New coffee alert!
DRINK COFFEE DO STUFF (DCDS) has just released two new
single origin coffees: Mexico Oaxaca and Peru Rutas Del Inca.
Intrigued, I read some more detail about the farms DCDS
sources from and decided I had to try them.
I’m an early riser, but not by choice. School and work
consume my weekdays lately, so that means… COFFEE. Have no fear, on the
weekends, I get outside; but I still need my coffee.
This past Wednesday morning while in Truckee, California, I
woke up and made a cup of Peru Rutas Del Inca. At 6:00am it’s a necessity to
have my cup of coffee if I want to have a functional day. Grown in the Andes
Mountains at 7900’ and described by the DCDS team as the ultimate mountain
coffee, it’s only fitting that my first time trying it was in Truckee.
Halfway through my cup, I traded coffees with my partner,
Jordan. He gave me Mexico Oaxaca and I gave him Peru Rutas Del Inca. He is the
epitome of coffee lover and mountain man, making him the ideal candidate to
sample DCDS. Naturally, I needed his opinion.
Both of these coffees are light to medium roasts. Peru Rutas
Del Inca has notes of brown sugar, citrus, and mollasses. Mexcio Oaxaca
contains notes of key lime and fudge.
My favorite? Peru Rutas Del Inca. It reminded me of a warm
summer morning, sitting on my porch as the sun rises over the trees. The coffee
was delicious and I felt at peace.
Jordan’s favorite was the Mexico Oaxaca. His inner chocolate
lover was satisfied as he drank this cup of coffee accompanied by a breakfast
of scrambled eggs and toast. He said this was his favorite because it had a
rich, creamy flavor that left him energized for his day at work.
DCDS does a fantastic job at reaching their audience on a
personal level by connecting through social media and hearing stories about how
DCDS drinkers use coffee to fuel their extraordinary days. They show that they
care about the community they have created.
The DCDS team cares about the farms they source from. There
is a place, somewhere in the world, that grew the beans used to make your
coffee this morning. How crazy is that? Better yet, there are diligent people
working on these farms dedicated to providing the finest tasting coffee possible.
As great as these coffees taste, the story about where they
come from is even better.
This is Mexico Oaxaca.
The farmers that produced this Mizteca Single Village coffee
are a group of enterprising producers who have persevered in this challenging
era without cooperative support and its accompanying organic certification,
re-engineering their farms to achieve new heights of production and better
coffee quality than ever before. This Mizteca single lot is the culmination of
the essence of true belief and grit.
Rutas del Inca Farm is headquartered in the Querocoto
District of the Chota Province in Cajamarca, Peru. The area is known for
production of potatoes, but since 2010 coffee production has proliferated
thanks to support from various NGOs supporting this new crop that has great
market potential. Rutas del Inca was founded on October 26, 2013, with just 33
members. The cooperative exported its first crop in 2014, cementing itself as a
quality-focused, organic-certified producer.
The history and background of each farm make the experience
of drinking the coffee much more personal. I take pleasure in knowing that I
contributed to the lives of these farmers in some way, as I am sure many other DCDS
drinkers do.
My half cup of Peru Rutas Del Inca and Mexico Oaxaca,
although abnormal in regards to drinking half a cup of each, were the perfect
start to my day. I’m overwhelmed with excitement for the snow to melt, so I can
sit outside with my morning cup of DCDS and soak in the first rays of sunshine.
It doesn’t get much better than that.
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