The Metro-Blog

As part of our 15th year celebrations, we are highlighting some of our longstanding producer relationships. Check out this short video that tells the story of Guatemala’s Wicho Valdés, and his farms Finca Santa Isabel and Finca San Lorenzo. Wicho’s family has been producing coffee on these farms since 1962, and we were introduced to him in 2015 by our importers Mercanta Cof...

Due to the seasonality of the unique coffees it contains, we will be transitioning Mocha Java to a seasonal, wintertime offering effective immediately. Over the years, we’ve struggled with how to maintain a fresh inventory of these very specific, irreplaceable components: a naturally processed Ethiopia and a Sumatra. Because fresh crops of these coffees typically come our wa...

There’s nothing we love more than being able to share our roasterie, café, and the city we love with visiting producers. This year, we’re incredibly fortunate to host the folks behind some of our most beloved blends. On Monday, April 8th, we’ll be welcoming Roberto and Marcelo Flanzer from Ecoagrícola in Brazil. Ecoagrícola is responsible for our Serra do Cabral Single Origi...

With excellent growing conditions and a prevalence of sought-after varietals like Typica, Bourbon, and Caturra, Peru is poised to produce large volumes of high-quality coffee the likes of its powerhouse producers to the north and east, Colombia and Brazil. This lot was sourced through Lima Coffees in northern Peru’s Jaén Province. Lima Coffees is a young exporting company wo...

Most specialty coffee from Kenya is sourced from smallholder producers who drop off their harvested cherry to co-ops where their coffee is combined with that of other producers in the region to create a lot. This lot was sourced from the Kibirigwi Farmers’ Co-operative Society (FCS) located in Kenya’s Kirinyaga County, a region known for its great coffee. The co-op has nine ...

One of the only certified organic farms in Costa Rica, Las Lajas is located outside the town of Sabanilla in central Costa Rica. The owners, Francisca and Oscar Chacón, are third generation coffee producers known for their attention to detail in every step of production, most notably, their processing procedures. The 38 hectares of land are split into several sections that h...