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A sweet specialty coffee with notes of cocoa, milk chocolate, and figs. Hints of nuts, a full body, and a mild acidity.
This is our second year purchasing coffee from Shreedev and Sushmita Hulikere, via our friends at Osito Coffee. Shreedev and Sushmita manage Hulikere Estate, a sprawling 100 hectare farm, with over 100 year-round employees. This is a big deal: positions like a coffee picker, for example, tend to be a seasonal labor force, and by offering more stable work, Hulikere has a base of a very skilled team that knows what it takes to produce higher quality coffee. Hulikere Estate is also a part of the KaadKaapi collective, which focuses on integrating the systems of coffee production alongside the natural environment. To put it more clearly: these producers prioritize the health of their farmland and forests before coffee cultivation. They believe that, in the face of our shared climate crisis, conservation of local biodiversity should be the primary goal, using coffee as a tool for that care. All coffee at Hulikere is hand-picked and processed within the same day. Processing techniques include float removal, disc pulping, natural fermentation, and meticulous drying in clay brick yards. This is a massive feat, thanks to their year-round workers, that contributes to the impressive quality of their coffee. We selected this coffee to continue showcasing Hulikere Estate, as well as highlight the consistency of coffee from Chikmagalur, India. Over the last 3 years, we’ve purchased many coffees from India, and washed lots like this one remind us of what makes India’s terroir so special. This coffee has complex nutty and umami notes of sesame and pistachio, a caramel-like sweetness/finish, and lingering notes of dried mango and baking spices.
Grown by smallholder farmers and processed at the Hafi washing station, this coffee travels to us from a very remote part of Burundi's highlands. Perfect for springtime, cherry dominates the cup in aroma and taste with a mild floral undertone. Look for additional notes of persimmon and toffee with a coating mouthfeel.
Enrique’s farm Finca Chelín is renowned for his high-quality lots, ranging in multitudes of experimental ferments of high cost and quality varietals. Cherries are picked very ripe (dark red - purple, ideally around 26°Brix). The Black Honey tends to have more notes of ripe fruits, figs, dark berries, and an enhanced malic acidity.
Guatemala - Washed - Filter Lemon Curd, Brown Sugar, Toasted Almond
Colombia is a country of short distances and extreme variations. One ridge catches late afternoon sun and warm updrafts from a river valley. The next ridge turns frigid by three o’clock and holds mist until morning. The communities are only miles apart, but coffees taste like they come from entirely different worlds. That is the beautiful challenge of Colombia; it’s a landscape that refuses to be simplified and restricted to binary categories. For decades, the Colombian state tried to homogenize and flatten the diverse voices of Colombian coffee...
This single origin natural lot, grown in the forested highlands of Guji, was decaffeinated using the chemical-free Swiss Water Process. This gentle procedure allows the cup to maintain the rich, complex flavors and delicate floral notes that Ethiopian coffee is famous for. We taste chamomile, fig jam, molasses, and graham cracker with lovely floral undertones.
Izuba translates as ‘sun’ in Kirundi, the national language of Burundi. This lot is a combination of both the natural and honey processed lots from the washing station. These methods result in a particularly sweet cup profile and make for a fruity, bright and complex coffee.
Our signature blend and best-selling coffee bean. This is where it all started for RAVE and still remains a firm favourite. It's delicious however you brew and because it's a blend you'll pick up subtle differences with every cup! Smooth and balanced, this blend carries chocolate, caramel and almond. Discover more exciting flavours in our full collection of coffee beans.
ESPRESSO ROAST BAKER’S CHOCOLATE • MOLASSES • ROASTED WALNUT Built for espresso. Heavy, bold, and unapologetic. Bowbreaker is developed for espresso with weight and intensity — thick body, deep chocolate, and a strong molasses backbone. The profile leans bold and finishes long with caramelized depth.
A limited lot of Anaerobic Bourbon from the Shyira station, with wild florals, tropical fruit and cacao nibs.
Spring in Montreal is chaos. This coffee gets it. Grown high in the Peruvian Andes, where cold and damp conditions are part of daily life, this lot comes from producer Felipe Estela, one of the first in his area to step into coffee production. His focus? Quality, reliability, and doing things right – every season. This washed Typica and Bourbon blend is sweet and steady, with notes of sponge toffee, ground cherry, and canned pear. It starts cozy, finishes clean, and keeps you coming back for another sip. Peru’s coffee history is layered, shaped by colonialism, politics, and constant change. From its introduction by Jesuit missionaries to shifting systems of production and export, the industry has endured through it all. Our partnership with Crop to Cup helps ensure the farmers we work with are paid fairly and that labour is treated ethically. Because great coffee tastes even better when it’s rooted in care and respect.
