Uganda 🇺🇬 Bugisu
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is from the Bugisu co-op in Uganda, near Victoria Falls. It’s the third Uganda lot we’ve had in the past couple...
Tanzania 🇹🇿 Mbozi Songwe 💫
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a washed process coffee from the Mbozi District of Tanzania. Mbozi is home to both the Mbewe washing station...
Uganda 🇺🇬 Bukonzo Natural
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a natural process coffee from the Bukonzo area of Western Uganda. In the cup it reminds me of a clean Indonesian...
Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Matagalpa
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is from a fifth generation coffee estate on the top of a mountain in the Matagalpa region of Nicaragua. It’s a...
Uganda 🇺🇬 Rwenzori
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is from the Rwenzori region of Uganda. It’s a natural process coffee that roasted like a washed process—that is to...
Guatemala 🇬🇹 Huehuetenango La Morena
Hello Sideyard Friends, One of the importers we work with, Genuine Origin, started a program in 2016 to support female coffee growers. They imported just...
Burundi 🇧🇮 Sun-dried Natural
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a sun-dried natural process coffee form Burundi. It’s a sweet smelling and sweet drinking coffee with notes of...
Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a Papua New Guinea. I’m tasting brown butter, toffee, and a hint of pineapple at times. It’s a right down the...
Bali/Peru/Colombia
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s blend clears the way for new single origins landing next week. Bali leads the pack with it’s woodsy/earthy notes,...
Ethiopia Guji 🇪🇹
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is an Ethiopia from the Guji zone. It’s a juicy washed coffee, with berry tones, bittering spices, fragrant herbs,...
Bali 🇮🇩 Semi Washed
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is a semi washed coffee from Bali. Like many semi washed coffees, it’s a funky one. Because of the humid climate,...
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 + Delivery Saturday Morning
Hello Sideyard Friends, [If you’re expecting coffee this week, it’ll hit your porch tomorrow/Saturday morning.] This week’s roast is a natural process...
Natural Mexico x Washed Peru 🌼
Hello Sideyard Friends, It’s that time of the year when the weather is so nice that I follow the dog out into the backyard with my first cup of coffee in the...
Rwanda Dry Process Micro Lot 🇷🇼 + First Batch Peru 🇵🇪
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a sourcing splurge that comes to us from the Tumba washing station in Rwanda. The lot consisted of just 15 60kg...
Peru 🇵🇪 High Grown
Hello Sideyard Friends, This coffee isn’t quite at Bolivian levels of high-grown, where farms reach upwards of 6,000 feet above sea level, but it’s SHB...
Colombia 🇨🇴 Huila
Hello Sideyard Friends, Happy spring. It was a beautiful morning for a meandering delivery ride through south Oak Park and north Berwyn. This week’s roast is...
Burundi 🇧🇮 Natural
Hello Sideyard Friends, Ding dong. Friday came early this week (please check your porch if you’re expecting coffee). This week’s coffee is a laid-back...
Blend Week
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is a blend of Costa Rica honey process, and Ethiopia Sidama natural, with a splash of Peru to get us to the 45 lbs...
Zambia 🇿🇲 Peaberry + Zamrock
Hello Sideyard Friends, Given how little coffee Zambia exports, it’s unsurprising that we don’t often find it on offer with our importers. Zambian coffee...
Peru 🇵🇪 Warmikuna Women's Cooperative
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee comes to us from the Warmikuna Women's Cooperative in Peru. The collective is comprised of 55 women and six model...