Origins

The current three.

A sealed unlabeled kraft coffee bag on a pale limestone plinth beside a shallow dish of pale light-roast beans.

Yirgacheffe

A high, floral washed lot from the Gedeo Zone, taken light so the perfume survives the drum.

Region
Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia
Process
Washed
Elevation
1,950 m
Notes
Jasmine, bergamot, dried apricot

Light roast

A sealed unlabeled kraft coffee bag on a walnut timber plinth beside a shallow dish of mid-brown medium-roast beans.

San Agustin

The steady one. A washed Huila lot that holds its sugars through a medium roast and never turns sharp.

Region
Huila, Colombia
Process
Washed
Elevation
1,700 m
Notes
Caramel, red plum, cocoa nib

Medium roast

A sealed unlabeled kraft coffee bag on a dark basalt plinth beside a shallow dish of dark oily dark-roast beans.

Kerinci

Wet-hulled in the Sumatra highlands, and taken dark on purpose: the body is the point and the sweetness follows it.

Region
Sumatra highlands, Indonesia
Process
Wet-hulled
Elevation
1,400 m
Notes
Dark chocolate, cedar, molasses

Dark roast

Roasted coffee beans filling the frame edge to edge under warm raking light.
Brew

Two formulations.

Pour-over

Coffee
15 g
Water
250 g
Temperature
94°C
Grind
Medium-fine
Total time
3:00

Espresso

Dose
18 g in
Yield
36 g out
Time
28 s
Temperature
93°C