OnPoint Radio Cups Coffee with George Howell

This past Friday Tom Ashbrook of Onpoint radio had George Howell on set. George Howell, former owner of The Coffee Connection which he sold to Starbucks several years ago. George is now the owner of Terroir Coffee Company, a coffee company focusing on specialty single origin coffees. Single origin meaning the beans in the coffee you are drinking came from the same country, and likely the same plantation. It’s not a blend of beans. Most, if not all, single origin coffees consist of 100% Arabica beans since they taste superior to Robusta beans.

During the show they cupped several types of coffee including:

Daterra Farm Special Reserve, Cerrado, Brazil
La Minita Estate, Tarrazu, Costa Rica
Maria Santos’ Los Sauces Farm, Cauca, Colombia
Mandheling, Lintong, Sumatra
Addis Ketema Cooperative, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
Mamuto Farm, Kirinyaga, Kenya
Aged Sumatra Mandheling, Vintage 2002

For the past week or so I’ve been drinking La Minita. It’s not as robust as some of the other coffees I’ve been drinking. Instead it’s light on the tongue but with a very complex set of characteristics.

Next on my list of coffees to get is the Mamuto Farm, Kirinyaga, Kenya (as shown below). It sounds amazing.

Mamuto Farm, Kirinyaga, Kenya