George Howell opened Boston's The Coffee Connection in 1974 and built it into the East Coast's defining specialty café chain before selling to Starbucks in 1994 — the Frappuccino, invented on his watch, went along in the deal. In 1999 he co-founded Cup of Excellence, the auction program that rewired how the world's best lots are found and priced, and in 2004 he returned to roasting with Terroir Coffee, since renamed George Howell Coffee. The name change didn't soften the thesis: single farms treated like wine estates, light roasts decades before they were fashionable, and green coffee frozen at peak so benchmark lots — Kenya's Mamuto, Costa Rica's La Minita — pour in top form years past harvest. Many coffees ship as separate light and medium roast versions; both are tracked here.
| Photo | Coffee | Origin | Process | Roast | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DotaGeorge Howell · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Light roast | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | — | Light | $21.00 | |
| Dota DarkGeorge Howell · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Dark roast | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | — | Dark | $21.00 | |
| Dota MediumGeorge Howell · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Medium roast | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | — | Medium | $21.00 | |
| El Meson Fall HarvestGeorge Howell · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Pink Bourbon · Honey · Light roast | 🇨🇴 Colombia | Honey | Light | $36.00 | |
| El Meson Fall Harvest MediumGeorge Howell · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Pink Bourbon · Honey · Medium roast | 🇨🇴 Colombia | Honey | Medium | $36.00 | |
| El ProgresoGeorge Howell · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Geisha · Light roast | 🇨🇴 Colombia | — | Light | $42.00New | |
| Finca La ChorreraGeorge Howell · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Bourbon · Light roast | 🇨🇴 Colombia | — | Light | $36.00New | |
| Guadalupe MiramarGeorge Howell · 🇲🇽 Mexico · Light roast | 🇲🇽 Mexico | — | Light | $26.00 | |
| KanzuGeorge Howell · 🇷🇼 Rwanda · Bourbon · Washed · Light roast | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | Washed | Light | $29.00 | |
| Kanzu MediumGeorge Howell · 🇷🇼 Rwanda · Bourbon · Washed · Medium roast | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | Washed | Medium | $29.00 | |
| La MinitaGeorge Howell · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Washed · Light roast | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | Washed | Light | $26.00 | |
| Mamuto AAGeorge Howell · 🇰🇪 Kenya · Washed · Light roast | 🇰🇪 Kenya | Washed | Light | $45.00 | |
| Mamuto ABGeorge Howell · 🇰🇪 Kenya · Washed · Light roast | 🇰🇪 Kenya | Washed | Light | $34.00 | |
| MontecarlosGeorge Howell · 🇸🇻 El Salvador · Caturra · Light roast | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | — | Light | $26.00 | |
| Montecarlos MediumGeorge Howell · 🇸🇻 El Salvador · Medium roast | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | — | Medium | $26.00 | |
| San MartinGeorge Howell · 🇬🇹 Guatemala · Washed · Light roast | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | Washed | Light | $22.00 | |
| Worka Chelbessa Medium OrganicGeorge Howell · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Medium roast | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | — | Medium | $30.00 | |
| Worka Chelbessa OrganicGeorge Howell · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | — | Light | $30.00 | |
| YulnimoxGeorge Howell · 🇬🇹 Guatemala · Light roast | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | — | Light | $29.00 | |
| Finca ConcepcionGeorge Howell · 🇬🇹 Guatemala · Light roast | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | — | Light | $36.00Sold out | |
| Las AfiladerasGeorge Howell · 🇪🇨 Ecuador · Typica, Bourbon, Caturra, Catucaí · Washed · Light roast | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | Washed | Light | $49.00Sold out | |
| Mamuto PeaberryGeorge Howell · 🇰🇪 Kenya · Washed · Light roast | 🇰🇪 Kenya | Washed | Light | $34.00Sold out | |
| Tenejapa MediumGeorge Howell · 🇲🇽 Mexico · Medium roast | 🇲🇽 Mexico | — | Medium | $32.00Sold out |
