Tasting Notes: This coffee is a fan favorite with our regulars who value a smooth, balanced cup of coffee with low acidity. We get notes of bittersweet chocolate and a creamy mouthfeel. Great for a moka pot or espresso to drink with milk, or black brewed however you prefer.
 
Sourcing Notes:This coffee comes to the BOP by way of our friends at Cafe Kreyol, a coffee-importing company based out of Virginia that got its start working with farmers on the vanguard of Haiti's renascent specialty coffee scene. We like working with Cafe Kreyol because their work is transparently driven by a belief in the potential of coffee as a business to make a positive change in the communities of farmers. There is a story of growth and sustainability behind every one of their partnerships. In telling these stories and forging these partnerships, they seem to be honest about the inherent limitations of their impact as they operate within a larger capitalist system of incentive structures. They make tangible promises about investments in infrastructure that lead to sustainable wages; they avoid grand but empty rhetoric about completely tearing down systems of oppression. That combination of humanist ambition, transparency, and humility means a lot to us, and for that reason, as of now, we feel really good about partnering with Cafe Kreyol.
 
 From the Importer: "Grown under the rare shade of the Blue Pine Forest in Haiti, the surrounding community is very proud of their conservation and together they protect the land from further deforestation.This is the type of “gateway” coffee that will lead your friends into the Specialty Coffee realm. Low acidity, super sweet creamy body, balanced and smooth. ... [the APCAB cooperative] has a total of 680 growers, and their coffee is known for being smooth and creamy. The cooperative is paid roughly 300% higher wages than the Fair Trade minimum, not out of charity, but for having an exceptional product."
 
Variety: Blue Mountain, Catimor, Typica