Our Wilton Benitez SL-28 is back! This special coffee comes from Wilton Benitez’s competition series (the ultra special coffees he singles out for use in national and international barista competitions) and a previous lot of this coffee was recently used by Edwin Tascon to win 1st place in Colombia’s national barista competition! This single origin […]
A second coffee from Colombian coffee grower Sebastian Ramirez. A Pink Bourbon this time! We just discovered Sebastian Ramirez recently and he is knocking it out of the park. When we first tasted this Pink Bourbon lot from him, we said couldn’t get over all the jammy pink and red fruit notes that presented in […]
A new variety from the esteemed coffee growers Cafe Granja La Esperanza and their farm Las Margaritas! Our Las Margaritas Sidra natural is velvety, sparkling, and abundant in pink and red fruit notes. We taste so many fun notes in this playful cup including strawberry bubblegum, red grape raspberry sorbet, tropical skittles, red apple, and […]
It’s been too long since we have had a Sumatra coffee and this one does not disappoint! Our new Putra Gayo Sumatra was isolated out as a top lot microlot and is resplendent in notes of concord grape, raspberry jelly, cardamom, milk chocolate, and star fruit. It’s big bodied, plush, and everything we love about […]
JBC Coffee Roasters (Madison, WI) is honored to announce that we are a 2025 Good Food Awards finalist with our coffee: Las Margaritas Sudan Rume. The Good Food Awards is an annual competition recognizing outstanding American craft food producers. This special Community Choice edition of the Good Food Awards honors past winners that continue to […]
A number of you have been asking and we’re super excited to announce we have a new lot of Wilton Benitez Pink Bourbon! And, yes, we think this new 2025 lot is as good as 2023’s lot which scored 98 points and was named the number one coffee of 2023 at the Coffee Review. Some […]
A new coffee from Burundi! Introducing our new Busasa Burundi. It’s like a little cup of Christmas in summer. This unique coffee is full of lovely tasting and aroma notes like cranberry, butterscotch, apple crumble, dried cherry, and sweet pea. We think it’s a little bit Christmasy with nice pops of cinnamon and red fruits […]
Our Sebastian Ramirez White Honey Geisha is bursting with intense floral notes. When we first tasted this coffee, we said things like “so interesting” and “wonderfully floral.” Tasting and aroma notes include lemon rosemary cake, Grape Kool-Aid, juniper, white grape, jasmine, and sweet grapefruit. If you love the classically floral profile of the Geisha variety, […]
Sunburst is back for the summer! This limited edition seasonal blend is designed specifically for cold brew or iced coffee preparation. A blend of our Itumpi Tanzania and our Cajamarca Peru, this coffee is such a fun summery drink boasting tasting notes of cherry slushie, honey stick, and ice cream sandwich. It’s delicious in any […]
Our first ever coffee from Zambia and it does not disappoint! Introducing our Kateshi Zambia. It’s a tropical fun time. We love the unique banana note in this coffee (think banana runts), along with tasting notes of sweet pineapple, wildflower honey, orange, kiwi and apple. It’s, crisp, bright and delicious! We highly recommend for lovers […]
Introducing our new La Lomita Pink Bourbon. It’s a red fruit bonanza! We tasted strawberry, red apple, marzipan, and orange blossom. This particular lot of coffee is the coveted Pink Bourbon variety; a coffee variety discovered and grown in Colombia known for its intense floral notes, pleasant acidity, and a higher glucose content producing a […]
Our new Shanta Golba Ethiopia is everything we love about a traditional washed Ethiopia coffee with a nice little pop of orange. It’s crisp and silky with tasting notes of clover honey, orange aperol spritz, gardenia, lemon, and rose. It’s crisp, silky, and the perfect Spring cup. Enjoy! Farm Level Info. Over 1200 smallholder […]
Restocked: Wilton Benitez Yellow Bourbon! This coffee boasts so many interesting flavor and aroma notes like funfetti, orange, lemongrass, jasmine, rosemary, green tea, and berry jam. It’s another coffee that knocks it out of the park from a producer who is creating waves in the coffee industry with his immaculate coffee and unique processing innovation. […]
Guess who’s back? Our Wilton Benitez Geisha! A new lot of the Geisha variety from Benitez’s Macarena farm, this coffee is delightfully effervescent and silky. It boasts an array of unique tasting notes including strawberry kiwi jam, mint julep, rosemary, gardenia, jasmine, and rhubarb preserves. If you are after a memorable and unique coffee experience […]
