Ecuador FTO Co-op

This is the first Ecuador that Happy Mug has carried. There are two problems with Ecuador. The first is the low volume that the country exports. They ship out 400,000 pounds a year which sounds like a lot, but when you think about 50 million pounds a year out of Brazil and 15 million pounds a year out of Colombia, you see that Ecuador's industry is just a speck on the graph. The second problem is that all of the coffee here is still processed by hand by the individual farmers, and with varying success. And then all pooled together by the various members of the co-op. So finding a lot of Ecuador that actually shines is almost unheard of. What I can say about this one, is it has fair trade and organic certification and the beans look nice and more importantly, tastes NICE. A City roast offers more flavor than one would expect. Nicer than a Peru, nicer than a Colombia or Brazil. Not on par with say, a Costa Rica, but hey, that's not a fair comparison. There's not one outstanding tasting