10/21/2025
All the beans we order are small batch, just like how we roast. Bigger roasters will order very large quantities. Pallets full of the same coffee bean. Can’t hardly blame them, as it keeps product in stock and there is always a price break per pound for those large quantities. However, in doing so it takes out the uniqueness of the shopping process, which for me has always been a very enjoyable part of being a small batch coffee bean roaster.
When inventory of our green coffee beans start to running low, I pull up the menus from the various suppliers and look over all the options. I look for certain things to keep a basic similarity to the origins we offer, yet at the end of the day each is its own harvest. Typically those beans will remain available for a few months, and we get several bags of the same harvest. But eventually those get sold out, and then it’s on to the next choice. I carefully look over the options from my suppliers, comparing the attributes of each. I have a certain criteria I adhere to as a way to ensure top quality, keeping true to the basic outlines of each origin. Yet small differences set each harvest apart just a bit. To me this keeps an excitement in our brand. Sometimes I will choose a diffenent region within that same overall origin, each with its own unique attributes. No batch or harvest is really that much better than the other, it’s just slight flavor profile differences of each.
This is why our coffee is just plain better. As a small batch roaster we have an advantage by offering these unique variations. Because we are a small operation, price point isn’t a consideration over quality, rating, cup score and the other attributes we require. (By rule, we won’t pay under a certain amount for the green coffee beans as a measure of quality control). The idea has always been bring that fun part of shopping I enjoyed as a“hobby roaster” to this bigger retail platform. This means that you get to experience these unique, yet similar coffees, only offered by specialty coffee roasters.
Because each harvest choice brings its own excitement in its own unique way, we feel each origin deserves its own platform. This is why you never see us offering “blends” of different origins, as you will often see the larger operations doing. Sometimes even blending arabica beans with robusta!😳(which for me is a real head scratcher). Honestly, blends are typically a way to stretch the dollar on inventory. Not always, but more so than not. A way to increase profit margin and stretch out supplies on more complex coffee beans. Jokingly the term “cutting their dope” has been tossed around when discussing this with my customers!😆
So with all that said, today we placed an order for the Kenyan🇰🇪 and Peruvian🇵🇪 coffees. These are the choices I settled on this morning. Order placed, and these will be available next week. The Kenyan remains the same from the last order, but this will be a new spin on the Peruvian. This is something I would like to do moving forward, ie. update the information on what harvest is currently being offered.
You see, When I first launched the brand in January, I had all my labels printed. All the artwork included those flavor profiles. Even though those are broadly similar, they are not 100% accurate due to these changes in harvests and sourcing. Once these labels are used up, we will then have a QR code that will bring you to the updated harvest selection for each origin and their own unique flavor profile breakdown.
We hope to introduce new Origins soon. I have my eye on some Honduran coffee bean sources, and we really want to launch two coffees from Asia. Right now the consideration for those two would be Sumatran, and Tazanian, or possibly Papua New Guinea.
As always, we want to thank all you for your enthusiasm and support! Our mission remains the same: To speed the message of how great coffee can be!