A classic Ethiopia coffee: bright, lemony and silky. Our new Hambela Dabaye comes from the Guji zone in Ethiopia, which is considered a benchmark for high quality, complex arabica coffees. This particular lot is everything we love about the classic washed Ethiopia coffee profile. We taste meyer lemon, jasmine, vanilla, juniper, honey, and almond butter. […]
A Pink Bourbon from our friends at Cafe Granja La Esperanza! Introducing our Potosi Pink Bourbon Natural. The Pink Bourbon coffee variety is all the rage lately (for good reason) and when you couple this coveted variety with natural processing and the esteemed growing practices/terroir of Cafe Granja La Esperanza, you get a little cup […]
A brand new, ultra exclusive variety! Introducing our La Esperanza Mandela Natural Anaerobic. The Mandela coffee variety is a new and exclusive coffee variety developed and grown only by our friends at Cafe Granja La Esperanza. A cross between the Caturra variety, Timor Hybrid variety, and Ethiopian Landraces, the Mandela variety was created by Cafe […]
New coffee! Wilton Benitez Sudan Rume. We have another new variety from one of our most talked about coffee producers: a Sudan Rume! We just have a little bit of this unique coffee, so we recommend snagging a bag right away.This particular lot is intensely floral with tasting notes of juicy fruit gum, tangerine, cardamom, […]
Introducing our new Kangocho Kenya! We love this coffee, calling it jammy, juicy, a little winey, and playful. Every single one of our cuppers detected a sweet cherry note in this coffee that made it stand out on the cupping table. Comprised of the coveted SL-28 and SL-34 varieties, along with Batian variety, this lot […]
New coffee! Introducing a jammy and sweet-tart Rwanda. We love this new microlot offering from the Nyamasheke District of western Rwanda. Coffees from this region are often fuller, jammier and more layered than in the rest of the country. We find this to be uniquely true of this particular coffee. Our new Murundo People’s Farm […]
A new variety from one of our most talked about coffee producers: Wilton Benitez Yellow Bourbon! We just have a little bit of this unique coffee, so we recommend snagging a bag right away.This particular lot boasts so many interesting flavor and aroma notes like funfetti, orange, lemongrass, jasmine, rosemary, green tea, and berry jam. […]
Our Las Margaritas Sudan Rume natural is back! The hybrid washed version of this coffee helped win us a Good Food Award in 2022 and this new natural lot still remains one of the most unique coffees we have cupped in our 30 years at the cupping table. The perfumy intensity of this coffee coupled […]
Our best-selling Pantan Musara Sumatra is back! If you loved prior lots of this coffee from us, this new lot will not disappoint. Unlike most Sumatra coffees, which are typically wet-hulled, this lot is a washed process coffee. It has all those unique fruit and spice flavors that we love about the Sumatra profile minus […]
Introducing the first place coffee from the Land of Diversity Coffee Competition in Colombia! And guess who the producer is? None other than one of our favorite producers, the renowned Wilton Benitez. Introducing our Wilton Benitez Geisha. A Geisha varietal from the Benitez’s Macarena farm, this coffee is delightfully effervescent and silky, boasting an array […]
Introducing our Pefiles Peru: an easy-sipping, everyday coffee that is also a really great value. This certified organic coffee is juicy and bright with tasting notes of pomegranate, plum, English Toffee, cranberry, citrus, and tootsie roll. This coffee is great for those after a high quality, easy drinking coffee that is also easy on the […]
A new variety from one of our most talked about coffee producers: a striped bourbon! This is first time JBC has ever featured the striped bourbon variety and it certainly does not disappoint. It’s creamy, juicy, and boasts so many lovely fruit and floral notes like candied mango, guava, peach candy, white tea, rose, orange, […]
A new supper jammy coffee! Colombia is killing it this year with so many amazing offerings. Did we need another Colombia lot? Nope. Could we possibly pass on this juicy, jammy, and winey Caturra offering? Not a chance. Introducing our El Faldon Colombia. It’s a stunner. We tasted apricot, elderberry, lilac wine, and honey. […]
