Our Beans
Big Ring Blend - For Those Who Need A Legal Boost
Weight 16oz./454g
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In the professional world of cycling both past and present, drugs have played a major roll in the outcome of races, destruction of team personnel and ruining many individual's careers. Will the sport of cycling ever eliminate the use of illegal drugs? Drake's Roasting has created the, Big Ring Blend in hopes of providing untapped sources of energy that will assist a cyclist to perform beyond their normal capacities. Our beans were carefully selected to maximize caffeine levels that will not be detected by testing procedures used by the sports governing bodies. On top of this we have spent hours testing the taste qualities so that it will please the palates of cyclists; smooth finish, nice balance of body and acidity and a flavor that compliments any of the gourmet nutrition bars.
Colombia Monserrate
Weight 16oz/454g
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Monserrate is a community of 28 families some two hours down a bumpy dirt road from La Plata located in the Huila Region of Colombia. Each family has its own de-pulping and fermentation set up, along with raised drying screens protected from the rain by parabolic roofs of transparent plastic. Since every family contributes coffee for export, each fermentation and drying process has to be done perfectly, or it could compromise the entire shipment. Happily, the whole community takes great pride in their work, and the results show very nicely in the cup.
Costa Rica - Laminita Hacienda
16 oz. / 454 g.
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We are proud to offer La Minita to our list of direct relationship coffees. Grown in the famous Tarrazu region, La Minita has established their coffee as one of the worlds premium beans. There is no other coffee so carefully prepared - the beans we receive are the best of the best from La Minita. La Minita produces a perfectly balanced cup; full body with great acidity, sweetness and amazing clean aftertaste. We roast this fine bean light taking every effort to retain maximum flavor.
Costa Rica - Santa Elena Estate -Tarrazu Region
Weight 16oz./454g
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Costa Rica produces some of the world's best coffees and the Tarrazu Region typically is where these beans are grown. In our shop we always receive positive comments when serving this coffee. Full flavor; nice brightness balanced with a medium body; longer aftertaste than other Centrals.
Drake's Espresso
12 oz. / 340 g.
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This multi-bean blend is specifically roasted for enjoying a straight shot, Macchiato, Cappuccino and other espresso drinks. We taste test this blend using an Expobar Brutus machine, VersaLab M3 grinder and filtered water. The roast is light providing full flavor, smooth finish, amazing crema, balanced bitter-sweetness, strong chocolate tones and long aftertaste. Don't hesitate to brew this blend as normal coffee. Please contact us anytime to discuss pulling shots. Storage suggestion: immediately transfer beans into a glass, stainless or porcelain container with an air tight lid. Coffee does not like air and will go stale quickly if not kept in a sealed container. DO NOT refrigerate or freeze. Room temperature in a dark cupboard works the best.
Drake's Signature Blend
Weight 10oz/285g
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The Signature Blend is Drake's first and favorite all-purpose blend. Beans from Indonesia, South and Central America are roasted to a medium finish. This coffee has a high degree of satisfaction. Flavor is full, with no bitterness and a pleasant aftertaste. An excellent choice for your afternoon cup or to complement any dessert.
El Salvador - Finca Santa Sofia Estate
16 oz. / 454 g.
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This is our first offering from El Salvador - why have we waited so long? That's a good question as this is a very exciting coffee. Santa Sofia has been a family estate since 1890; shade grown and using the same shrub management and fertilization techniques for over 50 years. The plant is of the Bourbon variety. The taste is sweet chocolate; balanced and finishes clean.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe - Kochere
Weight 16oz./454g
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Another fine African offering is our Yirgacheffe from the Kochere region of Ethiopia. Our importer works directly with the Kochere growers establishing quality growing processes that produce premium quality beans. This attention to detail is evident with quality taste in the cup. Aroma - clean, delicate, nice taste‚ - first sip is bright with slight body and very clean finish. Roast Notes‚ - roasted light/medium.
Guatemala - Finca Vista Hermosa Estate Grown - Huehuetenango Region
Weight 16oz/454g
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Exceptional! The best morning coffee we have ever tasted. We began purchasing this world class bean directly from FVH in 2004 and have continued through the 2006 crop. We are very proud to offer this coffee. Edwin Martinez is a third generation owner who has established FVH an ecologically sound and healthy coffee farm, a model for many shade grown and organic plantations. Roaster notes: sweet powerful aroma, excellent brightness, medium body, smooth chocolate bottom with brilliant upfront fruit tones, very clean.
