Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure of seeing our coffees recognized in Coffee Review’s curated reports, each submission a little window into what we were excited about at the time. While we don’t always have something that fits their theme, we submit when the stars align for us, and those moments have often marked important milestones in our journey.
One that stands out: a yeast-inoculated lot we dropped back in 2014... Way ahead of the curve. That roast was so light, the Agtron Color Reader couldn’t even register a ground color value. The machine tapped out. Our roast made it into the report as one of the lightest ever recorded, or in the words of Coffee Review: "experience what in our records is the lightest roasted coffee ever tested at Coffee Review, certainly the only one close to this light to score so well."
To us, these aren’t just scores; they’re timestamps in a living archive of experimentation, curation, and craft. They show a long-standing love of coffee’s weird and wonderful edges. We didn’t get into this to chase trends. We got into this to explore them before they had a name.
And we’re still on that wave...
Sweet, tangy, high-toned. Intense star jasmine, tangerine, passionfruit, cocoa nib, sandalwood in aroma and cup. Sweetly tart in structure with a savory edge; satiny mouthfeel. Long, sandalwood-toned finish.
Deep-toned, richly sweet-savory. Blackberry jam, toffee, lavender, spearmint, fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Vibrantly sweet-savory structure with lilting acidity; lively, viscous mouthfeel. Blackberry and lavender notes lead in the short finish, which rounds toward toffee in the long.
A ready-to-drink black coffee, tested cold. Black cherry, cocoa nib, lilac, toffee, sassafras. Sweet-savory structure with juicy acidity; crisp, delicate mouthfeel. The savory-sweet theme continues into the finish with notes of lilac and sassafras. The volume is turned down in milk in exchange for a mellow, toffee-driven vibe.
Plush, deep, resonant. Apricot and orange, roasted cacao nib, vanilla, a hint of fresh-cut cedar in aroma and cup. Round, soft, though deeply vibrant acidity; full, syrupy mouthfeel. Very sweet finishing, with continued hints of orange and vanilla.
Sweetly pungent, gentle, balanced. Caramel, cedar, chocolate, plum, a hint of citrus in aroma and cup. Plushly soft acidity; smooth, lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates in a crisp, sweet-toned finish.
Deep, pungent, layered. Dark chocolate, molasses, narcissus-like flowers, peach, honeydew melon in aroma and cup. Round, gently rich acidity; lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flowers and chocolate in particular carry into a long, sweet-toned, flavor-saturated finish.
Sweet, round, complexly and delicately chocolaty. Milk chocolate, honey, floral-toned vanilla, almond in aroma and cup. Soft, backgrounded acidity; very lightly syrupy mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates but persists in a long, resonant finish.