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A MYSTERIOUS VARIETY SEPARATION FROM THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILYAbout a decade ago, mysterious coffee trees were discovered on the Rodriguez family farms. The origin was unknown, but genetic testing later revealed a combination of Ethiopian Landrace and Bourbon. Since then, the family has carefully propagated these trees across their farms, recognized for producing notably larger cherries. The result is a coffee of remarkable sweetness and layered complexity, carried by a vibrant, tropical acidity and a cup profile that expresses notes of Meyer lemon, cane sugar, and pomelo.
WELCOME THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING WITH NEW MOONAs temperatures warm and Michigan thaws after a long winter, spring enters the picture with its bounty of fresh florals and crisp air. To pair with the welcoming of a new season, New Moon showcases juicy florality and delicate stone fruit. A pairing reminiscent of lengthening days and bright sunlight. Thoughtfully blended, Ejo Heza from Rwanda in tandem with Juan Angel’s field blend of Pacas and Bourbon delivers a lively awakening after the doldrums of winter, in a cup brimming with tasting notes of apricot jam, rhubarb, and peony.
A WONDERFULLY COMPLEX GEISHA FROM A YOUNG PRODUCER For years, we have marveled at the quality coming from Yulisa Carhuallocllo, and awaiting the first opportunity for her coffee to grace our menu has been a lesson in patience. At just 26 years old, Yulisa placed 7th in the Peru Cup of Excellence last year with a Geisha lot, and her continued success in young producer competitions has helped to put her coffee on the map. Managing her 3 hectare biodiverse farm named La Miel where honeybees aid in pollination, Yulisa primarily cultivates Geisha, Caturra, and Bourbon that adorn steep slopes. Cherries are floated before beginning an 18-hour in-cherry fermentation, depulped, and fermented for an additional 36 hours before drying on African beds for 25-30 days. Yulisa's Geisha is expressive with notes of pomelo, chamomile, and mandarin.
AN EXPRESSIVE ANAEROBIC YELLOW CATURRA FROM THE PRENTICE FAMILYMadcap has partnered with husband and wife duo Ellen and Stuart Prentice of Finca de Dios since 2009. Ellen inherited the farm from her father in the early 1970’s, falling in love with the coffee growing process and converting more land to coffee production. Today, with the help of their daughter Ashley, the Prentice family oversees a 19-hectare farm encompassing a multitude of microclimates. While Ellen handles coffee growing & processing with her studies in agronomy, Stuart continues to provide innovative upgrades to the farm, and Ashley focuses on relationship management. As the Prentices have continued to explore alternative processing methods, we were able to cup our first offering of anaerobically processed Yellow Caturra, immediately falling in love with its tropical yellow fruit profile.
In a market with no shortage of exotic coffee, cuppings highlighted by traditional varieties feel special. Esmérita's field blend of Caturra, Typica, and Bourbon is an expression of what is possible with meticulous practices. It's exceedingly rare to connect with producers who manage the entire harvest themselves, but Esmérita does so without the aid of pickers on her farm. Intense geography limits mobility, so fermentation begins in-cherry, tying off day lots in plastic sacks until they can be depulped, washed, and dried. Brief in-cherry fermentation produces a lot that shines with intense florality and juicy acidity highlighted by notes of guava, lychee, and violet.
SPARKLING WASHED CATURRA LOT FROM A YOUNG PRODUCER IN NORTHERN PERUFor years, we have marvelled at the quality coming from Yulisa Carhuallocllo, and awaiting the first opportunity for her coffee to grace our menu has been a lesson in patience. At just 26 years old, Yulisa placed 7th in the Peru Cup of Excellence last year. Managing her 3 hectare biodiverse farm named La Miel where honeybees aid in pollination, Yulisa primarily cultivates Geisha, Caturra, and Bourbon that adorn steep slopes. Cherries are floated before beginning an 18 hour in-cherry fermentation, depulped, and fermented for an additional 36 hours before drying on African beds for 25-30 days. Yulisa's Caturra is lively with notes of passion fruit, lilac, and cane sugar.
