HOLIDAY Gift Box 2024
The Forge Holiday Gift Box is Back for 2024!
All gift boxes will be shipped no later than December 18th. If you choose to order other items that you would like shipped upon order, please place a separate order for those items.
Give your friend or loved one a special unboxing experience with two special release Forge Coffees included in the Forge Holiday Gift Box 2024.
This year we are offering two types of gift boxes to fit your preferences.
The Hephaestus Holiday Gift Box
- Two top tier microlot coffees for the connoisseur in your life. Impressive complexity and flavors from Costa Rica and Ethiopia.
The Holiday Hugs Gift Box
- Two special release coffees, one single origin from Bali, Indonesia, and our special limited Holiday Hugs Blend. Both coffees are cozy and warm, robust and full bodied, suited to a wide range of preferences, and perfect for milks, syrups, or other "additions" that you might need to survive the Holidays.
The Gift Boxes are available whole bean, or ground for drip
- Two 10 oz. bags of Hephaestus special release, microlot coffees, or Holiday Hugs, featuring two bags of warm and cozy coffees.
- Available either whole bean, or ground for drip.
HEPHAESTUS SPECIAL RELEASE MICROLOT COFFEES
Our Forge Coffee Hephaestus Holiday Gift Box ships in our signature "set your mind in motion" character mailer box, printed with exclusive original art by Jon Ventura, a local Los Angeles artist who we collaborated with for the box art. Included in each bespoke box are two festive bags of coffee, a sticker sheet, all wrapped in custom Forge Coffee tissue.
The Hephaestus Holiday Gift Box includes two 10 oz. bags of Limited Release Microlot single origin coffee. Read below for information about the amazing coffee in the gift box this year!
- Ethiopia Banko Gotiti Premium Grade 1 Washed Process
- Costa Rica Santa Maria De Dota El Vapor Natural Process
$6.50 flat shipping per gift box.
Please note that gift boxes must be purchased separately if you are purchasing other coffees as well. One Gift Box per address per order please. Gift Boxes will ship out no later than December 18. Due to various shipping company delays and issues beyond our control, we cannot guarantee delivery of any Gift Boxes by December 25.
•Ethiopia Banko Gotiti, Premium Grade 1, Washed Process, Huke Washing Station
TASTES OF: Sweet Tea, Apple, Lemon, Raspberry, White Sugar
REGION: Gotiti Kebele, Gedeb Woreda, Gedeo Zone, SNNP
WASHING STATION: Huke Washing Station
FARMER/GROWER: 600 smallholder farmers
PROCESSING: washed
ALTITUDE: 1950-2150 m
DESCRIPTION:
Fragrance and aroma of creme brulee and lemon grass. Notes of apple, blueberry, lemon, raspberry, sweet tea and white sugar. Aftertaste of baking spices, vanilla, cinnamon and black tea. Mild lemon-forward acidity with malic and citric acids noted. Creamy mouthfeel and medium bodied.
The Huke washing station receives cherries from more than 600 growers around the Gotiti kebele. The washed processed coffees are depulped within 8 hours after picking and the mucilage-covered parchment is submerged in water for a 36 to 48 hour fermentation, depending on the conditions. After most of the mucilage is consumed, the coffee is fully washed in canals with running water until the water is completely transparent and all of the mucilage is completely removed from the parchment.
After fermenting and washing, this premium coffee is laid out on raised beds under a shade net for 5 to 7 days until the moisture content is between 11 and 12%. The coffee is then moved inside a nearby warehouse for final homogenization and resting until it is ready to be transported to the dry mill.
The Huke washing station is owned by Testi Trading and operated by the Yonis family and their team. Testi Trading makes significant investments in the communities that they operate in through their Project Direct initiatives. So far they have completed construction of multiple primary schools and even the first ever high school in the town of Hamasho, a small town in Sidama.
•Costa Rica Santa Maria De Dota El Vapor Natural Process
TASTES OF:
Strawberry, watermelon, peach, plum, salted caramel, chocolate, baking spice
COUNTRY: Costa Rica
REGION: Dota, San José
PRODUCER: Cooperativa de de Caficultores de Dota R.L (CoopeDota)
VARIETIES: Catuai, Caturra
PROCESSING: Natural (sun dried and mechanical driers)
ALTITUDE: 1550-1950mm
ABOUT THE COFFEE
This intriguing natural from Coopedota's special selection of coffees
grown around their processing facilities in Santa Maria is always an
adventure.
El Vapor, "The Steam," is a special selection of coffee from the heart of
Costa Rica's coffee lands, in the town of Santa Maria de Dota.
