bean Bios: Please keep in mind that the flavors described are the natural flavors of the bean. There are no flavors or additives in our coffees.



New!  Costa Rica Gabelo Vargas- Camino al Cielo, UTZ and Fair Trade certified:  Obtained 20th place in the Costa Rica Cup of Excellence National Winners Competition. The cooperative is located in the beautiful town of Atenas and not only runs a very efficient coffee mill but also has a supermarket and a hardware store for the benefit of the Coop members. UTZ certifies that a grower uses socially and environmentally appropriate coffee growing practices and efficient farm management. Camino al Cielo means "Road to Heaven". This is the best Costa Rican coffee we have ever tasted.

Cup Characteristics: Berry fruit, sweet with citrus, chocolate and caramel tones. Nice body, creamy aftertaste.

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Decaffeinated Swiss Water Processed South American Blend, Organic, 50% Fair Trade: A blend of Peruvian and Columbian beans are decaffeinated by the chemical-free water process, the preferred decaffeinating method.The trademarked Swiss-Water process removes caffeine from coffee beans without the use of solvents or chemicals, resulting in a much healthier cup of decaf. The South America blend is certified Organic, the Peruvian is also certified Fair Trade.

Cup Characteristics: delicate caramel sweetness, molasses, gentle acidity and round, robust flavor.

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Bolivia- San Ignacio, Organic, Shade Grown, Fair Trade (not certified):

Colonia San Ignacio is located in the Yungas Valley of the Caranavi region where beans are shade grown in higher altitudes. The coffee cherries are depulped and the beans are washed using pure Andes glacier melt water. These beans are one of the best professionally graded and cupped specialty coffees in the world. This is a certified Organic coffee.

Cup Characteristics: sweet, fruity, milk chocolate, caramel and honey with a creamy body and a long aftertaste.

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Guatemala La Flor del Cafe Antigua, Pesticide free, Fair Trade (not certified): This farm uses no herbicides or insecticides. All of the weed cleaning is done by hand. Although they use chemical fertilizer, they soil test the entire farm twice a year, and design our formulas accordingly. The fertilizer is applied carefully and in minimal amounts in order to keep the soil in proper harmony. This group is environmentally and socially conscious. Employees receive higher wages than other workers, receive housing, medical care and school supplies. The La Flor is shade grown and is processed and sun dried at the Pastores Mill, the largest coffee mill in Guatemala. The coffee selected is the absolute cream of the crop with the high productions standards keenly reflected in its cup character

Cup Characteristics: Medium to Full bodied with very mellow citric notes layered in deep bittersweet chocolate.

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Uganda Bugisu, Organic: Several hundred family farmers near the village of Buginyanya are organized into groups of 25 producers via the co-op at the Gibuzaale Washing Station. These groups further education and quality and give the individual farmers a stronger voice. this organic offering is grown in the eastern highlands of Uganda, close to the Kenyan border. Uganda is landlocked, so transporting coffee out of the country has been a challenge for many years. Local farmers still use donkeys to ship their produce from their farms, which dot the side of the mountains. In the traditional Ugandan households, women have the responsibility for growing coffee, which often gives families their only source of cash.

Cup Characteristics: Smooth, sweet caramel. cream, cherry, honey and rich milk chocolate with no bitterness. This coffee is Heather's new favorite.

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Ethiopian Longberry Harrar:

Ethiopian Harrar coffee beans are grown. on small farms in the eastern part of the country. The highlands of Harrar are so remote that most of the coffee is carried by donkeys down the collectors below in the valley as trucks could not go to the farmers. The way of processing the coffee is an ancient method going back to the beginning of coffee consumption. Women crush the cherry in deep wooden pots by hand and the coffee is naturally sun dried on the ground. The coffee trees are two hundred years old and some reach up to a height of 20 feet.

Cup Characteristics: Light, exotic fragrance. Fruity, smooth and complexly sweet.

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Bali Blue Moon, Organic:

If you like Sumatra but don't like the "Sumatra funk" try this excellent Indonesian coffee. Bali coffee is produced on farms too small to be offered as a single estate, so it is sold collectively. Just like wine, coffee picks up influences of its growing environment. Back during the coffee crisis of the 1990s when farmers were being paid less for their coffee than it cost to produce, farmers on Bali actually cut down a lot of their coffee trees and planted orange and tangerine trees. Even if the farmer kept his coffee trees, most of them planted orange and tangerines between the coffee tree rows to subsidize their income. The coffee seems to benefit from the proximity of the citrus, picking up a little sweetness and a bit more acidity then one would normally find in Indonesian coffee.

Cup Characteristics: Dark chocolate, earthy vanilla, black licorice. Bold presence, syrupy body with low acidity.

Peru La Florida, Organic, Fair Trade: comes from Cooperative La Florida, which was established in 1966. La Florida works to improve the community in many ways. They support local schools, providing them with essential supplies. The group owns their own tractor and truck, allowing them to maintain roads from their community to town. They have also started a micro-credit program for it's member's families and have programs for children, including a program on organic agriculture. These beans are grown at 4800-6000 feet.

Cup Characteristics: spicy, floral sweet, nippy acidity, with subtle undertones of pineapple and coconut. This is a full creamy body and a well balanced cup.