From the talented farm Las Lajas is this natural processed SL-28 variety. Usually grown in East Africa (Kenya specifically), this variety yields large amounts of naturally occurring phosphoric acid. This comes across as a tactile feel rather than a flavor. This may be one of the most mouthwatering, juicy coffees you have ever tasted. Tropical fruit flavors are prevalent in the cup while nectar like texture gives equilibrium. Overall this is one of our favorite offerings we’ll release this year.

The Las Lajas micromill is located in the Sabanilla de Alajuela region of Costa Rica. Francisca and Oscar Chacon greet you in the driveway with huge smiles and a willingness to show you their stunning farms. Their pride is evident as they show you each immaculate step the coffee goes through. It all starts with their farming practices; Las Lajas is a certified organic farm. These third-generation producers focus on preserving the environment while maintaining the highest quality coffee. Their micromill is immaculately clean, keeping the processing standards they are well known for; the Chacons were some of the first to do high-quality naturals and honeys in Central America. Going into the 2020 harvest, they completed a renovation of their mill, complete with a corkscrew conveyor belt that transports depulped coffee to a custom trailer, which transports it to their drying facility. Strict size and density separation happen at the mills, even the naturals are passed through the mill to separate the less ripe and small size cherries after selective harvesting. The last step of quality and care takes place on the drying patios and beds. This is where we believe Las Lajas is truly advancing coffee. Oscar told us that he strives to focus on drying the green coffee the same as a roaster focuses on roasting by paying close attention to curves and data. This particular coffee is a variety selection of SL28, a Kenyan variety that has made its way to Costa Rica to much success. Each year we buy a significant amount of their natural and honey process coffees, but this is our first year buying their SL28. We were blown away by the flavor clarity as well as the dynamic acidity of this Kenyan variety, expertly processed by Las Lajas.

Costa Rica Las Lajas SL-28 Natural

Café and Roastery specializing in coffee profiling and brew methods located in Northwest Arkansas. Locations in Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, & Springdale.

Onyx Coffee Lab

Cultivated at the base of Bombe Mountain, this coffee was picked in ripe cherry form and dried on raised beds inside the fruit, also known as natural processing. Through technique and agronomy, Shantawene has become a staple of Onyx. Fresh, clean tropical fruit that embosses itself on the palate. This is a clean, unapologetic fruit forward coffee that will expand your view on what coffee can taste like.

Ethiopia Bensa Shantawene Natural

This is our first peaberry release from the Rungeto Farmers Cooperative and we are extremely excited. This coffee is extremely sugar dense. Peaberries by nature usually have subtle, ferment-like undertones; however, this coffee strikes the balance between thick, syrupy, engendered sweetness and clean, bright stone fruit and citrus. A great compliment to our line up, this coffee is crushable so be careful. Performs well both as an espresso and filter.

Kenya Rungeto Peaberry

Let’s be honest, this year has sucked... Well hold your head up- we have good news for you! The always crowd favorite naturally processed Ethiopian coffee from our friends at Hambela just arrived and has your fruit-forward cravings covered. Notes of malted berries, cantaloupe, and sorghum with an impressively viscous body. This coffee highlights the historcal process of drying coffee within the cherry, staying true to the East African flavor culture.

Ethiopia Beriti

This flawless harvest from the famed Nyeri region of Kenya is a straight up show stopper. This is one of our favorite Kenya micro-lots we’ve contracted in quite some time. This coffee has a unique way of combining delicate floral notes like white flowers in bloom while undergirding the cup with deep complex tropical sweetness of starfruit & peach. To top it all off this is a pretty big outturn so we will have this coffee for at least three months. Enjoy it!

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