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Mexico 🇲🇽 Finca Fatima Natural
February 20, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is from the Finca Fatima farm in Veracruz, Mexico. The main note in the cup is brown spice, followed by chocolate,...
Ethiopia/Sumatra/Peru Blend ❤️🐶
February 14, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, Happy Valentine’s Day. This week’s roast is four parts Ethiopia, three parts Sumatra, and two parts Peru. The roast is a solid medium...
Colombia Pink Bourbon 🌸
February 7, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is a Pink Bourbon varietal from Colombia. Unlike most coffee cherries that turn red when they’re ripe, Pink...
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Guji
January 23, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is re-up of a coffee we had last month—a natural process Ethiopia from the Guji zone that offers a nice contrast to...
Sumatra 🇮🇩 Natural + Discounted First Batch Available!
January 16, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, Indonesia coffee producers don’t produce a lot of naturally processed coffees because it’s notoriously difficult to patio dry the...
Peru Washed
January 9, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a washed coffee from Peru. It’s been a while since we’ve had a Peru and I’m not sure why. This one’s great. The...
🪩 Mexico/Ethiopia/Costa Rica 🎈
January 2, 2026
Hello Sideyard Friends, Happy New Year! Also happy birthday (Saturday) to my Sideyard co-conspirator Michael Green!* We’re starting 2026 by clearing the...
Ethiopia Guji 🇪🇹 Natural 🫐
December 22, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, We’re finishing out the year with a natural process coffee from Guji zone, Ethiopia. The main notes so far include blueberry,...
Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Natural Tarrazú
December 19, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a natural process coffee from the famed Tarrazú region of Costa Rica. It was processed at Beneficio San Diego...
Mexico 🇲🇽 Finca Fatima 🍫
December 12, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a washed process coffee from Finca Fatima—a farm in Veracruz, Mexico that’s been in the same family for over a...
Triple Double 🏀🏀 Blend
December 5, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, I recently read that Jimmy Butler* (of Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, and Bigface Brand Coffee fame) drinks up to 12 cups of...
Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Honey
November 29, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a honey process coffee from the birthplace of this innovative processing method—Tarrazú Costa Rica. Honey...
Tanzania 🇹🇿 Peaberry
November 21, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a Tanzania Peaberry. The main ideas here are dark chocolate, currant, and plum. There’s a hint of something...
Moka Java Blend
November 15, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee blend is inspired by the oldest blend in the books. It was first created more than 500 years ago when trade ships...
Costa Rica Tarrazú 🇨🇷 Honey Process 🫏
November 7, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a honey process coffee from Tica Linda—a women owned processing facility in Tarrazú, Costa Rica. Honey process...
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Guji Natural
October 24, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is from the Guji region of Ethiopia. It’s a fully sun-dried natural process coffee with notes of tropical fruit,...
Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
October 17, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is from Papua New Guinea and it’s about as dark and brooding a brew as we get here at Sideyard. Hopefully it’ll...
Blend Week 🇲🇽🇪🇹
October 11, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a blend of natural process coffees from Ethiopia and Mexico. After one day’s rest I’m tasting bright fruited...
Mexico Finca Fatima 🇲🇽 Natural Process 🌀
October 3, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, Natural process coffees are naturally difficult to roast (naturally) because of how they’re processed. Letting the coffee cherries...
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe 🇪🇹 Natural Process
September 26, 2025
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a natural process coffee from the Yirgacheffe region of Ethiopia. I’m tasting tropical fruit, brown spice, plum,...
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