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Primer: Rotating Single Origin Blend
Primer: Rotating Single Origin Blend

Primer: Rotating Single Origin Blend

$17.00

This coffee is a blend of two single origins we've loved on our menu. 50% of Primer V3 is Cesar Pedroza's Gesha, which builds a complexity into the mouthfeel and softens the overall presentation of the cup. 50% of Primer V2 is Santos Pablo's Caturra and Pache Verde, which provides more overall structure, and a classic chocolatey body. Surrounded by a familiar and comforting roast-y character, this is a balanced, sweet, soft, and creamy cup that will be great on classic drip or as traditional espresso. We chose these two coffees because we understood how strong they were on their own. Together, we felt like we could create a symbiotic blend that could support the other's gaps in profile when developed longer.

About Primer

Primer is our new solution to 1) making sure great coffee is consumed while it's at its best and 2) to offer our friends and family looking to support us with a more familiar coffee experience. 

Primer will always be a super similar coffee profile: a medium roast with 100% washed coffee. However, the coffee inside will rotate with the availability of our coffee offerings. You will always know what's inside though; and we will always be transparent about these coffees and what version of Primer we're on. To start, we plan to pull coffees that have sat on our menu the longest, but still have plenty to offer in terms of taste. Usually, coffee loses its acid and gets "tired" tasting before it shows sign of real age off-notes, like baggy or paper-y. Our goal is to keep moving these offerings through our menu so we can keep on purchasing coffees from producers we're so excited to support. In turn, we get to share a fantastic, crushable drip and espresso option that better holds up to milk than our standard coffees.

Typically, coffee that is blended is significantly lower grade than these single origins. In addition, many bulk buyers will intentionally source very old harvest coffee to roast for their blends. So, you're getting coffee twice as expensive, and significantly fresher harvest than many standard blends. As we grow, Primer will eventually evolve into a much more standard coffee offering where we plan to buy cheaper, but fantastic, field blends from the same producers we buy for our single origin menu.

Varietal: Gesha, Caturra, Pache Verde

Process: Traditionally Washed

Region: Multiple Regions, Multiple Countries

Altitude: 1600+ masl

Funk: 1/5

Sourced by Osito, Primavera.
Farm and Producer

About Cesar Pedroza:


About Santos Pablo:
Coffee Varietal and Processing

About the Gesha:


About the Caturra and Pache Verde:
Cost Transparency

Part of what makes Primer work for us is price point and longevity on the menu. In this case, two of the largest inventory coffees we have on the menu are Cesar's and Santos's. Normally, we'd probably wait to offer both as part of Primer but the price was right and they're coffee we bought the most of at the moment. What we appreciate about this blend is it is probably our ideal makeup. Both coffees are very soft in nature. Even when taken longer, acid does not come to the forefront and instead, the coffee gets mild berry quality and of course, dominant chocolate-y, creamy, familiar roast flavors. This is a blend we wouldn't mind having for awhile.

Green cost: $15.4/kg (~$2/kg freight; cost is aggregated)
Package and roasting costs: $2.91/bag; $10/kg
Profile and sample use: 0 kg
Approx. Margin: ---%
Brewing and Resting Recommendation

Resting: Wait 7 days for peak experience (degas the night before by opening bag and then closing). We're impatient and think this has tasted great as early as 4 days after roast too.

We've primarily enjoyed this offering as as drip and espresso.
Drop Variants

Drops are typically prepared in two formats: a standard 100g / 200g bag offering at your preferred roast level or as a roast experiment.

  • Standard bag lets you support the producer, exporter, and the project without having to buy and drink coffee you're less interested in. You still get to observe and critique our roast methods at your preferred lightness but in larger quantities.
  • Roast experiment lets you participate in 3 blind tastings of 60g bags to evaluate 3 different roast curves. After the drops have been released, profile info and our own sensory feedback will be shared alongside any collected feedback from tasters.

Note that roast level selection does not apply to experiments sent out.
When will I get my order?

This is a side project that isn't in a place to pay our bills at the moment. We're actively trying our best in the two days we work on Base Coat a week to fulfill as quickly as possible. Volume has gone significantly up recently -- a great problem to have -- and we're doing our best to adapt. We roast every two weeks and try to get orders out within a week of your order placement. At latest, it takes us two weeks and if that is the case, expect an extra item in your bag as an apology.

Our times vary on roaster rental availability and our limited roasting schedule. We typically roast on two subsequent days twice a month. Once your order has shipped, you will receive an email with further information. Delivery times vary on location.
Return policy

Because we are selling an agricultural product with limited shelf life, we do not accept returns. However, our goal is for every customer to be absolutely satisfied with their purchase. If you aren't enjoying the experience, let us know in an Instagram DM and we'll do our best to work with you to make it right!

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