3 lb Bundle: Popular

Description

Jon’s coffee special features three of our most popular coffees.

*Bundles change over time. You will get the listed coffees at the time of order. *

This bundle includes:

Guatemalan Premium Fraijanes – Finca De Dios – La Morita Washed

This coffee is a versatile gem, suitable for roasting to your preferred level, whether you love a medium roast or enjoy exploring the depths of a dark roast. Light roasts reveal a delightful symphony of floral brightness and delicate fruit notes reminiscent of the finest Costa Rican coffees. These flavors are intertwined with a subtle, yet lovely malty and chocolaty undertone. While achieving the perfect light roast can be a bit more challenging, the result is an invigorating morning brew worth the effort.

For those who crave the boldness of a dark roast, you can expect a rich and full-bodied experience akin to the famous Huehuetenango beans. What truly sets this coffee apart is its ability to maintain a clean, non-roasty profile even as you push it toward the second crack during roasting. The consistency ensures you’ll savor those sweet malty tones and enjoy a velvety smoothness at any roast level.

Nearly four decades ago, a horse enthusiast purchased the farm with plans to house his horses. However, a few years later, he had to move due to work commitments, leaving his daughter, Ellen Prentice, responsible for the farm. Ellen, who remained in Guatemala, managed the farm, gradually transforming it into a predominantly coffee-growing venture committed to preserving the natural forests. After inheriting her portion of the original farm, Ellen named it Finca de Dios in memory of her father, who dedicated the land to God. Since then, they’ve worked tirelessly to develop essential infrastructure, including a wet mill! Despite being smaller in scale than larger coffee farms, they embrace the idea that remarkable things often come in small packages.

At the heart of their mission is the belief that they’ve been blessed to be a blessing to others. They treat their workers with respect and care, striving to create an atmosphere of dignity and peace. Special consideration is given to accommodating workers with unique needs, matching them with suitable job roles. They also strongly emphasize teaching their employees values and principles, emphasizing the importance of delivering excellence and ensuring that their customers can savor an exceptional cup of coffee. Finca De Dios is all about sustainability and treating folks right. They go the extra mile for their hardworking team, offering education, support, and good old-fashioned kindness that you won’t find on most other coffee farms.

Tasting Notes: A great clean micro lot from our friends at Finca De Dios. Awesome prep, one can tell a lot of care went into these beans. A great bean for any roast level, works well from light to dark. Light roasts produce a lot of floral brightness and light fruit notes (almost reminiscent of a nice Costa) mixing with a subtle yet very sweet malty chocolaty note (can be a little more challenging to roast to a light roast)  a great morning brew – darker roasts will produce more body similar to the Huehues – very clean non-roasty dark-roast beans – you get a lot of the sweet malty tones and very smooth even into 2nd crack – a very stand up bean at almost any roast level.

Roasting Notes: Lighter roasts accent the fruitier brightness, deeper levels deliver smooth, rich chocolate malty flavors and a hint of smokiness – awesome and clean dark roast notes. Coffee will roast a little two-toned containing a couple different strains, if shooting for the lighter roasts slowing it down a bit will be helpful.

Colombian Supremo BCT Select

In Colombia the vast majority of coffee is cultivated, harvested and processed on small family owned farms. While these producers are their own architects, designing farm management and post-harvest solutions to fit their environment, they also need strong alliances to bring their coffee to the international market and earn fair prices. To support this system of small farm production, Colombia established the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC) to organize and support a complex network of larger regional coffee cooperatives.

These cooperatives provide producers with valuable logistical support like centralized warehouses to store dried parchment and dry mills where the coffee is prepared for export according to size and quality. Supremo is Colombia’s top export grade, which is not taste related, basically means larger sized beans; contains screen size 17 and 18. This is versus an Excelso grade coffee, which is screen 15/16.

A multi-region aggregate production coffee mean to produce “Classic” Colombian features. Low acidity, good body, with nutty/chocolate/spice like tones.

Tasting Notes: The aroma of this coffee is very nice; sweet with with a little spice & floral notes. Best at a medium to borderline dark roast.  Sweet upfront with a hint of crispness balanced with a stronger toasted walnut/chocolaty undertone. A little hint of acidity at the medium roast point really creates a nicely balanced cup with a broad flavor profile. Touching 2nd crack builds some body and will add some smoky and roasty notes that can compliment the classic Colombian profile.

Roasting Notes: This bean is very versatile when it comes to roasting; good from lighter side of medium to as dark as you want to go. Main recommendation would be in the medium ballpark, smooth and accommodating to almost everyone. Be sure to try different roast points for it will greatly vary what flavors are accentuated.

Costa Rican Central Valley – Cafe Vida – Washed Processed
Costa Rica’s Central Valley is widely considered the heart of the country’s coffee industry, shaped by high elevations, steady weather patterns, and volcanic soils that have supported coffee farming for generations. Coffee has been part of Costa Rica’s economic story since the late 1700s, and by the 1820s it had become a major agricultural export.

Another thing that sets Costa Rica apart is how organized the coffee sector is. The national coffee authority, ICAFE, was established in the early 1930s to support agricultural and commercial development and to provide industry oversight. Café Vida is a regional program built to highlight the classic, approachable side of washed Costa Rica: balanced sweetness, soft acidity, toasted nut character, and an easy “daily driver” profile that works both as a single origin and in blends. Harvest runs December through February, with coffees grown at 1200–1800 masl.

Being a small holder aggregate, or regional example, it’s not tied to a single cultivar, it’s contains a blend of the regional staples like Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon, Villa Sarchi, Villalobos, Sarchimor, Venecia, and Costa Rica 95. Washed processing in Costa Rica is designed to be efficient with water use, which one can feel very good about. Driven by national regulation but everyone loves clean water.

Tasting Notes: A nutty and chocolaty cup, with a hint of floral and citric crispness and a slight red fruit sweetness. A good bean for daily drinking and tasty from light to dark roasts. We thought it best around a medium roast, classic Costa with just a pinch of acidity, nutty and chocolate tones with a little floral kicker in the aftertaste. An excellent cold brew, its notes are slightly more pronounced, highlighting its acidity, body, and chocolatey notes. It’s a clean and refreshing coffee with a smooth, lingering sweetness, offering subtle hints of almond and walnut.

Roasting Notes: A straightforward and easy-to-roast washed coffee. For a sweeter and more balanced profile, a medium-light to medium roast is recommended, allowing the cocoa and almond notes to develop. This roast level provides a good balance between acidity and these chocolatey tones. Roasting it darker will yield more pronounced notes of chocolate, spices, and other aromas. If you prefer coffees that aren’t too intense, this coffee is perfect for you. We recommend letting it rest for a couple of days to allow the acidic notes to become more prominent.