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Coffee Info
Counter Culture Coffee
Sat, 10/18/2008 - 3:43pm — The Wine Guy
I'm reading a book about coffee and I'm finding there's a lot to learn. But it's fun. Just like learning about wine, there's geography and geology, botany and chemistry. And, just like wine, it all results in a tasty beverage with pleasant psychoactive qualities. We like Counter Culture because, as they say on their website, they're "Coffee Driven."
We also serve Counter Culture in our Back Bay Cafe.
See what featured coffees are available below.
Counter Culture 2009 Holiday Blend
Counter Culture's 2009 Holiday Blend is crafted from coffees produced by their longtime partners at Finca Nueva Armenia in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Proceeds from the blend will fund a native tree-planting project carried out in partnership with Finca Nueva Armenia owner-operators Javier and Jorge Recinos. With estimated costs at $2-$3 per tree, every three 12 oz bags sold will provide a new healthy tree to the program!
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Shakisso Natural Sundried
Lovingly hand picked and sun dried by the skilled farmers of Shakisso, this intensely flavorful natural-process coffee shines with bright notes of ripe berries above luscious chocolate undertones. Just as with our washed-process lot from Shakisso, this natural sundried coffee is made up of both cultivated and wild coffee varieties, resulting in a remarkably complex cup bearing the attributes of each.
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Kuta
With its profound, beautifully rich body and sweet notes of dark chocolate, cherry, and vanilla, this impressive lot from Counter Culture's partners in Papua New Guinea is one of the most exciting coffee discoveries of the year.
Cupping Comments from Coffee Review
Overall Rating: 93 points
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Ndaroini Kenyan Coffee
Sourced directly from Counter Culture's farmer partners in Ndaroini through Kenya's new "second window," this beautifully bright and intensely flavorful lot resonates with notes of tropical fruit, sweet lemon, and savory undertones above a rich body and a pleasantly elegant, sweet finish.
Kenyan coffee grower
