Test Roast: Natural Bourbon

Size: 5lb
Origin: Tarrazú, Costa Rica
Producers: Bryan Rivera Ureña
Elevation: High altitude (specific elevation not listed)
Varietal: Bourbon

Notes: Lemongrass, poppy seed, strawberry, lavender, cranberry, raspberry, dark berries, blackberry lemonade, orange zest, hazelnut

This is a test roast of a Costa Rican natural Bourbon we're building a profile for. We're finding this coffee to be great but needs maybe 10% more tweaks to be perfect. This natural process showcases a classic Costa Rican profile with vibrant dark berries and blackberry lemonade on the front end, transitioning to rich chocolate and hazelnut undertones - it's absolutely rambunctious as espresso and transforms into a strawberry-plum milkshake delight with milk. Bryan's small 4-hectare family farm in the lush Tarrazú hills produces incredibly clean and structured naturals through the state-of-the-art cooperative processing facilities, with nearly a month-long greenhouse drying process that develops those deep fruit flavors. In the name of good business practice we're offering our test roasts to our wholesale partners at close to green costs for maximum efficiency and cost savings for both our partners and our shop.

Context: We go through so much coffee as a roaster, and with demand steadily growing we have doubled down on test roasting especially for more experimental coffees. This means we have a decent amount of coffee's we're trying to find uses for. And while the uses are always present, the sheer volume of tests roasts we're producing leaves us with a little extra from time to time. We're reducing this formerly roaster waste by seeing normally acceptable, if not great coffees, offered a second chance for our clients to take advantage with accompanying aggressive cost savings. Use them to make great quick drip offerings interesting, training staff, cold brew unique or home spro fun. We've seen only a few other roasters we look up to utilizing the same practices recently to much of their clients success so it only makes sense to be early on the wave.