Our Single-Origin Coffee Program
Each month we feature one stunning, light-roasted single origin coffee via our coffee subscription program. With our new four-bag coffee subscriptions, you can get these beans at the unbeatable price of $12.99 per 12oz bag ($1.08/oz), with free shipping and no tax!Â
Hereâs the stellar Colombian coffee weâre roasting through April 13...
These are coffees that retail for $19.99 with our individual-bag coffee subscriptions, and youâd typically need to pay at least $20 ($1.67/oz)Â to get coffee of this quality and style anywhere else. So at $12.99 per 12oz bag, weâre really excited to make it easier than ever to drink truly amazing coffee at super low prices.
At these low prices, itâs hard to know exactly what kind of quality weâre talking about here, so we want to walk you through how we source these coffees; because you wonât believe it...
In order to source coffees at this quality level, we work very closely with a small group of importing partners who have traveled the world for years (often decades) building relationships with farmers and coffee growing communities.
We pay 3x to 4x fair trade prices for our single origin coffees, so they are on a different level.
Our single-origin coffees are often such small microlots that perhaps only 500 to 1,500 lbs are available in the US. We often contract for these coffees many months in advance of their arrival in the US, so that we can lock them in for you -- because they'll sell out before they even arrive.
Our importing partners regularly provide us with small samples of the best lots, typically 200 grams. We "sample roast" dozens of coffees every month in our Brooklyn office. Then we brew them to evaluate each coffee for quality and character.
All the coffees we consider for our single origin offering are super clean and sweet, so that's necessary but not enough. What we look for in these coffees is a distinctive character -- that special something that makes us wake up the next morning excited to brew another cup.
When we find a coffee we love from the sampling process, we purchase it immediately. Then, the next challenge is determining how we'll roast it for you. The goal is to bring out each coffee's best expression of itself. This process is called "profiling" -- it's a mix of art and science.
Our importers will ship us 1 kg of the coffee we purchased, and we'll roast four different "profile roasts" of about 200 grams each, trying different variations with each roast to see what we can pull out of the bean. How can we focus the distinctive characteristics and deliciousness that made us decide to buy this coffee? That's the profiling challenge.
To assess each profile, we brew each one for the better part of a week. During profiling weeks, our profile roasts are often the only coffee we'll drink all week. We get to know it inside and out.
The results of the profiling process lead us to decide how to approach roasting the coffee for you in production. We work very hard to replicate our chosen profile in your production roasts.
Our quality control process includes brewing every batch we roast, and we also use technological tools to analyze each batch against our profiling targets. We tweak and adjust our single origins as needed to make sure they're always delicious.
SINGLE ORIGIN COFFEES WE SHIPPED OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS
We source these seasonal coffees as fresh crops arrive in the United States. Around April/May the best Ethiopian, Kenyan and Guatemalan coffees start arriving in the US, and we fill our menu with those coffees. Then we see the best Colombian, Peruvian and Rwandan coffees starting to arrive in the US around September/October, and we feature the best of those origins. Other promising origins you might see on our menu in the future include Honduras and Burundi.
If you had found us a year ago, this is what your last year of coffee would have looked like ...
March 2018 - Cusco, Peru
A sugary sweetness is balanced by a distinctive pink lady apple flavor. Notes of caramel and baking spice highlight the creamy body.
February 2018 - Kercha Woreda, Guji, Ethiopia
A sweet, juicy cup with flavors of mango, butter cookie, sweet almond, perfumed florals and hints of cantaloupe and chocolate malt in the cooling cup.
January 2018 - Nyeri, Kenya
Sugary fruit aromas welcome a vibrant, sweet and complex cup with a pink lemonade acidity balanced by a deep, starchy sweetness. Flavors of blueberry and melon linger through the sweet, bright finish.
December 2017 - Agaro Region, Jimma, Ethiopia
A clean and sugary sweet cup with flavors of watermelon and sweet tea. Every cup left us wanting more.
November 2017 - Kibirizi, Nyamagabe, Rwanda
Sweet, spicy and citrusy aromas welcome this dynamic cup with a distinctive lime soda acidity balanced by a starchy, butter cookie sweetness. Juicy honeydew and sweet spice in the cooling cup.
October 2017 - Santa Barbara, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Aromas of cooked berries and brown sugar introduce this flavorful and sugary cup. A refined white grapefruit acidity provides structure, supporting notes of strawberry, tart plum, lemon verbena, caramel and clove.
September 2017 - Kericho County, Kenya
Malty, sweet aromas welcome a bright, sweet and juicy cup with a mixed citrus acidity of limes, oranges and lemons, flavors of plums and red fruit and a sweet chocolatey finish.
August 2017 - Aleta Wondo, Sidamo, Ethiopia
Aromas of stone fruit and sweet tea introduce this sugary sweet cup with flavors of cooked stone fruit reminiscent of peach cobbler. Highlights of blood orange and red apple emerge in the cooling cup that ends with a deep caramelly sweetness.
July 2017 - Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Sweet, juicy and clean with flavors of purple grape highlighted by a lime acidity that mingles with sweet spice notes to create a cola-like experience. As it cools, its sugary base flows between malty milk chocolate, nougat, and a cookie-like sweetness.
June 2017 - Keffa Zone, Bita Genet District, Ethiopia
Melon aromas welcome a juicy cup with a delicious cantaloupe flavor that intermingles with delicate florals. Very nice clarity and structure through the end of this syrupy, sweet cup.
May 2017 - Gera Woreda, Agaro Region, Jimma, Ethiopia
Sweet, tart flavors reminiscent of orange marmalade and lemon candy welcome a complex cup that evolves as it cools into flavors of passionfruit and then creamy tropical fruit flavors like soursop. The cup finishes sweet, creamy and bright.
April 2017 - Incahuasi, Cusco, Peru
A sweet, creamy body with malty flavors combine with an orange acidity for a creamsicle experience. As it cools, some of our brews remained deliciously consistent, while others evolved into the flavors and mouthfeel of a European-style hot chocolate highlighted by caramelized hazelnut notes. Either way, creamy and sweet til the last drops.
Whew, a lot goes into sourcing the worldâs most incredible coffees for you. Coffee at this quality doesnât come easy, but now with our bulk coffee subscriptions you can get this amazing coffee for less money.Â
So if you want get started with our single origin coffees for only $12.99 per 12oz bag, try it out today with a four-bag coffee subscriptions. You can mix & match with some other blends too, starting at just $6.99!Â