Stumptown - Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Chelbessa

I saved this Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Stumptown for last. Until I drink more coffee.

Chelbessa is a washing station, but if you read the back of the card, you already knew that.

This is quite possibly the first Yirgacheffe I knowingly consumed as a Yirgacheffe. The one to start the obsession, apparently. I wish I had more to write about it, but I don't. It's been so long ago since I drunk this.

Stumptown - Burundi Kayanza

After a short hiatus (of two weeks when I decided Imgur was more exciting,) here's more records (honestly just for me) of what coffee I have consumed.

This is another Stumptown roast, coming from the African country of Burundi. I'm fairly confident in saying this is the only coffee from Burundi I've ever consumed. Unless some was hiding in a blend. Sneaky.

Stumptown - Ecuador Cariamanga

Stumptown trading cards are back! I mean, they've never actually left, but after a short break of one other roast, here's another Stumptown. This one comes from Ecuador.

I've got no other anecdote about this one, other than that it was apparently good enough for me to end up with two cards of it.

Stumptown - Guatemala Bella Vista

Stumptown's trading cards are back after a short break. This one comes to us from the country of Guatemala. It's grown in a land full of volcanoes, but certainly doesn't sound like it tasted fiery.

Stumptown - Indonesia Sulawesi Toarco Toraja

Here's more Stumptown roasts. The name of it certainly is long though, so, through the power of the internet, lets break it down. Sulawesi is an island in Indonesia. Toarco Toraja is a Japanese company that helps the growers grow, process, and sell their beans. The Toraja part of the name comes from the Toraja region from the previously mentioned island of Sulawesi. I don't know the meaning behind Toarco.

That was a lot of words, just about the name of a coffee. It's starting to look like a research project in here.

Stumptown - Bolivia Buenavista

I've got a lot of these Stumptown trading cards. I wonder how they would sound when attached to the spokes of a bicycle.

As per usual, it's been so long ago that I drank this coffee, that I remember nothing about it. Judging by the two smilie faces drawn upon the front of the card, I, or someone in my household apparently like it a lot though.

Stumptown - Peru Cecovasa

Here's another Stumptown roast. Intrigued by the note about it, I ended up researching this coffee a bit more. CECOVASA is a co-op, and this coffee, was used in the 2014 US AeroPress Championships. Not this bag though, because I drank this one myself.

It's weird to me that I use a loosely scientific 4 minutes in a French Press to brew most of my coffee, and there are people out there, working to perfect their brewing, to make the most perfect cup of coffee. Here I am, banging rocks together, trying to create fire.

Stumptown - Holler Mountain

Here's more Stumptown. I'm beginning to think I drank a lot of Stumptown. Thanks friend who worked at a Stumptown serving coffee shop. Though if I remember correctly, I actually purchased this one myself.

Sorry, no tasting notes from me.

Stumptown - Colombia El Jordan

Here's another Stumptown roast. With it, comes a realization that the label color is a secret code. And here I thought the only special color was the brown for their regular blends.

Stumptown - Guatemala Santa Clara

Here's another Stumptown coffee, with it's Stumptown trading card. From Guatemala, another country I've visited, but not specifically for its coffee.

Reading the description on this one makes me realize just how much effort Stumptown puts into meeting who they buy their beans from. I wonder how much effort they still put into that after being bought out. Sounds like something to look into.

An additional note. I've apparently liked this one enough to end up with multiple bags of it at different times.

*** 10/7/2017 - Update ***

This is embarrassing. I took two sets of photos of different Santa Clara cards. My sister gave this coffee a thumbs up.

As an additional note, who is Luis Pedro, and why am I expected to know him?

Stumptown - Costa Rica Montes de Oro

Here's another Stumptown trading card, this time, hailing from the country of Costa Rica.

I brought coffee from this region back with me from a trip to Central America, however, that was long before this bag of coffee was even beans on a shrub.

Stumptown - El Salvador Kilimanjaro

Once again, here's another Stumptown trading card.

 

In college, I took a trip to Central America, and spent a few days in El Salvador as part of it. I don't remember much about their coffee. I do remember that their official currency is the US Dollar. That was weird to go back to after spending so much time with other currencies.

Stumptown - Hair Bender

Here's another hairy selection, with another Stumptown coffee trading card. It's their hair bender blend.

Stumptown - Kenya Gachatha

Most of the saving of coffee labels came from the cards on a bag of beans from Stumptown Coffee Roasters. They were and are, in a way, a sort of trading card fact sheet on the coffee you're consuming.

I must have really enjoyed this one, because there were 3 cards for it in the pile. Either that, or my friend from a Stumptown serving coffee shop liked making me drink it.