Welcome to Javageddon Coffee, where every cup brings people together. We're not just passionate about roasting exceptional coffee—we're dedicated to building a vibrant community of coffee lovers. By connecting with our customers and supporting local efforts, we aim to inspire a genuine appreciation for the craft and culture of coffee.
Our journey started with a simple love for coffee and a dream to share its rich story. From carefully sourcing beans that embody unique origins to roasting each batch with pride and care, our commitment is unwavering.
At Javageddon Coffee, we promise to provide responsibly grown, thoughtfully harvested beans and memorable experiences with every sip.
Patrocinio Fazenda Paraiso
Rustic dark chocolate accented by notes of vanilla wafer cookie, puffed rice cereal, with a pleasant bittering aftertaste of dark cocoa powder.
Organic Kalehe - Idjwi Island Women's Coffee
Great floral and soft fruit tones upfront with a bit of brightness, delicate sugary sweetness balanced with a little chocolaty spice. Strong savory with hints of panela and burnt sugar flavors.
Cerro Alto La Union
Dark cocoa and caramel, mild acidity, and hints of tea, woody whole spices, and marbled chocolate cake.
Queen City Harrar
Aroma with hints of cherry, dark chocolate, and dried fruit. The taste is the same, but overtly wild and earthy with excellent balance.
G.F.M.C. Cacao
A light bodied cacao with tastes of fudge, red fruits, and cherry chocolate.
Kona - Aloha Star Farm - Honey Process Private Reserve
Tasting notes of black cherry, cinnamon, brown sugar, cream, caramel, chocolate, plum, anise, fruit punch, green grapes, and dried apple.
Organic Kayumas - Taman Dadar
A full-bodied coffee that is sweet, exotic, and smokey.
Nyeri Ichamama Peaberry
Tastes of juicy fruits, like plum, grape, and even a hint of tropical fruit punch with cocoa bittering makes as it cools. Aromatics of molasses and burnt sugar.
Organic Chiapas California Estate - FTO
A smooth and creamy coffee that is nutty with notes of chocolate, marshmallow, and a touch of citrus zest.
Carpenter Estates - Sigri- Kula Peaberry
A silky smooth coffee that is clean tasting, fuller bodied, and has a creamy mouthfeel. It is a lower acidity chocolaty cup with a sweet edge with some cool nutty and herbal/spice accents.
Organic CENFROCAFE Co-op, FTO, MWP
A smooth medium-bodied coffee with notes of chocolate, lemon, and sundried tomato.
Huay Mak
At a medium roasts, notes of spiced chocolate emerge with just a hint of citric sweetness.
Robusta - Central Highlands
A heavy-bodied Robusta offering with a stout body and a balanced cup with a clean finish.
When I think of the Congo, my thoughts immediately go to the 1988 film “Gorillas in the Mist” starring Sigourney Weaver. The Congo (DRC) has faced many civil wars and rebellions throughout its history. This has left this devastatingly beautiful country struggling to find prosperity and peace for decades. It is often seen in a dark light, but specialty coffee cultivation serves as a beacon of progress in a troubled place.
This offering comes from the women coffee producers of Idjwi Island who are members of the cooperative Rebuild Women’s Hope (RWH). RWH was founded in 2013 by Marcelline Budza with the goals of fighting the inequalities that women in agriculture face and supporting the health and empowerment of women and girls. The coop helps women take charge of their lives through entrepreneurship and self-reliance. It’s the group’s mission “to give women back their voice by placing them at the center of all integral development, in particular, economic empowerment and autonomy. We believe that income controlled by women has a significant impact on the life of the family, including the development and well-being of the community.”
Women have faced significant challenges both in their communities and in the coffee industry in the DRC. There is a general culture of socio-economic discrimination against women, and they often were refused the right to income from coffee as it was considered a man’s crop. Women were also denied access to land and land inheritance. In their communities, challenges include the underdevelopment of villages, lack of drinking water, lack of access to quality healthcare, and high illiteracy rates among women and the elderly.
The island of Idjwi is located in the middle of Lake Kivu along the border of Rwanda. Coffee has long been the island’s main source of income, but producers there have consistently struggled to sell their coffee. The creation of cooperatives like RWH has completely changed the situation and opened the door to new opportunities for producers on Idjwi and the DRC, especially for women.
