El Porvenir

Beans: El Porvenir
Roaster: Doi Coffee
Roasting degree: Full City
Estate: Finca la El Porvenir
Area: La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Columbia 
Varieties: Typica, Catura, Castillo
Altitude: 1,600～1,700m
Processing: Natural, Sun-dried
RA Certified


【Impression】
Medium body but rich in flavor, well polished clear texture, citrus aroma.  Light acidity mixed into well established body of full scaled fruity sweetness and light bitterness.  Mild and light impression but stays as highly harmonized short and clear aftertaste.

【About El Porvenir Estate】  El Porvenir is one of the oldest estates located in Cundinamarca, Columbia.  The estates holds a strong conviction in traditional farming, rather called Philosophy; to minimize mechanization, most of farming tasks are managed manually.  They have earned Rain forest alliance certification as a result of their efforts on organic and traditional way of farming to protect environment.

Don Pepe Estate

Beans: Panama Don pepe

Roaster: Doi Coffee

Roasting degree: Full city

Estate: Don pepe

Area: Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama

Varieties: 100% Bourbon

Altitude: 1,550-1,800m

Processing: Fully washed, 100% Sun-dried

【About Don Pepe Estate】
Don Pepe Estate is located on the slopes of Baru Volcano, between 1500 to 1700m in altitude, in Panama's famous Boquete growing region.
Blessed with Tropic climate, Panama contributes and focuses on, so called, specialty coffee cultivation especially in Chiriqui, Western part of Panama.
Since 1899, Don Pepe Estate has devoted their effort on growing high quality coffee beans.  Blessed with environments, Volcanic ash and high altitudes, they became well recognized coffee estate in Panama.  Cofee berries are divided in small lots and processed in wet methods, then the parchment are fully sun-dried over African beds.

【Impression】
　　Dark strong body, full flavored, silky texture, leaves similar impression as high quality bourbon whisky.  Citrus acidity of Orange and lime mixed, dark chocolate like cacao aroma, hazelnuts like sweetness with deep Tanzania cacao like dark and layered bitterness with buttery mildness in flavor.  Pearly shiny round flavor, bitterness and sweetness in center,  with a touch of citrus acidity in long lasting aftertaste. 
　　This cup has strong character and leaves a memorable impression, easy to retrieve its flavor.  Good for afternoon cup, on fall to winter afternoon.

Daichi Do

Boulangerie in Shiga pref.

They bake bread with Spelt grown by their own farm.

Front is Dinkel, Spelt, Breads, which had strong and rich taste.

Back is cookies with coconuts.

Price at Daichi-do is rather high even with their effort in all process,

but I still think it worth to visit if you have a chance.  

Taruko-ya Coffee

Taruko-ya coffee roaster in TOR ROAD, Kobe.

This place use to be a cafe, Kissa-ten in Japanese, but they downscaled their business and forcused on roasting.  

As coffee beans speciality, here is recommendation from roaster for the first cup:

Light and clear taste: Tor Blend

Little Dark and strong taste: Dark Mild Blend

To have a taste of this roaster's beans, try "Espresso Bar Plus" On Koikawa St., Motomachi, 5mins walk from Tarukoya.