Organic Congo Dark Roast Coffee

Organic Congo Dark Roast Coffee by Alternative Grounds.

One pound (454 g) of organic and fair-trade freshly roasted coffee.

Alternative Grounds is a Toronto-based Artisan Roaster of Certified Organic and Fair-Trade Coffees. They were the first Canadian member of Cooperative Coffees, a green coffee importing cooperative committed to supporting and partnering with small-scale coffee farmers and their exporting cooperatives.

About this coffee:

• Packaging: You can order the coffee whole beans or standard ground. The coffee is roasted to order and comes in a 1 lb compost-able lined paper bag. The packaging means that you'll be able to enjoy your coffee for up to a couple of weeks before you will notice some changes in the quality. Please remove the top tin tie before adding the bag to compost bin.
• Tasting notes: Raisins and sweet black cherry, chocolate and black tea. Body is full, silky, thick and syrupy; a beautifully balanced cup! Aroma of dry plums, chocolate and tobacco.
• Origin: South Kivu, DR Congo
• Coop: MUUNGANO means “Togetherness” in Swahili. Consists of 4141 members with an average farm size of 0.26 ha at elevations of 1400-2000m growing 100% Bourbon varietal coffee.