Hello Sideyard Friends,

This week’s roast is a blend of coffees from the first two roasts of October—Papua New Guinea peaberry and Mexico Chiapas. There’s some debate about whether you should blend the green coffee before roasting, or roast first then blend. The former is a little quicker and easier (and often used when roasting a house blend), but the latter gives you more control over the roast. 95% of the time I roast first and then blend. More mixing, but worth it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In the cup, I’m tasting dark chocolate, plums, brown sugar, and grapefruit. No extras again this week, sorry.

Next week is a fifth Friday and therefore a bye week here at Sideyard. Deliveries and pickups resume November 6. As ever, feel free to log in to the site to skip a month, resume or pause subscriptions, or modify delivery quantity.

I’m prepping green coffee orders for November and December. Any requests or dedications?

Cheers,

Ryan