Welcome to Cultiva!
We ship only very fresh coffee. There may be a wait of a couple days before your order ships, as we don't always have enough of a particular origin/blend to get it out the same day. All coffees are left whole-bean unless you specify a grind in the notes section at checkout. You should really buy a grinder…many cost less than a pound of our beans.
A 10-percent discount applies to our five-pound bags. If you're interested in wholesale for your business, contact us for a price list.
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Sumatra Red Badger
Light roast, for a Sumatra. Hailing from the Aceh region in Sumatra (Map link), this delicious coffee is much more than the usual huge-bodied mud one expects in typical Indonesians. Crisp and rich, vanilla, earth, touch of fruit and cedar. Pretty exciting stuff!
Espresso Blends
Black Label Espresso
Black Label is our house blend, forgiving in all situations, all types of drinks. A mix of Latin American and Indonesian coffees, roasted to the perfect compromise level to be satisfying either on its own or buried under a bit of milk. Clean, a little roasty, sumptuous crema, unpretentious, delicious.
Tribal Medicine Espresso
Tribal Medicine is a tagalong from our old shop, Coffee Emergency. This mostly-Ethiopian blend is a big ol' crema bomb, full of fruit, with a nice low end provided by a little dose of Sumatra. This blend can be just a little quirky on the pour, and it's not the most conventional espresso flavor profile, but once you get it dialed in, it's a very exciting cup. Slightly darker roast than Black Label.
African origins
Kenya Muthunzuuni Peaberry
Light roast. This fly-crop Kenya is cheaper than our previous micro-lot offering, but don't let that influence you. Produced by the Muthunzuuni Farmer's Co-operative Society of Machakos, Eastern Kenya (Map link), This coffee comprised of SL-28 and SL-34 cultivars exhibits notes of tangerine and a syrupy, layered sweetness you're sure to enjoy.
Latin American origins
Guatemalan Huehuetenango
Medium roast. A classic hard-bean Guatemalan. Not a whole lot to say about it, this is the seminal Cup Of Coffee as far as we're concerned. A perennial customer favorite. Nutty caramel-glazed balance.
El Salvador Natural Santa Rita
Medium roast. This dry-processed El Salvador has been a real favorite at the shop. Perhaps not as fruity as one might expect a full natural bean to be, but full of character nonetheless. Wine and dark chocolate. Makes a very interesting single origin espresso as well.
Far East origins
Papua New Guinea Kimel A Flat-bean
Medium roast. Grown in Western Highlands region. (Map link.) Papua New Guinea consistently produces some of the more interesting Indonesians…always more of an "island coffee" flavor profile than a typical "Indonesian" one. This Kimel is no exception, with notes of semi-sweet chocolate and orange zest. Silky body. Mild and balanced.
Sumatra Red Badger
Light roast, for a Sumatra. Hailing from the Aceh region in Sumatra (Map link), this delicious coffee is much more than the usual huge-bodied mud one expects in typical Indonesians. Crisp and rich, vanilla, earth, touch of fruit and cedar. Pretty exciting stuff!
Coffee Blends
Saratoga Blend
We offer Saratoga at our drip coffee station every day, and go through many, many pots of this blend. We mix equal parts of Latin American and Indonesian beans, spice them with a bit of wild African, and roast a little way into second crack. A big, bold, dark cup. If that's not enough for you, keep scrolling down.
Midnight
This is essentially the same blend as Saratoga, but roasted even darker. That is to say, very dark. Beans display oil. If you *really* like dark, this is probably dark enough for you. We hope.
This is also the source of our bottled toddy, which we sell faster than we can make it at the shop.
Decaf
Decaf Mokha-Java Blend
Medium roast. Decaf leaves us feeling a little empty inside, staring into infinite whiteness, senses dulled. However, this Swiss water process Mokha-Java blend tastes pretty good, even though its inner goodness has been unmercifully stripped away. Fruity African beans mixed with earthy Indonesian to achieve balance across the flavor spectrum. Or something like that.
Bottled Toddy
Cultiva Toddy - 750ml
We cold brew our Midnight dark blend overnight, give it a good filtering and bottle it up, just so you can have an incredibly convenient morning cup (cut a couple ounces with hot water) or delicious iced coffee/latte at your pleasure! We sell this stuff like crazy, and it do have the power to cut through big milk! Coming in 2012: a pressure-infused, lighter-roasted version brewed with our Black Label Espresso. Keep your eyes open!
Merchandise
Cultiva Mugs!
We serve both soup and huge lattes in these 16 oz. ceramic mugs, and so should you! Nice quality black mugs displaying the Cultiva script logo in metallic gold. Discount for pairs; great gift!