Coffee Description
This coffee is meant to be enjoyed with others. Approachable for all to enjoy, and incredibly sweet throughout with notes of cocoa, berry, and caramel. This coffee is currently comprised of coffee from Brazil & Colombia.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Medium
Roast Level according to Crema
Refers to the roast level in comparison with all the coffees on Crema.co.
Light/Medium
Variety
Mundo Novo
Process
Washed
Region
Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais
About Caravan House Blend of Brazil
At Five & Hoek we love to travel. Whether we're visiting friends, family, or partner farmers around the world, we always try and do it as a group, since one of our biggest values is community. So when we decided to develop a "House Blend," we wanted one that traveled well, was approachable and not too crazy in the cup, and encouraged community for all who drank it.
That's how Caravan Blend was born, and just so you know, you don't have to travel to enjoy it, but you can. The bottom line is if you sip it at home, travel with it, or share it with a friend, it will be happy and so will you.
Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Our coffee expert
Michael McIntyre
Licensed Q Grader, Green Coffee Importer, Cupping Judge, 15+ Years Experience
A Good Food award-winning roaster and licensed Q Grader, Michael McIntyre specializes in sourcing and quality control in green coffee and in roasting training and analysis. He spends months of the year in Ethiopia sourcing the next year's coffee offerings for importing company Catalyst Trade, which he co-founded. Back in Portland, he spends endless hours on the phone helping roasters find their coffee unicorns, consulting with clients on a wide range of coffee topics, and training coffee professionals in roasting, cupping, sourcing, and quality control. With fifteen years experience in the coffee industry, Michael is relentlessly romanced by coffee and the community it facilitates. Outside of coffee, he is a musician with a love for vintage amps and an addiction to trolling Craigslist ads for antique coffee gear.
had this to say:
A Good Food award-winning roaster and licensed Q Grader, Michael McIntyre specializes in sourcing and quality control in green coffee and in roasting training and analysis. He spends months of the year in Ethiopia sourcing the next year's coffee offerings for importing company Catalyst Trade, which he co-founded. Back in Portland, he spends endless hours on the phone helping roasters find their coffee unicorns, consulting with clients on a wide range of coffee topics, and training coffee professionals in roasting, cupping, sourcing, and quality control. With fifteen years experience in the coffee industry, Michael is relentlessly romanced by coffee and the community it facilitates. Outside of coffee, he is a musician with a love for vintage amps and an addiction to trolling Craigslist ads for antique coffee gear.
"chocolate mousse; vanilla wafer; cocoa powder; fresh apricot and plum; milk chocolate; cane sugar; sweet cream; fudge; sweet and balanced acidity; caramelized Fragrance of cocoa powder and vanilla wafer, with stone fruit character of fresh plums and apricots. It carries through to chocolate mousse and flavors of fudge with a lingering cane sugar quality. A rounded sweet and balanced acidity and a caramelized/velvety mouthfeel. "
Five & Hoek
Five & Hoek, roasting since 2011, is focused on living life in community and connecting with others (or themselves with a good book) through coffees that tell stories. Their own story starts in India, where owners Tyler and Erich fell in love with the laid back culture experienced in tea gardens (and rickshaw rides), and brought back a desire to share that experience through the avenue of coffee and community.
Five & Hoek opened their Wheaton cafe in 2014, and are expanding to put both cafe and roastery under the same roof in 2019, where they will continue to source and roast both approachable and experimental coffees. They serve delicious coffee and inspire community through local customers and producers partners as they live out their tagline, “Coffee / Connection / Community.
