We get asked by friends and family where to buy coffee a lot. It’s a tough question! It’s easy to lose track of just how many incredible, fresh, vibrant coffees are out there. Every week, we ask our advertising roasting partners for coffee recommendations they’re most excited about. Here’s this week’s collection of some of the most interesting whole bean coffee offerings available from talented roasters across the globe.
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Pachamama Coffee Pachamama Coffee is fully owned and governed by smallholder farmers in Perú, Nicaragua, Guatemala, México, and Ethiopia. This unique business model empowers farmers to maintain control and governance over their product from seed to cup, ensuring that the highest-quality coffee reaches consumers while returning all profits to the farmers themselves. |
 $19/10oz. |
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Passenger Coffee We are delighted to have producer Lucas Melo back on our Reserve Lot menu for the first time since 2018 with the release of this outstanding washed Colombia F6 variety selection from his farm, El Cairo, in Nariño, Colombia. This cup is packed with berry and tropical fruit flavors, as well as an integrated citrus acidity and deep sweetness reminiscent of vanilla and caramel, demonstrating the benefits of extremely high-elevation coffee production and the skill of this award-winning producer. |
 $21.25/250g |
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Heartwood Bekele employs a meticulous approach to coffee farming, using shaded pre-drying beds on-site and nurturing specific coffee varieties. he uses organic methods, fertilizing his farm with compost or agricultural residues. His expertise in coffee processing comes from years of experience, including work at stations in the Bensa and Bona districts of the Sidama region. Bekele Kachara is a single producer and farm owner/operator located in the small area of Murago within the Sidama region. |
 $28/12oz. |
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THE BARN Our Spring flavour: a coffee to brew as the seasons change, produced by farmers of the Edido village in the famous region of Yirgacheffe. We chose this washed lot for its delicate balance of sweetness and acidity, bringing elegant florals that are a perfect fit for Spring. In the cup, expect notes of sweet apricot jam, pear, and citrus, with hints of fine dark chocolate and dried berries as it cools. |
 €17/250g |
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Equator Coffees This light roast combines the anaerobic natural process with the Orange Bourbon variety: a truly unique undertaking for a coffee from the Indonesian island of Java. The result is a coffee with unique and intensely fruity flavors of Medjool date, watermelon candy, and hazelnut. |
 $30/12oz. |
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Klatch Coffee We are delighted to introduce you to Kokowagayo—a women-owned cooperative in Sumatra’s Aceh province—as we celebrate Women in Coffee throughout March. Their Organic Sumatra Kokowagayo Fair Trade coffee is a wet-hulled bourbon blend like no other, offering a luscious mix of milk chocolate, caramel, bright berries, and a subtle nuttiness in a creamy, balanced body. More importantly – this pioneering group is reshaping the coffee industry. Led by 18 women in key roles, Kokowagayo—short for Koperasi Kopi Wanita Gayo—is more than a cooperative; it’s a movement proving that passion and expertise know no bounds. |
 $22.95/310gram bag |
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Madcap Coffee When creating seasonal blends like New Moon, we aim to capture the feelings and flavors reminiscent of that particular season. In Michigan, spring is an almost magical time: sunshine returns, frozen beaches begin to thaw, windows are propped open. The blend should highlight the strength of its components, as well as present a totally new tasting experience that reminds us of this fresh new season. |
 $23/8oz |
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Partners Coffee Vladimir Calambás grows borbón de la montaña, a relatively unknown cultivar specific to Inzá, Cauca. Introduced to us last year by our friends at Pergamino, it appears to be a local mutation of bourbon that is well adapted to the area’s highest (and coldest) elevations. A slight departure from the citric acidity we most closely associate with Inzá, we’re tasting more berry and floral notes. Think watermelon, cherry, strawberry, and caramel. |
 $25/12oz. |
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Phil & Sebastian ORANGE CREAMSICLE | LEMONGRASS | EARL GREY |
 $14CAD/200g |
