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...
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Sidama
Hello Sideyard Friends, I made a couple adjustments on the roaster this week and pushed the coffee a little darker after a few weeks of lighter roasts. This...
Mexico 🇲🇽 Finca Fatima Natural
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 ❤️🐶
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 🌸
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
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!
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
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 🎈
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 🫐
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
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 🍫
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
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...