Hawaiian Kona - Captain Cook
Weight 8oz.
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Certified 100% Kona coffee by the State of Hawaii Agriculture Department, this Kona coffee is purchased from the Captain Cook Company which has been growing coffee on the island of Kona since the late 1880’s. One does not have to be a serious connoisseur to know that the Kona Island grows world renowned coffee. Like many of our coffees, the Kona bean is roasted very light to capture all the qualities; the aroma is intensely rich, first sip fills your senses with full bodied flavor that has a very pleasant finish. This Kona coffee is rated Extra Fancy and comes with a high price & expectations – we believe the cup justifies both.
Honduras - Certified Transfair & Organic Grown
Weight 16oz./454g
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Centrally located in Central America, bordering top quality coffee growing countries Guatemala, El Savadore and Nicaragua is Honduras. Even with excellent climate conditions and optimum altitude, Honduras has neglected the specialty coffee market until recently. This is Drake's first offering of Honduras coffee and most likely your first chance of experiencing a cup that has deep flavor with a heavier body than it's more popular neighbors.
Jamaican Blue Mountain
Weight 8oz./227g
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How does one know if what you receive is 100% Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee? Having the position of being the worlds most expensive and rare coffee, the customer is often slighted with blends that have very few JBM beans. Aside from quality this was our primary concern in pursuing JBM. There is no regulation in the United States that prohibits roasters from selling coffee that isn’t Jamaica Blue Mountain under the Jamaica Blue Mountain label. So how do you know you’re getting 100% JBM coffee? You have my word. Our JBM is 100% certified. Roaster notes: This coffee is best light roasted; aroma is intense, sweet, taste has incredible balance, delicate body Aftertaste is soothing and lingers awhile – very pleasant!
Kenya - Fairview Estate
Weight 1lb.
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This single estate coffee impressed us after the first cupping. As usual the importer sold out quickly, however we still have supply. Simply put this Kenya rates at the top. Aroma is pleasantly intense as is the flavor; balanced medium acidity & body.
Nicaragua
Weight 16oz./454g
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This is our first time offering a coffee from this country and based on our customers satisfaction it won't be the last. We take the roast just a bit further than our Guatemalan; the cup is nicely balanced with more body & less sharp than our other Central coffees; the flavor is smooth, clean and pleasant.
Panama Maunier Estate
Weight 10oz.
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Drake's Roasting is proud to announce another award winning estate coffee from The Best of Panama 2007 auction held this past May - Panama Maunier Estate Coffee. With out a doubt Panama is/has been producing world class coffee; the rich volcanic soil, high altitude, ideal consistent weather allows the grower perfect conditions. We roast this incredible bean just into the second crack; light city roast. There are no flaws in the cup that I can find; the taste is obvious floral notes; very well balanced; sweetness; pleasant throughout the temperature range. This is definitely a sit down/relax coffee.
Peru - Certified Organic/Fair Trade
Weight 1lb.
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The same objective as our Honduran Decaff applies to this Peru and that is a coffee that satisfies the "coffee snob" when it's too late to get caffeinated. Roasted to produce a full body, pleasant finish, we have served this blinded to our bike shop customers with very positive remarks.
Peru - Trans Fair & Organic
Weight 16oz./454g
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A new offering that has everyone nodding with approval. One of our darkest roast; smooth, very flavorful, long aftertaste. Great choice to accompany a desert!
Tanzania Blackburn Estate
1 lb 454 g
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The Blackburn estate coffee is grown at extremely high altitude between 1750 & 1950 meters. This quality coffee cups similiar to our Kenyan Fairview with a bit more sweetness/juicy. The roast goes into second crack slightly longer than the Kenyan Fairview.
Uncle Leo's Decaffinated Blend - Swiss Water Process
16 oz. / 454 g.
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This decaf blend has an incredible full flavor, medium body, delicately pleasant acidity and a very nice aroma. Some coffee drinkers love coffee but can not have caffeine, this cup will meet their needs. My Uncle Leo is eighty four years young, still drives everywhere (trips to Florida are still non-stop) without caffeine...we all wonder what he could do with it! The Swiss Water Process is a 100% chemical free coffee decaffeination method that results in great-tasting decaf coffee. Most other processes use chemical solvents, like methylene chloride, to decaffinate coffee beans. Conversely Swiss Water Process uses only water.