ALLIE & LENNIE

BRAZIL • YUKI MINAMI

FLAVOR PROFILE

Peanut Butter

Berry Jam

Kit-Kat

Body: Creamy

Acidity: Gentle

Sweetness: Comforting

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BEANOLOGY

Origin: Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais — Brazil

Producer: Yuki Minami

Farm: Olhos D’água

Varietal: Red & Yellow Catuai

Elevation: 1140–1220 Meters

Process: Natural

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BEANOGRAPHY

Allie & Lennie is the grounding force of the espresso lineup — the cup that meets you where you are and asks for nothing except that you slow down long enough to enjoy it. Smooth, creamy, and deeply familiar, it is built for daily drinking, but never feels ordinary.

This lot comes from Yuki Minami in Cerrado Mineiro, a producer whose work carries both technical precision and a wider ethic of care. Through her farms and her long-standing partnership with Aequitas, Yuki has helped champion transparency, fairness, and quality not only on her own land, but across her wider coffee community. Her influence is practical and far-reaching: advocating for neighbouring growers, contributing to quality improvements throughout São Gotardo, and applying her Q-grader knowledge to the exacting work of cultivation and post-harvest control.

That kind of stewardship leaves a signature. This is not a coffee chasing spectacle. Its beauty is quieter than that. Peanut brittle sweetness, jammy berry depth, soft milk chocolate, and a rounded, comforting body make the cup feel generous and composed. It tastes like something built to endure.

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ORIGIN

Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais — Brazil

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PROCESSING METHOD

Natural

Drying the coffee as an intact cherry alters the seed’s surrounding biochemical environment, influencing fermentation behaviour, drying kinetics, and the preservation or modification of precursor compounds. During roasting, those precursors are transformed through Maillard chemistry and related thermal reactions, helping generate the volatile and non-volatile compounds that shape the cup’s fruit intensity, body, and sweetness.

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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT

Yuki Minami

Olhos D’água

Yuki Minami’s work reflects more than farm-level excellence. It is grounded in quality, transparency, and a wider commitment to producer development across her region.

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WHOLE BEAN

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“Legendary Things Arise from Fire!”™ — Phoenix Coffee Company Inc.

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SHIPPING

To preserve freshness and ensure timely delivery, in-stock coffee orders are shipped the same day or by the next business day. Most orders are added to the current week’s roast cycle and dispatched as soon as the freshly roasted beans are ready.

EXPÉDITION

Afin de préserver la fraîcheur et d’assurer une livraison rapide, les commandes de café en stock sont expédiées le jour même ou au plus tard le jour ouvrable suivant. La plupart des commandes sont ajoutées au cycle de torréfaction de la semaine en cours et expédiées dès que les grains fraîchement torréfiés sont prêts.

PICK-UP ORDERS

For pickup orders, please wait until you receive your confirmation email before heading to the pickup location.

COMMANDES À RAMASSER

Pour les commandes à ramasser, veuillez attendre de recevoir votre courriel de confirmation avant de vous rendre au point de ramassage.

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