La Barba Cropped Hoodie

Growing

Farmer’s nurture coffee plants, navigating the challenges of changing weather and the coffee market

Planning / Forecasting

We evaluate what we’re looking for in upcoming harvests as individual countries begin harvest and forecast purchase volumes

Harvest

Farmers hand pick coffee cherries as they fully ripen, sometimes having to make many passes to pick only ripe fruit

Forward Contracting

We evaluate what we’re looking for in upcoming harvests as individual countries begin harvest and forecast purchase volumes

Milling

Coffee cherries are depulped (“washed”), dried, and sorted as green

Preship Sampling

We receive small samples of coffees to roast and cup. We choose the best coffees of all we sample to approve for purchase.

Export/Import

Coffee travels from mill to port, over ocean to North American port, and is organized in a coffee specific (temp, humidity) warehouse.

Land Freight

Coffee travels from port, usually the West Coast, to our warehouse.

Profiling

We develop a roast profile to achieve flavor dynamics (sweetness, acidity, body etc) that showcase what we love about each specific coffee

Production Roasting

We batch roast the coffee to be packaged, sealed, and sent directly to you

Savouring

You get the sensory experience of a coffee’s incredible aromas and flavors as you brew and drink what we and others have worked to create.