Roasting Specialty Coffee in the Tug Hill Region
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Tug Hill Artisan Roasters was launched with a vision to bring Specialty Coffee to the Tug Hill Region while supporting sustainable practices in coffee.
October's Coffee: Pache Natural
Cupping Notes: Caramelized, Pear, Clove
Temp of Roast: 413 °F
Process: Natural
Variety: Maragogype/Catuai
Altitude: 5,400 ft
Origin: Finca Corintio, Honduras
The Pache Natural is from Alex Portillo's farm, Finca El Corintio of the Marcala region of Honduras. A group of us were able to visit Alex's farm in March of this year. Alex is continuing to work on improving the quality of his coffee production. In the next few years Alex is focusing on building a micro-mill that will enable him to focus on processing his quality at the high level he would like to. Alex is also finishing a degree in coffee agriculture at the local university in Comayagua.
One of the things that I (Scott) really respect and appreciate about Alex is how he follows up with the coffee roasters he works with. We are Alex' primary coffee roaster in the US. In October, Alex called and we spoke for an hour about everything from recapping how the new logistics we had set up was performing to how the coffees were doing in the cup.
We hope you enjoy this coffee. It's the Pache Varietal processed as a Natural. Cheers!
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(pictures from the farm below)
Luisa's Gesha
From Buesaco, Nariño Columbia
Luisa and (I) Scott met in San Pedro Sula, Honduras in 2025.
Luisa’s farm is located high in the Nariño region of Colombia. She is the first producer from this region that we have worked directly with. She is a 3rd generation coffee producer and in recent history her farm has become a model farm transitioning from more commodity grade towards high end specialty.
In addition to planting and growing exceptional varieties, Luisa has mastered many post harvest processes.
Improved Typica x Sidra
From Finca La Palmira, Ecuador
Ecuadorian coffees are starting to have a moment. For a long time the coffee world of Ecuador has lived in the shadow of it's two coffee giant neighbors, Colombia and Peru.
Santiago and Scott met at the Producer Roaster Forum in San Salvador. Santiago is passionate about growing great coffees and demonstrating Ecuador's ability to grow new and exciting varietals.
This coffee is naturally processed and a blend of two varietals. We're super excited to release this coffee from Santiago's farm Finca la Palmira.
Cupping Notes: Caramelized, Pear, Clove
Temp of Roast: 413 °F
Process: Natural
Varietal: Pache
Altitude: 5,400 ft
Origin: Finca Corintio, Honduras
The Pache Natural is from Alex Portillo's farm, Finca El Corintio of the Marcala region of Honduras. A group of us were able to visit Alex's farm in March of this year. Alex is continuing to work on improving the quality of his coffee production. In the next few years Alex is focusing on building a micro-mill that will enable him to focus on processing his quality at the high level he would like to. Alex is also finishing a degree in coffee agriculture at the local university in Comayagua.
One of the things that I (Scott) really respect and appreciate about Alex is how he follows up with the coffee roasters he works with. We are Alex' primary coffee roaster in the US. In October, Alex called and we spoke for an hour about everything from recapping how the new logistics we had set up was performing to how the coffees were doing in the cup.
We hope you enjoy this coffee. It's the Pache Varietal processed as a Natural. Cheers!
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Last week I bought Black River from the Regional Market. I have to say. It is absolutely the best black coffee I have ever had. I hope it’s a regular edition that is available all the time. It’s so good. I’m definitely telling everyone I know to get it. Really. Not to overstate it, I was blown away.
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Altitude: 3500ft
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Who do we partner with?
Tug Hill Artisan Roasters sources coffee both through importers as well as directly from farms. We really value these "direct trade" relationships. So much so that we've set up a whole page on our website where we talk about them!
Whether the farmers are practicing new and innovate pest control or fermenting coffee with unique yeast strains, we want to share and emphasize some of the wonderful people we've had the opportunity to work with over the years.
At Tug Hill Artisan Roasters, we recognize that the best we can do as roasters is being true to the intent of the farmers and processors. It's the knowhow to grow great coffee and hours put into its processing that sets specialty apart (obviously there's also the scoring). Let's put credit due where it deserves to be.
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Great coffee
Even Better change
Tug Hill Artisan Roasters was launched with a vision to bring Specialty Coffee to the Tug Hill Region while supporting sustainable practices in coffee.
Even better change
Great coffee
Tug Hill Artisan Roasters was launched with a vision to bring Specialty Coffee to the Tug Hill Region while supporting sustainable practices in coffee.
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