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Honey for your Honey!

brett — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:37:34 +0000

The honey process has nothing to do with honey other than the fact that they’re both sticky! It’s a term that became popularized in Costa Rica as another way to describe the pulp natural process. Specifically, the honey/pulp natural processes involve mechanically removing the outer cherry skin from coffee beans within, while leaving the sticky fruit mucilage intact. In wet processing you remove the mucilage by fermenting the coffee, and then washing it away, but with honey processing, fermentation is bypassed altogether and the fruit-covered coffee beans are sent straight to dry. We assume the name “honey” comes from the mucilage becoming very sticky to the touch, and also the range of color that is produced in the outer layer of drying fruit that resembles the different colors of honey – from a light golden color (“yellow honey”), to more of an amber color (“red honey”), to an even darker hue (“black honey”). The impact honey processing has on flavor varies, but it’s known to boost body, tone down acidity, and even bring out fruitier flavors. It also presents an attractive option in dryer regions as the process uses very little water.

Check out this video on Honey Process!

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Taste the holidays!

brett — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:45:49 +0000

Our 2023 Holiday Blend is ready for you! Take some of Lily & Willy’s fresh-roasted coffee with you to friends and family this holiday season! It’s the perfect stuffing for stockings! Buy your beans now!

This year’s seasonal coffee is a crafted blend of beans from Costa Rica, Ethiopia and Peru, creating a flavor profile of “sugar, spice and everything nice!” It’s a delightful, everyday coffee that can be enjoyed by connoisseurs and cream-and-sugar drinkers alike! The Costa Rican and Ethiopian beans create a berry-like profile balanced with cocoa, tart cherry and cranberry. As the cup cools, the Peruvian and Costa Rican profiles introduce citrus flavors with notes of baking spices. This cup can be enjoyed all the way through, whether you drink it in 10 minutes or enjoy it slowly.

Would you want to gift someone a 6-month or year long subscription of Lily & Willy’s Coffee? Send your request to lilywillycoffeeco@gmail.com

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We have lift off!

brett — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 22:53:07 +0000

Welcome to our brand new Lily & Willy’s Coffee Co. website! We are happy and excited to finally have a home for all of our customers to view our products and make purchases. We promise to keep this site fresh with new posts for your enjoyment and and great product descriptions.

To show our appreciation to you and as an added incentive to try our delicious coffees, use the promo code “FIRST15” to receive 15% off your entire offer!

Please take some time to look at the coffees we have to offer and read a bit more about them! We have some more exiting stuff coming in the next few months!

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