La Colombe Corsica Blend
Dense dark chocolate from first contact, no brightness to cut it, and enough body weight to hold its shape through steamed milk.
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Dense dark chocolate from first contact, no brightness to cut it, and enough body weight to hold its shape through steamed milk.
Honey at the open, citrus brightness through the mid-palate, and nothing bitter on the finish: this is what 100% estate Kona washed and roasted to medium delivers.
The blend erases origin character completely, but the near-zero bitterness and full-body sweetness make this one of the most forgiving medium roasts available for drip and French press.
The washed medium roast trades away Colombia's origin character entirely, producing a cup that is forgiving but unremarkable.
The cup opens on mild chocolate, holds a low-acid calm through the mid-palate, and closes without bitterness or complication.
Heavy body is the whole pitch: smoke and dark chocolate bitterness with zero brightness, a cup built to hold up under milk and survive a full carafe.
Citrus brightness opens, peppercorn spice rises mid-cup, and a mint-chocolate cool arrives at the finish: a specific arc the body holds steady, with bitterness staying out of the picture entirely.
The body is near-absent, but the jasmine, gardenia, and coffee blossom clarity this Bambito Geisha delivers makes the case for the varietal.
Dark chocolate opens the cup, then blackberry and honey arrive and follow through to the finish, which is not what maximum roast intensity typically allows.
The washed process commits this Guji Uraga to maximum acidity and floral precision, trading every ounce of body for a cup that is almost entirely flavor and edge.
The cup opens on citric brightness and delicate florals, then shifts into something quieter and more tea-like as it drops below serving temperature.
$11.67 per ounce buys a Geisha-SL-34 Kona lot shaped by yeast fermentation, delivering pineapple and orange zest acidity with almost no bitterness to muddy it.
Dried apricot opens heavy, the body stays through to the end, and nothing bitter chases it.
At the price Finca Deborah Gesha lots command, you get maximum floral intensity plus the concentrated grape-soda fermentation character the anaerobic process stacks on top.
Built for the French press or drip drinker who wants maximum dark roast presence without the acrid finish, Teddy's Blend leans on natural-process Rwanda sweetness to keep the bitterness from running the whole cup.
Dark chocolate opens and honey sweetness carries through the mid-palate before the cup closes on a bitter, dry finish that holds: a decaf that chose intensity over origin expression.
The value case for a medium-dark Sumatran Aceh rests on the body, and this one delivers: 5/5 weight in the cup, roasted to amplify caramelized sweetness without tipping bitterness past the moderate range.
Priced as a small-batch specialty entry, this washed Huehuetenango delivers the altitude-driven sweetness and stone fruit clarity the region promises, with the Catimor varietal as the honest ceiling on how far that goes.