Blend Week
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a blend of September coffees. The recipe is 4 parts Nicaragua La Bastilla Natural, 4 parts Costa Rica Tarrazù...
Nicaragua 🇳🇮 La Bastilla
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is from the La Bastilla estate and mill in the northeast of Nicaragua. This one was roasted yesterday. So far I’m...
Uganda Kapchorwa Station
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast comes to us via the Kaphchorwa processing station in Uganda. They process coffee from over 1,000 small holder farms...
Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Anaerobic Fermentation
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is an anaerobic fermentation coffee from the Beneficio San Diego mill in Costa Rica. In anaerobic fermentation the...
Uganda 🇺🇬 Dry Process
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a dry process coffee from Uganda. Of the three or four Ugandan coffees we’ve had over the past couple months, I...
Blend Week Guatemala/Uganda
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s coffee is a deck-clearing blend of Guatemala Huehuetenango and Uganda Rwenzori. I’m tasting chocolate, caramel, brown...
Guatemala 🇬🇹 Huehuetenango La Morena
Hello Sideyard Friends, This week’s roast is a repeat of the coffee we had for the first time back on the third Friday of June. It roasts up really nicely...
El Salvador 🇸🇻 Dry Process (Arriving Saturday)
Hello Sideyard Friends, [Delivery note: this week’s bike deliveries are happening Saturday morning.] This week’s roast is a dry process coffee from Finca San...
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...