Santa Maria is home to one of Costa Rica's finest cooperatives,
Coopedota. It is the world's first certified carbon-neutral coffee exporter,
but it's much more than just a supplier with a great certification. The
cooperative integrates social services and environmental protections
while producing some of the highest quality coffee available in Costa
Rica.
CoopeDota's farms stretch deep into central Costa Rica and while they
produce a significant volume, they also are deeply invested in highlighting
exceptional microlots. Coopedota provides members with educational
opportunities in addition to access to wet and dry milling services, yet the
outreach extends far beyond processing: coffee by-products are used to
fuel the mechanical drying guardiolas and water use during processing is
reduced by using eco-pulpers. The cooperative manages trash pickup in
the city of Santa Maria de Dota and has been able to repurpose waste
into renewable forms of energy.
El Vapor is comprised of the classic Central American combination of two
short-stature cultivars: Caturra and its hybrid offspring, Catuaí. Caturra is
a single-gene mutation of Bourbon, first reported in 1937 along the border
of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, while Catuaí springs from a Brazilian
cross of Mundo Novo (a spontaneous Bourbon-Typica hybrid) with Yellow
Caturra. It was developed in the 1940s but not released into the public
domain until 1970s. It retains the short stature of its Caturra heritage. The
small size allows for dense planting and high per-hectare yields.
HOLIDAY HUGS GIFT BOX
•Bali Kintamani
TASTES OF:
Black Tea, Dark Chocolate, Fig, Honey
COUNTRY: Bali, Indonesia
REGION: Kintamani
PRODUCER: Sang Artawibawa, Ketut Puri Artana, Nengah Ngentag, Sang Wartana, Kadek Ardiasa
VARIETIES: Arabica B-1, Arabica Kate Kartika, Arabica Cobra
PROCESSING: Semi-washed
ALTITUDE: 1300-1600mm
Bali Kintamani Grade 1 Triple-Picked Green Coffee Beans
Five farmers in the Kintamani Highlands, with farms spanning 1,300-1,600masl, collectively produced this lot of Grade 1, Triple-Picked Bali green coffee. The intercropped farms, with their humus-rich soil influenced the classic and full flavor profile of the coffee.
Citrus was once the main crop, rich volcanic soil and higher altitudes in the Kintamani Highlands gave rise to dedicated coffee farming, nurturing Bali coffee beans that result in a classic, clean cup with mild intensity and full body.
What is Wet Hulled Coffee Processing (Giling Basah)?
The wet-hulled coffee process, locally known as Giling Basah, is the method of choice in Indonesia due to the humid climate. The wet-hulled process has become synonymous with Indonesian coffees and contributes to its unique cup profile.
In the wet-hulled process, coffee cherries are generally depulped at the farm level using hand-cranked machines. The cherries are then fermented overnight to help break down the mucilage, which is subsequently washed off. Afterwards, the coffee is quick-dried to 30-50% moisture and dried to between 11%-13% as it makes its way through the supply chain into an exporter’s mill.
Indonesian Coffee Beans
The key Indonesian green coffee regions include Aceh, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, West Java, Bali, and Flores. Java, in particular, is renowned for its pivotal role in spreading coffee production across the Indonesian archipelago. While regions like Sulawesi and Sumatra boast a long history of coffee cultivation, Bali represents a relatively newer coffee-growing area, primarily known for its small-batch, limited-scale coffee production.
•HOLIDAY HUGS BLEND
Tastes of:
Maple, Winter Spices, Chocolate, Brown Sugar
A delicious blend expertly roasted with beautiful specialty coffee from Sumatra, Mexico, and Ethiopia. A cozy and warm combination for the holiday season. Enjoy in a big cup with your favorite additions, sweet or otherwise, wrapped up in a blanket, festive music playing, while wearing the most questionable sweater you can find!
Q: "Should I get Whole Bean Or Ground?"
A: Whole bean coffee will maintain freshness and quality for longer than ground coffee. Oxidation is the enemy of the flavor of coffee. Whole bean coffee simply presents less surface area to the open air over time, providing for a longer window of freshness and optimal drinkablility. We recommend only grinding what you need to prepare your drink at each sitting. We understand however, that not everyone has a grinder that may enjoy great coffee, so we have made our offers available ground for drrip in our gift box during the holidays.
Q: "What is Hephaestus?"
A: Hephaestus is the mythological Greek God of fire, blacksmithing, and metallurgy. We thought that Hephaestus was an appropriate mascot for our line of coffees that are a cut above normal specialty coffee. Hephaestus lots are always limited, purchased in small quantity, and are usually gone before you know it. These coffees display unique flavor profiles not commonly found in most coffee. When you see the Hephaestus mark on one of our coffees, you know that it will be special.