A wonderful blend of old school functionality and new school coffee flavors. A sweet and satisfying blend, it serves equally well in providing the large sugar-browning notes we come to love in easy drinking batch brew, as well as deep berry and floral complexity that the new school coffee buyers crave. A smart amount of development allows this blend to shine on espresso, as well as in your daily brewing needs.

Name: Open Concept Process: Washed Importer: Onyx Coffee Origins: Guatemala La Basa, Guatemala El Chejoj Varietals: Caturra Flavors: Pie crust, Almonds, Hot Fudge Sundae Description: When looking to launch a dedicated espresso blend, we looked no further than the wonderful Importing team at Onyx Coffee. We settled on two exceptional washed Guatemalan coffees, that play wonderfully well with each other no matter how you brew them. This blend is nothing short of the “comfortable pajamas” of the coffee world. Warming and sweet, it’s like stepping up to a sundae bar. Nutty, vanilla-y, with a flaky and buttery finish. Pull it on espresso for big round sweet shots that cut through milk, or brew it up single cup style for a soft and satisfying morning cup.

The dark roast cometh! Robust and rollicking, we take our increased-temperature coffees very seriously. It may be true anyone can roast dark, but doing it right is an art unto itself. This direct trade colombian lot from Accresco is full of complex sweetness and brisk spicy aromatics… the perfect launch pad for careful development and roast level.