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New single origin KENYA KII AA By Intelligentsia Sourcing | February 2, 2024 The Variety Kenya = Smallholders There are over 600,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya who grow coffee on less than 3 hectares of land. Smallholders make up ~99% of coffee farmers in Kenya. Typically, these smallholders participate in a Farmer Cooperative which operates a "factory" that receives, processes, and dries coffee cherry. The Kii Coffee Factory The Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society owns and operates the Kii Factory. Built in 1995, the Kii Factory sits at the base of Mt. Kenya (which is the second highest peak in Africa...

New single origin BURUNDI YANDARO By Intelligentsia Sourcing | December 15, 2024 There is Something You Should Know About Burundi There may be no other country with a greater disparity between what its coffee means to the world and what its coffee means for the country. Burundi is responsible for barely one-tenth of one percent of the world's coffee exports — we can live without Burundian coffee. But those coffee exports are responsible for more than half the country's employment and 70 percent of its total export earnings — Burundi cannot live without coffee. Burundi's Washing Stations There is something...

RECIPES Two New Ready-to-Drink Offerings By Jonathan Gogel | February 2, 2024 Featuring Legendary Black Cat Espresso Intelligentsia Coffee, the leading pioneer of specialty coffee for 28 years, announces the debut of ready-to-drink options with a focus on premium espresso. The new creamy, plant-based oat milk lattes are available in three flavors and feature the legendary Black Cat espresso. In addition to lattes, Intelligentsia has released a new Cold Coffee can with 8 ounces of premium black Intelligentsia coffee, brewed hot and flash chilled to capture the coffee's natural sweetness and complexity. This is the lineup coffee enthusiasts have been...

RELEASES Burundi Yandaro Single Origin By Samuel Sabori | January 26, 2024 The Unsung Hero of Specialty Coffee The global coffee market may not rely on Burundi, but Burundi relies on the world coffee market. Burundi produces barely one-tenth of one percent of the world’s coffee exports, but coffee has an outsize impact on the fortunes of this tiny landlocked country in Central Africa. There are more than 800,000 people in Burundi who grow coffee, and the coffee trade provides employment for more than half its population of 11 million people. Coffee is also the country’s leading source of foreign...

New single origin ETHIOPIA WASHEDBUKU By Intelligentsia Sourcing | January 12, 2024 The Variety Origin This coffee is from Ethiopia's Guji Zone, grown in Buku and processed in nearby Hambela. We have narrowed our focus in Guji over the past few seasons to identify a village that can be a reliable source for single-origin coffees and eventually single-farm lots from individual growers — a true rarity in Ethiopia. The Variety The Farmers Behind the Crop This coffee represents the collaborative effort of three artists, starting with the smallholder farmers in Buku who grew it, harnessing the flavor of Ethiopia's terroir...