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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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Klatch Coffee
Songbird Seasonal Blend

Savor the harmony of our Songbird Seasonal Blend — a symphony in every sip. This elegant blend unites a quartet of Natural Brazil and Panama Catuai with Washed Ethiopia and Colombia. Experience notes of honeysuckle, white cherry, and molasses – while brown sugar unfolds into hints of raw honey, tangerine, and silky chocolate. Crafted with care, Songbird is more than coffee — it’s a melody.

Klatch Coffee Songbird Seasonal Blend $19.95/310g

THE BARN
Karana Carbonic Maceration

Our first coffee from the island of Bali. An amazing cup with funky, tropical sweetness. Produced by the Karana Community in the Kintamani region. S795 and Kartika varietals, cultivated at an elevation of 1200 meters, are brought to life through Carbonic Maceration. Expect cherry, passion fruit, and vanilla. The finish is rich with cacao and winey depth.

The Barn Karana Carbonic Maceration Sprudge Roaster's Village €19.50/250g

Heartwood Coffee
La Esperanza Natural

Finca La Esperanza is managed by Luis Alberto Balladarez and his family. The farm consists of 53 Ha of coffee and forest, and sits at an average elevation of 1,600 masl. With careful detail at every stage, This lot starts by bringing the cherries to the wet mill after picking. They are then floated and de-pulped, and immediately taken to Beneficio Las Segovias to be laid on African beds to dry for between 25-30 days.

Heartwood Coffee La Esperanza Natural Sprudge Roaster's Village $25/12oz.

Equator Coffees
Super Bloom Blend

Celebrate the joy and wonder of nature’s brilliance with every sip of Super Bloom: a light roast fit for the season, blooming with floral, sweet, and spicy flavors of white peach, coffee blossom, and ginger.
5% of every bag sold directly supports the Nyampinga women’s coffee cooperative in Southern Rwanda, with funding helping to provide the cooperative members with livestock, creating an additional source of income while also supplying natural fertilizer to support their farms. Super Bloom is a seasonal offering roasting for a limited time only, so be sure to get it while it lasts!

Equator Coffees Super Bloom Blend Sprudge Roaster's Village $22/12oz.

Madcap Coffee
Santiago Patiño

Third generation coffee farmer Santiago Patiño owns and operates Finca El Ocaso (The Sunset Farm) in Salento, Quindío, Colombia. As early as 2004, Santiago began experimenting with natural and honey processing techniques, as well as growing a wide range of unique varietals on the farm such as Gesha, Sidra, and Tabi. After completing his business studies, Santiago continued focusing on improving coffee production and began consulting with coffee experts to redesign fermentation protocols.
This is our first year working with Santiago, but his drive for innovation and sustainable agricultural practices are truly inspiring. Despite challenges like climate change related extreme weather and labor shortages, Santiago is dedicated to preserving his family’s coffee legacy, sharing his knowledge with younger generations. In this anaerobically processed cup, enjoy jammy notes of apricot, grapefruit, and cane sugar.

Madcap Coffee Santiago Patiño $25/8oz.

PERC
Colombia Los Nogales Yellow Bourbon

Prepare your dadgum tongues for another fantastic coffee from our pals at Los Nogales. This is the third coffee we’ve partnered with them on, and to tell you a secret, we’ve since sourced a fourth. That tells you how much we dig what they’re doing. This Yellow Bourbon blew us away with its sweet and effervescent acidity with flavors that remind us of mango, pineapple, peach, blood orange, and salted caramel. It’s safe to say we will be releasing many more coffees from the amazing folks at Los Nogales in the future. Get some of this banger while you can!

Perc Colombia Los Nogales Yellow Bourbon Sprudge Roaster's Village $30/12oz.

Dune Coffee Roasters
Hacienda La Papaya Anaerobic Sidra

This anaerobic Sidra from La Papaya has become a mainstay of our lineup each year, with distinctive and delightful flavors in the cup. We find a complex, berry-like acidity, as well as a sweet kiwi flavor and dark fruit flavors that remind us of summer blackberry. The texture of this coffee stands out every time as well, changing from a creamy to juicy sensation as the coffee cools.

Dune Coffee Roasters Hacienda La Papaya Anaerobic Sidra Sprudge Roaster's village $38/10oz.

