Roasted - Espresso Jubilee

The Daily Roast

$9.95

Our featured roasted coffee of the day!

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The Daily Roast is usually roasted as a Full City roast profile. For a different roast profile selection, please leave a note in the Order Notes field of the online shopping cart.

Roasted - Espresso Sweet Santa

$9.05

It doesn't get much sweeter than this! No sugar needed.

Green Espresso Sweet Santa

Roasted - Ethiopian Yirgacheffe GR2

$10.42

About the bean

Coffee in the relatively compact region of Yirgacheffe in southern Ethiopia is typically grown by small holders in "gardens" with coffee trees mixed in with other plants and trees cultivated for food and other essentials. There is little to no use of chemicals by these small holder farmers; they can't afford them, and, as such, it would be safe to assume all coffees produced by these gardens are organic.

What to expect

An excellent coffee. This Yirgacheffe offers a well-balanced cup no matter where you move on the roast spectrum. At an American (light) roast, the Yirgacheffe is particularly aromatic - fresh and fruity. Acidity for this one is high but the cup is so nicely balanced, it remains widely pleasing. We enjoyed notes of orange and peach, enhanced by a lemony caramel flavour.

At a Full City roast, the Yirgacheffe inevitably loses some of its note power but it does gain a chocolatey, brown sugar sweetness with a discreet citrus brightness that some of us preferred. Very balanced, sweet aftertaste; a wonderful morning coffee and a great pick for espresso. This bean is a gem.

Roasting recommendation: To bring out the Yirgacheffe's subtleties, roast medium. Consider blending to add nuance to other coffees. When roasted dark, it becomes sharply pungent but very thin, bereft of all its flowery and fruity notes. For an explanation of our different roasts, see here: http://greenbeanery.ca/pages/roasting-chart.

Roasted - Colombian Supremo SC 17/18

$8.19

About the bean

Many of us are quite familiar with coffee from Colombia, and for that, we should consider ourselves fortunate. Grown at high altitudes on shaded mountains, the country's premium Arabica beans are literally hand-picked for quality. Meanwhile, a long history of high-impact marketing by Colombia's National Federation of Coffee Growers has succeeded in ensuring we all know how good its product is.

Our delicious Colombian Supremo SC 17/18 comes to us from Popayán in one of the country's central coffee-producing micro-regions. Popayán is also well known for its chalk-white facades, stone streets and baroque churches in the shadow of steep mountains.

What to expect

A simply lovely, clean cup with a touch of the hazelnut taste Colombian coffee is known for. Rich body and a medium-to-high acidity.

For our taste test, we opted for an American (light) roast. The friendly snap at this level was very enjoyable and the aroma an absolute treat. This is a coffee for all tastes.

Cup Notes

Altitude: 1,700 masl.
Process: Washed Arabica
Harvest: April-June (main crop)

Roasting recommendation: Go to dark but go further and risk losing the cup's fruity brightness. City to City+ (this profile might initially seem bright, but as the cup cools, it takes on a darker character. Keep the roast lighter, perhaps venturing to Full City). For an explanation of our different roasts, see here: http://greenbeanery.ca/pages/roasting-chart.