Hezya
Produced by Hezya AMCOS (Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society), this coffee from Tanzania is a light roast coffee where the acidity shines, but is not overpowering. Think delicate apple and raisins, balanced by heaps of sweetness like brown sugar, with a light body, silky mouthfeel, and clean finish.
On our pourover menu, we find the apple acidity shines — but, when we’ve made flash brews with this coffee, raisins and grapes come forward in the cup!
Produced by Hezya AMCOS (Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society), this coffee from Tanzania is a light roast coffee where the acidity shines, but is not overpowering. Think delicate apple and raisins, balanced by heaps of sweetness like brown sugar, with a light body, silky mouthfeel, and clean finish.
On our pourover menu, we find the apple acidity shines — but, when we’ve made flash brews with this coffee, raisins and grapes come forward in the cup!
Produced by Hezya AMCOS (Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society), this coffee from Tanzania is a light roast coffee where the acidity shines, but is not overpowering. Think delicate apple and raisins, balanced by heaps of sweetness like brown sugar, with a light body, silky mouthfeel, and clean finish.
On our pourover menu, we find the apple acidity shines — but, when we’ve made flash brews with this coffee, raisins and grapes come forward in the cup!
CUPPING NOTES
Green apple, raisin, brown sugar, silky body, delicate acidity, very sweet.
MORE ABOUT THIS COFFEE
Founded in June 2017 with just 50 members, the strong leadership of Hezya AMCOS, the cooperative’s success in the direct export channel, and efficient distribution of resulting premiums, led the cooperative to grow to 295 members within its first five years. Through the ACMOS, member farmers—smallholders from Hezya and surrounding villages of Haraka and Izumbi who have, on average, less than 1 hectare each—have access to agro-inputs, micro-loans and trainings aimed at generational and gender inclusion in pursuit of economic stabilization and the growth of specialty production. Part of their success came from central processing at the coop’s CPU for the 2022/23 harvest, built through Taylor Winch. Delivering cherry to the wet mill allows quality controls through to drying, earning the cooperative (and its members) additional premiums.
GROWERS
Hezya AMCOS
ELEVATION
1,590 - 1,671 Meters
VARIETAL
Kent, Bourbon, N39
PROCESSING
Washed - Ripe cherries are hand-picked and delivered to the CPU by individual farmers the same day; cherries are inspected and sorted for ripeness; pulped the same day then washed with clean water and sun dried on raised beds for 9-10 days.
50¢ from the sale of all coffee bags go to Angels’ Place - A Pittsburgh based non-profit that cares for the children of single parents who qualify as low-income. This enables the parent to continue their own education or career, benefiting both generations.
SHIPPING: We ship orders on Tuesdays and Fridays. Order cutoff is 12pm the day PRIOR to the ship day. If you ever feel your coffee is not fresh enough, just let us know and we’ll replace it.
Domestic shipping is free for orders of $50 or more. Otherwise, it is a $7.50 flat rate anywhere in the US. We ship everything via UPS Ground.
NOTES ON GRINDING: If you choose “French Press” grind, expect it to be finer than usual, so you’re guaranteed good extraction. Some ultra fine coffee particles will make it through the screen and create a flavorful, albeit slightly opaque cup. In other words, we choose flavor over aesthetics. If you want to keep your cup looking cleaner, choose a pour over grind.
If you don’t see your preferred grind in the options then simply let us know in the notes section at checkout and we’d be happy to grind it for your favorite brewing method.
