ALLIE & LENNIE

WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST COFFEE MEMORIES?  Allie & Lennie is an homage to my Grandmothers and is roast profiled to evoke all my early coffee experiences. Visiting them in small-town Saskatchewan, I can still remember the smell of their coffee mugs on the table. With generous portions of milk and sugar in the cups and served with an ever-changing bounty of baked goods like saskatoon pie, vanilla shortbread, or plum dumplings, this espresso roast is designed to embody the perfect combination of all these warm sensory memories.

Allie & Lennie rotates with fresh harvests from our producer network but will always tell stories of my grandmother’s kitchens. It showcases those crops that taste like the pies, cookies, and treats that I will forever associate with a cup of coffee.

ORIGIN:

This is our seventh harvest from the wonderful importer Aequitas. Run by Yuki Minami, the group's mandate is to "foster equitable and transparent relationships by enabling connections between producers and roasters". As Yuki states, "Aequitas is Latin for equity. But she was also a goddess that meant justice, transparency and fairness. And this is what I wanted to do, I wanted to promote a fair trade for producers”.

We sourced three distinct lots from the group this year, with our third coming from Ernesto and Cassio Yamamoto! Together, they grow coffee at Agropesg farm. Ernesto bought it in 1974 and maintained a broad focus, growing a variety of crops from corn to soy to wheat. In the late Nineties, he began shifting his focus towards coffee and operations really changed in 2021, when Cassio introduced him to his school friend Yuki. Today, they grow incredible coffee and continue to work with closely with Aequitas to continually improve operations, quality, processing and technique. We have two lots from the farm this year and this is the second, which a naturally processed lot. 

FLAVOUR: I think Allie & Lennie would both love this beautiful crop from Ernesto and Cassio. It opens with a creamy sweet nuttiness that lands somewhere between hazelnut butter and candied pecans. It is heavy with some fig and raisin notes that collide with brown sugar and honey flavours. The sweetness is the star with a syrupy cooked apple and pear profile. The finish is long and full with more chocolate and toffee notes. True to Allie and Lennie, it is like a tray of baked goods jammed into the cup
PARAMETERS: 
For espresso, use a 1:1.9 to 1:2 ratio in 28-32 seconds.
ROAST DEGREE: 
Medium.
TASTE: 
Creamy with Peanut Butter, Bosc Pear & Skor.
REGION:
Minas Gerais, Cerrado Mineiro, Rio Paranaiba.
FARM:
Fazenda Agropesg.
VARIETY:
Paraiso MG2.
ELEVATION:
1250m.
PROCESS:
Natural.
IMPORTER:
Maya at Crop to Cup.
FOB PRICING:
$13.14 USD per Kilogram. 
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.) 
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our second harvest from Agropesg & our seventh year working with Aequitas.