Serious Select coffees roast and ship on Tuesdays (except as noted) and are sold on a pre-ordered basis. They are packed in foil bags with one-way valves and ship within hours of roasting. Outside of neighboring states we recommend you choose shipping via USPS Priority Mail.

If you have other items ordered we will ship them along with your Serious Select coffee. If you want other items shipped separately please enter them as a separate order.

Introducing Serious Select - We are pleased to introduce a new line of coffees to Willoughby's we call Serious Select. In addition to all of the other great, freshly roasted coffee we offer, we have committed to some coffees of special distinction which are either very limited, exotic or both.

We are participants in a number of international competitions as jurors, such as the Cup of Excellence, now held in about eight countries a year. These competitions seek to rank the best coffee in a particular country in a given year. The coffees are later auctioned and the best fetch a considerable price due to their excellence and scarceness. Some Serious Select coffees derive from other single country competitions, some from private auctions - like the world reknowned Hacienda Esmeralda from Panama - and yet others are the product of experimentation by growers pushing the envelope.

These highly sought after and often more expensive coffees are what Serious Select is all about. We will roast and ship Serious Select coffees on Tuesdays, one coffee per week, so you may enjoy these coffees at their absolute peak of flavor.

Roasting schedule: This coffee will be roasted and shipped Tuesday 1/6/09.

Panama Carmen Estate Best of Panama Winner #2

Carmen Estate coffee from Panama is reliably delicious and delicate. This year, in addition to a host of other accolades, this extremely small lot made its way through successive competition rounds to win second place in the annual event. We had the honor to have been a judge at the event. An auction, some months later, followed the competition and the bidding was sharp for this particular lot. An estimated 250 pounds were expected, yet only 200 pounds were actually available after milling. Happily, we won the bid and within days congratulations were received from other judges and bidders. We have all of this exclusive coffee.

Carlos Aguilera, who is also the president of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama, gives his farm and his coffees loving attention and it shows in the cup. Rainforest Alliance Certfied. For more Panama Carmen Estate BOP Winner #2 information or to order.

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