Some of the best Kenya coffee comes from JBC! Introducing a quintessential Kenya: our new Ngurueri Kenya AA. It’s creamy, bright, and berry forward with tasting notes of blackberry, red currant, sweet cherry tomato, and raspberry. Bottom line: a classic Kenya profile with a creamy body, bright acidity, and tantalizing pops of all the berries. […]
Single lot: Sidra coffee variety! Every time we taste a coffee from Finca Cruz Loma, one word comes to mind: elegant. We cannot say enough good things about this washed Sidra lot from the award-winning farm Finca Cruz Loma. This lot, composed solely of the coveted Sidra variety, boasts bright fruit notes coupled with a […]
A new variety from one of our most talked about coffee producers! Introducing our Wilton Benitez SL-28. This special coffee comes from Wilton Benitez’s competition series (the ultra special coffees he singles out for use in national/international barista competitions) and was just used this past weekend to win 1st place in Colombia’s national barista competition! […]
Our first wet hulled coffee from Sumatra in quite some time! Introducing our Bener Meriah Sumatra. While wet hulled coffees tend to taste quite earthy, this particular lot is extremely clean and fruit forward. It’s the perfect balance of the sweet herbal and spice notes that one can expect from a wet hulled Sumatra offering […]
Our first Geisha variety from Tanzania! Introducing our Acacia Hills Tanzania Geisha. It’s a charmer. We love this coffee for its super perfumy deep floral notes that we would expect from a high quality Geisha variety but it also boasts lovely berry jam and currant notes that can be reminiscent of coffees from Tanzania. We […]
Guess who’s back? One of our most talked about coffees from one of our most talked about producers. Welcoming back a new crop of our Wilton Benitez Java. You know it’s a special coffee when our founder Michael writes DAMN!!! (yes, bold caps with three exclamation points) on his cupping form. This is another super […]
Our first ever co-ferment coffee! Introducing our Finca La Secreta Lychee Co-Ferment. This coffee is a must-have for anyone seeking a unique and fruit-forward coffee experience. We called it playful, lyrical, super interesting, zippy and juicy. We tasted lychee (yes, really), peach rings, rose hip jam, guava and pink lemonade. It truly is one of […]
Two new coffees from Guji Ethiopia! One natural processed, one washed. Both divine! Tebe Melge Ethiopia. A fruity new natural process Ethiopia! This coffee comes from smallholder farmers growing coffee in the highest reaches of Guji’s vast Uraga forest region. It’s everything we love about a beautifully done natural process coffee with bright strawberry, peach, […]
New coffee drop! One of the best natural process coffees we have had in a while: Rumuvu #13 Natural Burundi. Calling all lovers of fruity and berrylicious natural process coffees! Our Rumuvu #13 Natural Burundi is for you. It’s super clean and crisp for a natural process coffee but boasts bright berry and citrus/floral notes […]
Two new coffee drops! Our Buesaco Colombia is back and introducing our new stunning Dimtu Ethiopia. Our crowd favorite Buesaco Colombia is back! We love this coffee and this new lot is even better than the last. One of our cuppers called this coffee cozy and we totally agree. It’s super pleasant and sweet with […]
Our director of coffee doesn’t throw out a pow-pow and a wow for very many coffees and that is precisely what is cupping notes said for this jammy, thick, and sparkling Kenya. If you love an exemplary Kenya coffee, our new Giakanja Kenya is for you. The cup boasts tasting notes of rhubarb crisp, cranberry, […]
Our exceptional and rare Sudan Rume hybrid washed is back! This coffee is crazy and one you don’t want to miss. This new lot, just like our first lot of Sudan Rume in 2021, remains one of the most intense and unique coffees we have cupped in our near 30 years of coffee tasting. Our […]
Introducing our new San Jose Del Lago Guatemala. There is something so classic and enjoyable about a Bourbon varietal from the Lake Atitlán region of Guatemala where the terrior is perfect for coffee growing. Bourbons come highly regarded, known for their deep and buttery chocolate flavors, well-balanced sweetness, and fruit overtones. This coffee perfectly exemplifies […]
Introducing a truly special coffee. Our new La Joya Ecuador is everything we could want from an Ecuadorian coffee with its exquisitely sweet floral notes, sparkling acidity and silky body. It is refreshingly clean and complex with tasting notes of honeysuckle, raspberry, almond banana cake, dried pineapple and peach. If you have not experienced the […]
