Winner in three categories of 2009 New Haven Advocate Readers' Poll
Best Place to Buy Coffee Beans
Best Coffee House
Best Place to Buy Loose Tea

First of two great Costa Rica micro-lots Costa Rica San Francisco 1900 Tarrazu. This direct trade coffee is from the same farm as the Costa Rica Cup of Excellence first place winner. A terrific coffee at a great price. Just reviewed - 90 points Coffee Review. Coffee Review Assessment: Sweet, roundly pungent aroma with notes of caramel and flowers. Richly balanced acidity; medium body with a gently silky mouthfeel. Sustained flavor of apricot with hints of flowers, berry and chocolate. The fruit and chocolate merge in a dry, slightly tart finish.

Try our Serious Select limited edition coffees. This program offers exceptional and scarce coffees. Each week we offer at least two prestigious coffees, each unique and in very limited supply. These coffees roast and ship same day, once per week. While these are typically more expensive coffees, they are also unique. Next up, in time for your Thanksgiving dinner - Ethiopia Aricha Selection Twenty-Six and Cup of Excellence winner Guatemala El Socorro y Anexos..... Read more and see roasting schedule...

• Arrived at our roasting plant late Sept, 2009, first roast mid October - Our top pick in this year's auction lot and estate cupping, Kenya AA Kagumoini recently arrived from Kenya. This replaces the 93 point Kenya AA Kiru that garnered 93 points in Coffee Review in July. If you liked the Kiru you will be truly impressed by the Kagumoini. It has a rare combination of powerful flavors and finesse, layered with tons of dark fruit flavor. This coffee has a lot of depth. We have enough to last several months. Don't miss it.
• Arrived end August. Guatemala Antigua Finca Colombia. New crop, genuine Antigua. Very limited quantities. First time we have had this Finca as it rarely is available in the US.
• Perennial favorite Panama Elida Estate Reserve has just gotten here. Two years ago this coffee earned a 95 point rating in Coffee Review.
• For November-El Salvador Los Planes Pacamara - Pacamara varietal is a cross between the oversized Maragogipe and Pacas types. This is a 93+ point, past Cup of Excellence winner that is a very good example of the varietal.
• Ethiopia Yrgacheffe Koke Farms. New crop just arrived beginning Sept 2009. An acclaimed washing station near Yrgacheffe's most moutainous region. Coffee from Koke Farms has won 1st and 3rd place in two recent competitions.
• India AA Elkhill Estate - This coffee earned us a 95 point rating last year by Coffee Review.
• New, Fair Trade and Organic from Peru's Ubiriki Valley. Clean, clear, crisp. The cooperative members have helped transform their growing practices, now using organic and sustainable practices to earn more for their coffee.
  
  

  Sponsor of Yale Repertory Theatre Willoughby's Coffee & Tea is proud to sponsor the entire 2009/10 season of this great New Haven performance theatre. Our coffee is served before and during each performance throughout the season. For tickets, please visit the Yale Rep site. While there, please visit our newest store at 194 York Street, just diagonally across the street at the reconstructed and expanded Yale Architecture Building.

Back from Colombia - March, 2009 - We are just back from Pereira, Colombia where we served as jurors at the 7th annual Colombia Cup of Excellence. The international jury consisted of coffee pros from around the world and concluded a multi week competition. Coffees that scored 84 points and above will be auctioned on 4/23. Four of the coffees scored above 90 points, a difficult achievement when rated by this widespread group, earning them the coveted Presidential Award from the CoE.

Each sampler contains 4 half pounds of coffee.

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