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    Heavyweight — Blend
    Heavyweight — Blend
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    Heavyweight — Blend
    Heavyweight — Blend
    Black specialty whole bean coffee bag from Second State Coffee marked with white owl design and 'Heavy Weight' label. Sitting on a wooden counter.
    Heavyweight — Blend
    Heavyweight — Blend
    Heavyweight — Blend
    Coffee plants with a blue sky and clouds in the background
    Heavyweight — Blend
    Heavyweight — Blend
    Black specialty whole bean coffee bag from Second State Coffee marked with white owl design and 'Heavy Weight' label. Sitting on a wooden counter.
    Heavyweight — Blend

    Heavyweight — Blend

    $17.00 - $102.00

    Tastes Like: Granny Smith, Fudge Brownie, Walnut

    Size

    About this coffee

    Heavyweight has been a mainstay on our menu from day one of roasting. Whether it is a drip coffee at one of the many restaurants or hotels around Charleston or a cold brew from the tap on Beaufain Street, chances are, if you've had Second State Coffee, you've had Heavyweight. The base of Heavyweight may change regions or countries with seasonal crops, but our roasting team samples and blends dozens of coffees at different percentages to ensure this fan-favorite's overall flavor is always recognizable.

    Overall Impression: very traditional, approachable, med-full body, low acid, fudgey. Perfect for any brew method.

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    Meet the producer

    Multiple Smallholder Farmers

    Guatemala (Huehuetenango) + Brazil (Minas Gerais)
    Minas Gerais Brazil

    This coffee comes to us from Cereza Coffee - an independent green coffee importer that specifically partners with the Minasul cooperative to source high-quality specialty coffee lots. Rather than treating Brazilian coffee as a bulk commodity, Cereza Coffee uses this origin to challenge the historic stigma of lower-quality commercial coffee by focusing on traceability, consistency, and premium flavor profiles.

    • Minasul is a highly respected cooperative based in Varginha, Minas Gerais. This partnership bypasses massive legacy trade houses to ensure local integration and stable income for the actual growers
    Ixlama

    Ixlama is a shade-grown coffee, near the Guatemalan - Mexico border, that is harvested and brought to mill at Caserio Teogal Aldea San Martin, located near the town of Todos Santos. It comes to us via Balzac Brothers, a local importer, who has forged a 50 year partnership with the receiving mill who processes this coffee for the 120 family producers of San Pedro Necta and La Libertad. The mill is known for their meticulously processed coffees preserving cup quality, and consistency year over year.

    Many producers here are Mayan, speak one of the seven local languages, and work on their farms dressed in the colorful, hand-loomed textiles associated with their individual communities — a tradition that contributes to Guatemala's rich culture and to unique identity of this coffee-growing region.

    How do I say Ixlama? in Mayan words, the "x" before a consonant is pronounced with a "sh" sound:"Ish-la-ma" 

    Farm/Co-OP
    Multiple (Brazil) + 120 Maya Family Farms (Guat)
    Elevation
    1100 - 1830 MASL
    Variety
    Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra

    Process

    Washed (Guatemala) + Natural (Brazil)

    Minas Gerais

    Brazil's climate, particularly in the coffee regions, is well-suited for coffee production and drying. The country's abundant sunlight and dry weather make it a great place to sun-dry coffee with consistent results. The cherries are dried in fruit over the course of approximately 2 weeks. This portion of the coffee blend contributes body and a solid, chocolatey backbone.

    Ixlama

    At mill, the coffees are sun-dried on cement patios for four days before being placed in "guardiolas," a type of coffee dryer patented by a Guatemalan resident in 1872. The coffees are then computer-sorted by color and separated by density mechanically, resulting in a superior, clean, and bright cup that adds complexity and juiciness to our final blend.

    Gold background with chart indicating traditional to modern flavor profile of Heavy Weight blend for Second State Coffee. Washed (Guatemala) + Natural (Brazil)

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