Green Coffee
During Retreat, attendees have the opportunity to not only roast on different production and sample roasting machines, they also have the opportunity to roast a variety of different coffees! Read about the green coffee used in this year’s Team Challenge and workshops.
Team Challenge Coffee
This year's Team Challenge is to show skill and planning when navigating an inevitable hurdle in coffee roasting – serving past crop coffee. Teams will have past crop and fresh crop coffee that they will need to blend together and serve. Both the past crop and fresh crop coffee are the same exact coffee – just harvested in different years. This year’s Team Challenge is Santa Elena Estate coffee is provided by Atlas Coffee Importers.
Santa Elena Estate
Country: Costa Rica
Municipality: Rosario
Region: Tarrazú
Producer Type: Single Estate
Owner: Luz Marina Trujillo
Altitude: 1250-1650 masl
Genetic Varieties: 90% Caturra; 10% Typica
Processing Method: Washed, Pulped Natural (honey), Natural
Drying Method: Sun-dried on patio at mill
Pictured: Producer Luz Marina Trujillo (right)
with her husband Jim.
Workshop Coffee
On Saturday of Retreat, attendees will take a morning and afternoon workshop of their choice as part of their educational learning at the event. This year’s Retreat Workshop Coffees are provided by Caravela Coffee.
Comprehensive Sample Roasting
Country: Mexico
Municipality: Siltepec
State: Chiapas
Prodcer: Soel Hernandez
Farm: Finca El Manguito
Elevation: 1,639 MASL
Varieties: Bourbon
Processing Method: Washed
Drying Method: Patio for 5 days
Pictured: Producer Soel Hernandez
Profile Roasting and Roasting Theory
El sombrero
Country: Colombia
Municipality: Suaza
Department: Huila
Elevation: 1,500 – 1,900 MASL
Farm Varieties: Caturra, Colombia, Castillo
Processing Method: Traditionally fully washed process in micro-mills at each farm. Naturally fermented in cement tanks in for 18-24 hours.
Drying Method: 100% sun-dried at each farm in green house and roof drying patios with beds and plastic mesh floor.
Roasting Versatility for Extraction and Solubility
El Quebradon
Country: Colombia
Municipality: Palestina
Department: Huila
Elevation: 1,500 – 1,900 MASL
Farm Varieties: Caturra, Bourbon, Geisha, and Tabi
Processing Method: Washed
Drying Method: Sun-dried on parabolic covered patios and raised beds.
Roasting Versatility for Extraction and Solubility
San Sebastian
Country: Colombia
Municipality: La Plata
Department: Huila
Elevation: 1,400 – 2,000 MASL
Farm Varieties: Castillo, Caturra, Colombia,
Processing Method: Washed
Drying Method: Sun-dried on parabolic covered patios and covered raised beds.
Understanding Applying the Evolved Cupping Protocol: the SCA’s Coffee Value Assessment
Las Nubes
Country: Nicaragua
Municipality: Jinotega
Department: Jinotega
Elevation: 1,100 – 1,500 MASL
Farm Varieties: Caturra, Catauí, Catimor
Processing Method: Washed, Natural and Honey.
Drying Method: Dried on shaded raised beds at our beneficio in La Concordia.
Understanding and Applying the Evolved Cupping Protocol: the SCA’s Coffee Value Assessment
Finca San Roman
Country: Nicaragua
Municipality: Dipilto
Department: Nueva Segovia
Elevation: 1,300 – 1,600 MASL
Producer: Donald Efrain Roque
Farm Varieties: Pacamara, Maragogype, Catauí
Processing Method: Fully washed and fermented for 24-30 hours.
Drying Method: Dried on shaded raised beds at Beneficio La Estrella.
Pictured: Producer Donald Efrain Roque
Understanding and Applying the Evolved Cupping Protocol: the SCA’s Coffee Value Assessment
Los Trapiches
Country: Colombia
Municipality: Paicol
Department: Huila
Elevation: 1,300 – 1,700 MASL
Farm Varieties: Caturra, Castillo, Colombia
Processing Method: Washed
Drying Method: Sun-dried on parabolic covered patios and raised beds.
Additional Sessions
USRC Prep Workshop
Coffee provided by Ally Coffee
Finca Monteblanco
Country: Colombia
Region: Huila
Producer: Rodrigo Sanchez
Elevation: 1730 meters
Variety: Pink Bourbon
Processing Method: Thermal Shock Washed
Roasting Tent Green Coffee
Coffee provided by Sucafina Specialty
Lamari Washed: Sucafina Originals
Country: Papua New Guinea
Sub-region/town: Obura-Wonenara District
Farm/Coop/Station: Lamari River Valley Coffee Gardens
Elevation: 1,700 to 2,000 MASL
Varietals: Arusha , Blue Mountain , Bourbon, Typica
Processing Method: Washed
