Crimson

Over the last decade the specialty coffee world has moved further and further from dark roast coffee offerings. Our philosophy has always been to create approachable coffees and for many people that means familiar flavors, which dark roast coffee typically has a lot of.

But beyond that we love the flavor of dark roast and the different ways the cellular structure of the bean changes throughout the roasting process.

Crimson is a 3 bean blend of unique coffees, typically from Africa but with a Papua New Guinea substitute at times as the crop cycle allows. These are high elevation, dense coffees that hold unique varietal characteristics deep into the second crack (pyrolysis).

This is going to be a sweeter dark roast coffee, there’s some big molasses flavors that linger throughout the cup with some remainders of fruit dominated by that smokey aroma and flavor you expect with a darker roast coffee. The body and mouthfeel are a bit lighter than some of our other dark roast offerings, with a high airflow roasting process that produces a super clean cup. Although numbers don’t mean a ton, it’s worth noting this coffee is pushed towards 470 degrees, making it exceptionally dark.