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Night Swim Coffee We’re more thrilled than ever to offer a lot from Nano Genji – our first time buying from the co-op. Nano Genji is a part of the Kata Muduga Union, a union of 39 co-ops and washing stations that focus on quality coffees and paying dividends directly to the Union members. Nano Genji is the sibling mill to the famed Nano Challa mill, featured on our menu last year. Historically one of the most coveted coffees in all of Western Ethiopia, Nano Challa membership did such an amazing job with production and processing that the tremendous premiums they were receiving caused their membership to swell to a level that pushed their capacity as far as it could go. In 2021, they opened Nano Genji a few miles away with brand new Penagos equipment along with dozens of drying beds to accommodate their growing membership. With 630 members between the two washing stations, they’re looking forward to continued growth and success. This lot, #6, from Nano Genji is bright and refreshing, with bold citrus and fruity notes that instantly remind us of cherry-limeade from Sonic or peach green tea on a warm spring/summer day. |
 $24/12oz. |
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La Barba Coffee With a bright and pleasantly crisp acidity, fruit flavors such as green grape and apple produce a clean first couple sips. Gradually, the cup becomes sweeter, fruitier, and lends a subtle floral note, still maintaining an enjoyably vibrant acidity, making this one of Jijon’s most impressive coffees. |
 $38/8oz. |
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Stumptown Coffee Roasters The coffee that started it all: Hair Bender is Stumptown’s signature blend, a recipe perfected over 25 years ago. We can tell you it’s a complex blend with notes of sweet citrus, dark chocolate, and raisin, but we can’t tell you how it’ll make you feel. It just . . . makes you feel things, lots of really good things. |
 $18/12oz. |
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Dune Coffee Roasters The Typica variety that Juan grows at Hacienda La Papaya was our first introduction to these coffees, and these coffees have always impressed us with the flavors Juan is able to cultivate and develop from this unique expression of the variety. Juan’s washed process has undergone continuous refinement since the first year we tasted their coffees, with ripe cherries undergoing sorting and floating before a 15 hour fermentation and moving to ultraviolet radiation-protected drying rooms, fitted with temperature and humidity sensors for meticulous drying. |
 $25/10oz. |
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PERC Our partners at Unblended created the Young Producers program to make coffee farming an exciting and viable career path for young people in Colombia. The program pairs young producers with seasoned veterans to help them with their own coffee. We can’t stop talking about how much we love this coffee. You’ll get an explosion of intense fruit that reminds us of pink Starburst. |
 $25/12oz. |
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Sightglass Coffee Roasters Orange Blossom, Tamarind, Strawberry |
 $23/12oz. |
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Olympia Coffee Our San Sebastian Reserva, sourced from producers in San Sebastian De La Plata, Huila, features the highest-scoring lots of the season grown at lofty elevations over 1,700 meters. |
 $24/12oz. |
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Mr. Espresso West Java is quickly making its mark in the coffee world. Only about 15 years ago, the Indonesian government launched an initiative to lease private land to local farmers for coffee farming, aiming to protect the area’s lush forests from logging. The forward-thinking programming has transformed the region into a hub for exceptional coffee production. Part of Mr. Espresso’s limited-edition Collezione di Caffè, this washed micro-lot comes from West Java’s Cipaganti Village. Collected directly from small farmers, coffee varietals include Catimor, Tim Tim, Typica, and Gayo II — all grown at high altitudes of around 5,700 feet. For this fully washed coffee, ripe cherries are pulped, dry-fermented for sixteen hours, and then thoroughly washed. The coffee is then placed in a solar dryer, until the optimum moisture content is reached.While washed coffee processing is traditional to the region, it had fallen out of favor as producers transitioned to meet a demand for wet-hulled coffees made popular in neighboring Sumatra. The Mr. Espresso sourcing team was exceptionally impressed by this coffee’s vibrancy, showcased by the region’s traditional processing method. Java Gunung Tikukur offers a complex cup, with flavors such as peach, toasted almond, and basil. |
 12oz./$20 |
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Verve Coffee Roasters Juicy, jammy and expressive, this year’s AA lot from Gura is nothing short of delicious. Tropical guava notes greet your palate with the first sip, followed by a sweet strawberry and fudge finish. |
 $26/ 12oz. |
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Onyx Coffee Lab In the high mountains of Caldas, Colombia, Tío Conejo cultivates coffee with a commitment to tradition, community, and resilience. Nestled at 2,000 MASL on rich volcanic soil, their farm’s high altitude and meticulous practices yield exceptional quality. That quality shows in the cup with pungent fruit characteristics throughout the drinking experience, culminating in pink guava and watermelon candy. |
 $52/10oz. |
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Joe Coffee Candied Lemon, Almond Paste, Cinnamon |
 $25/12oz. |
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CXFFEEBLACK A HIGA JUNT -NATURAL RWANDA KILIMBI STATION |
 $21/8oz. |
