New Orleans…The “Logical Port”

We wish to express our sorrow over the destruction and loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast.

European explorers and traders largely disseminated the centuries-old practices of coffee cultivation and consumption from the Middle East to Europe and then to the Americas. Sometime during the eighteenth century, New Orleans received its first shipments of green coffee from Cuba and other Caribbean Islands. As the city grew and commerce expanded, more coffee arrived from the Caribbean and South America until the port had become the second largest importer of coffee in the United States after New York by the 1840s.

From the first recorded statistics of 1802 when 1,438 bags of coffee arrived in New Orleans until 1857 when over 530,000 bags arrived, the city earned its nickname of the " Logical Port" for Latin American imports. Because of its position at the bottom of the Mississippi Valley and its proximity to countries and territories to the south, New Orleans was ideally suited to receive goods from all over the Caribbean, as well as Central and South America.

At MidwestCoffeeShop.com, we offer 7 coffees from the Americas.

• Brazil Santos - Light body, mild acidity, medium & mild flavor
• Colombian Supremo - Mild satisfying flavor and a rich full bodied taste.
• Costa Rican Tarrazu - Known for its mild, clean, tangy flavor.
• Guatemalan Antigua - Medium body, smok - y a roma and aftertaste.
• Mexican Altura Pluma - Medium body, low in acidity.
• Nicaraguan Matagalpa - Rich in body with chocolate and spice overtones.
• Panama Boquete - Fruity taste, chocolate aftertaste, full body.