BRIGHTEN UP YOUR MORNING WITH THIS LATE WINTER BLEND When creating seasonal blends like Lake Effect, we aim to capture the feelings and flavors of the season itself, highlighting the beauty found within its elements. In the dead of Midwest winters, brief glimpses of sunshine remind us that spring isn’t too far off. Lake Effect is inspired by these warm, hopeful moments offering a welcome contrast to the doldrums of winter. Lake Effect features a harmony of two African components that come together as something greater than their parts. Karinga AA from Thika District, Kiambu County in Kenya is thoughtfully blended with Tamrat Alemayew from Gedeo, Gedeb in Ethiopia, delivering bright citrus and punchy stone fruit anchored by delicate florality. The cup shines with notes of blood orange, lemon curd, and apricot.
A VIBRANT EMBODIMENT OF COFFEE FROM GEDEBHigh up at 1800-2100 meters above sea level, heirloom coffee cherries mature slowly in the clay loam soils of the Gedeb district of Ethiopia. Once perfectly ripened, cherries are picked and processed by the Tamrat Alemayew washing station, owned and operated by the Moplaco Trading Company. Moplaco is owned by fourth generation coffee professional Heleanna Georgalis, a producer we’ve had the pleasure of contracting coffee from on past Madcap menus. Moplaco was started in 1972 by Heleanna’s father Yiannis, and has since expanded exponentially, with a reputation for upholding the benchmark of expert standards in milling and exportation. Coffees from Gedeb are renowned for their florality and complexity, and Tamrat Alemayew’s washed heirloom coffee is a fantastic representation of the type of quality we get excited to see from this area. Savor notes of bright lime candy, tangerine, and honeysuckle in the final cup.
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Black and White
Wilmar Castillo's coffee story began when he was just six years old, accompanying his father and his three older brothers while they worked on various coffee farms throughout the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. The years that followed were filled with a lot of hard work, but what Wilmar remembers most vividly from that time is his father's passion for coffee—and his own budding desire to propel that legacy forward. About 15 years ago, Wilmar convinced his family to move to a valley called Hoja Blanca, where he now manages a gorgeous farm whose name, Vista Al Bosque, means 'overlooking the forest.' With two of his brothers' farms now on either side of his own, Wilmar is continuing to write new pages in the Castillo family coffee story, and we are thrilled to recount his Gesha chapter with you once again.
Swerl
Juicy and complex. Tasting tropical like papaya, citrus, and candy. Winey with a long aftertaste. The cherries are harvested at 20+ brix. Then the coffee is sent from Jutiapa to Antigua to process to Finca Gascón. Felipe Contreras from Finca Gascón then processes it on a 1,000-liter inox tank, and inoculates the fermentation with lactic bacteria isolated from the same cherry. The inox tank is closed to create an anaerobic environment. It then ferments for 72 hours and sun dries as natural for 30 days. Coffea Diversa Suchitan is a collaborative effort undertaken by Jose Padilla and Gonzalo Hernandez.
Hydrangea
Tastes Like: White Peach, White Hyacinth, Meyer Lemon Origin: Finca El Socorro, Palencia, Guatemala Variety: Gesha Producer: Juan Diego de la Cerda Elevation: 1,798-1,890 masl Process: Washed
April Coffee Roasters
Location: Jalapa department, Guatemala Farmer: Jose Roberto Monterroso Pineda Producer: El Morito Varietal: Washed Processed Pacamara Flavour Notes: Red Berries, Grapefruit & Lime Sweetness: ●●● ○ ○ Body: ●●● ○ ○ Acidity: ●● ● ● ○ Roasted Coffee Beans (Ristede hele kaffebønner)
Onyx Coffee Lab
Grown in the mineral-rich highlands of Huehuetenango, this washed Gesha reflects over a century of agricultural legacy at Finca El Injerto. First planted in 1900 and stewarded today by the third and fourth generations of the Aguirre family, El Injerto is a leader in sustainable, precision-driven coffee production.
Monogram
Easy Mode is a friendly entry point into funky coffee, playful, aromatic, and built to be enjoyed without overthinking it. By blending coffees from Guatemala and Colombia, we’re able to balance bright aromatics with a smooth, steady base. You’ll find floral lift, juicy fruit, and a soft, dessert-leaning finish, all dialed in so nothing feels overwhelming or too wild. If you’ve ever been curious about experimental coffees but weren’t sure where to start, this is a great place to begin. Easy Mode is made for sipping, sharing, and easing into the funky side at your own pace.
One Line
A dark roast coffee from a long time relationship in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Todos Santos is a community of smallholders composed of former ASODIETT cooperative members. This group is led by Macario Calmo Perez, who has been a steadfast partner with Los Volcanes, and its founder Josue Morales.
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