ECUADOR GUILLERMO LOMAS SIDRA #1207

Thanks to Charles Darwin, the small country of Ecuador is best known for its Galapagos Islands: a tropical eden of wildlife. It's exotic, but innocently so— no lions or tigers here, only peaceful tortoises enjoying their long, lazy lives. Yes, that photo from Caravela Importers is a Galapagos tortoise under a coffee tree! Amazing. Ecuador isn’t a powerhouse of coffee production (Ecuador only exports 100 containers of coffee a year; Colombia exports 32,000) but I always perk up when I see an Ecuadorian coffee on the menu. Maybe because of its small coffee industry, and its lack of commercialization, coffee from Ecuador has an untouched purity, a “mountain spring” feeling that echoes in its clean, sweet flavor profile of light fruits, nutty roundness, delicate florals. It’s not a lion of a coffee, it’s more like a tortoise of a coffee: sweet, gentle, magnetic. This one was grown by producer Guillermo Lomas in Pichincha, a heavily-forested highlands region not far from Quito.

J'adore, Ecuador! This is the first Ecuadorian coffee I've seen all year. Last year, Stamp Act's small Ecuadorian lot flew by so fast, I barely had a chance to refill my cup. I am so excited to work with Stamp Act to reserve a small amount of this year's microlot, just for Bean Box customers. Available now, for a limited time, and at a really great price! Reserve your bag today, and don’t miss your chance to try this creamy, dreamy Sidra coffee, Ecuador Guillermo Lomas.