01
Ethiopia · 6° N, 38° E
Yirgacheffe & Sidama
Floral is a decision, not a region.
Two stations in the south. One washed, one dried in cherry. Both tasted before we buy the lot.
- Elevation
- 1,900–2,120 m
- Harvest
- October to January
- Lots
- 2
- Home
- Origins
Field notes
Where the coffee was decided, before we roasted it.
Four places in this issue. Not a map of everywhere coffee grows — a record of the lots we actually bought.
02
Colombia · 2° N, 76° W
Huila
Two farms, one ridge, opposite ideas.
El Mirador dries a honey. El Roble seals Pink Bourbon for three days. We roast them as a pair on purpose.
- Elevation
- 1,720–1,810 m
- Harvest
- Mitaca, mid-year
- Lots
- 2
03
Kenya · 0° S, 37° E
Nyeri
Currant, not candy.
SL28 and SL34 from Kiamabara. A long ferment, a wash, a soak. The cup is savory blackcurrant and grapefruit pith.
- Elevation
- 1,750–1,880 m
- Harvest
- Main crop, late in the year
- Lots
- 1
04
Guatemala · 14° N, 91° W
Antigua
Shade, night air, a patient dry.
La Soledad sits under gravilea with a volcano in the weather. The natural is cocoa and dried blueberry, not a jam.
- Elevation
- 1,550–1,680 m
- Harvest
- December to March
- Lots
- 1