This coffee hails from the country that inspired the name for the storied New Orleans square considered to be the birthplace of jazz. Grown in majestic South Kivu in the Great Lakes Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this coffee contains bright and jubilant notes, with fruity honeysuckle and orange citrus flavors as well as milk chocolate aromas. Quite fitting when you imagine the vibrancy of the square with its Afro-Caribbean sounds of brass, the rhythms of the Bamboula, and the permeating (albeit fleeting) feeling of freedom and transcendence from those who congregated there.

Famously known as the birthplace of Jazz, Congo Square was the place where black slaves in New Orleans could gather--only on Sunday afternoons--to play music, sing, and dance. The African and Caribbean cultural practices that thrived there planted the seeds for New Orleans' jazz, second-line, and Mardi Gras Indian traditions.