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 […]