Coffee Kobo Higuchi

A package From Coffee Kobo Higuchi  has arrived!  "Kobo" means a small factory like "an atelier", in Italian "bottega", with metaphor of craftsmanship.  Certainly, the roaster, Mr. Sehichi Higuchi, refers himself as "a craft-man". 
   
The package contains "Trial set", 300g of freshly roasted coffee beans, three different single origin 100g each with the certification such as Rain forest Alliance, Fair-trade label and so on.  How surprising it is to know this costs only 1,000 JPY!
This time, it includes:  Kenya Kangunu,  El Salvador Las Nubes, and The Agricultural Cooperative Chojzunil, Guatemala. 

The specialty coffee boom has aroused public interests in coffee cultivation process, including estates and mills, and has changed the coffee market structure.  Now, single origins and estate/mill bland coffees become highly accessible with wider selection with sometimes special price like this.  Flavor of coffee relies on both quality of green beans and roasting techniques, so these type of "trial package" reduce barriers to taste arts of new coffee roasters. Reviews will follow as they are tasted and now wish these coffee beans have lively tastes as their aroma is.