Pachamama Coffee
Perú

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.
Nestled deep in the Santa Teresa Valley just beyond the slopes of Machu Picchu in Perú, smallholder farmers grow these fine Arabica beans. Featuring notes of milk chocolate, mandarin, and almond, our freshly roasted crop of Perú is a tribute to the artisanal craft and the indigenous and regenerative farming practices of Pachamama farmer-owners.
Single Origin: Santa Teresa, Cusco, Perú Cooperative: COCLA Roast: Medium

Pachamama Perú Sprudge Roaster's Village $19/10oz.

Passenger Coffee
Lucas Melo

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.

Passenger Coffee Lucas Melo Sprudge Roaster's Village $21.25/250g

Partners Coffee
Colombia – Vladimir Calambás

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.

Partners Coffee Colombia Vladimir Calambás Sprudge Roaster's Village $25/12oz.

Phil & Sebastian
Jose Cuellar Pink Bourbon & Bourbon Aji

ORANGE CREAMSICLE | LEMONGRASS | EARL GREY
This blend of Pink Bourbon and Bourbon Aji comes from Jose Cuellar – a rare coffee producer in Huila, Colombia. He’s been in coffee for a very long time, but his latest venture has taken him out of the normal path of Colombian coffee production. He has planted eight different coffee varieties and has been working through many super cool processing experiments.

Phil & Sebastian Jose Cuellar Pink Bourbon & Bourbon Aji $14CAD/200g

Night Swim Coffee
Nano Genji #6

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.

Night Swim Nano Genji #6 Sprudge Roaster's Village $24/12oz.

La Barba Coffee
Pepe Jijon Typica Wave

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.
Notes : Green Grape, Apple, Clean

La Barba ecuador pepe jijon sprudge roaster's village $38/8oz.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Hair Bender

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.

Stumptown Hair Bender Sprudge Roaster's Village $18/12oz.

Sightglass Coffee Roasters
Spring Equinox

Orange Blossom, Tamarind, Strawberry
Roast Level:Medium Dark
Named for the celestial shift from winter to spring, marked by nearly equal amounts of daylight and darkness across all latitudes, our Spring Equinox blend is crafted from a 50/50 composition of high-altitude coffees from Guatemala and Kenya. The result is a unique blend that celebrates a season of renewal through a deeply sweet and delicately fruited coffee that shines.

Sightglass Spring Equinox Sprudge Roaster's Village $23/12oz.

Olympia Coffee
San Sebastian Reserva

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.

Olympia Coffee San Sebastian Reserva $24/12oz.

Mr. Espresso
Java Gunung Tikukur, Washed Process

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.

Mr. Espresso Java Gunung Tikukur Sprudge Roaster's Village 12oz./$20

Verve Coffee Roasters
Gura AA

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.

Verve Gura AA Sprudge Roaster's Village $26/ 12oz.

Onyx Coffee Lab
Colombia Tio Conejo Gesha Natural

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.

Onyx Coffee Lab Colombia Tio Conejo Gesha Natural Sprudge Roaster's Village $52/10oz.

Joe Coffee
Rubí Sisters Catuaí

Candied Lemon, Almond Paste, Cinnamon
Perched between the Sierra La Esperanza and Santa Bárbara mountains in Las Vegas, Honduras, lies Finca Ruland 2—a specialty coffee farm as beautiful as it is biodiverse, owned and operated by the Rubí-Landaverde family.
As a second generation coffee grower, daughter Andrea Rubí helped to usher in a new era for her family—launching them into specialty coffee as the culmination of two decades of farming heritage. Coming into the business with a fresh perspective, Andrea saw the value of moving their practice away from sole reliance on the commodity coffee industry, and—in addition to their newer frontier of experimentation—she now heads up their initiative to forge more direct relationships with coffee companies and roasters like Joe.

Joe Coffee Rubi Sisters Catuai Sprudge Roaster's Village $25/12oz.

CXFFEEBLACK
Fruit Of Our Labor

A HIGA JUNT -NATURAL RWANDA KILIMBI STATION
1650-1850 MASL
TASTING NOTES: Strawberry,Dark Chocolate, and PassionFruit

CXFFEEBLACK Fruits Of Our Labor Sprudge Roaster's Village $21/8oz.
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