The beans
We know whose farm this came off
Both hand-picked, both bought direct through Lifesong, and both roasted in small batches the week they ship.
Single origin
Zambia
One farm, one lot. Hand-picked, washed, and dried in the shade.
The cherries are hand-picked at Living Hope and dried in the shade rather than in open sun. Shade drying is slower and more work, and it is the reason the sugars and the aroma survive the trip.
Washing strips the fruit off the seed early, which is why this one comes through the cleanest of the two.
- Farm
- Living Hope, with Lifesong
- Variety
- Catimor 129
- Process
- Washed, shade-dried
- Picking
- By hand
Single origin
Uganda
Grown at over 4,200 feet on the slopes of Mount Elgon.
Grown in Bududa, on the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda, over 4,200 feet up. Altitude slows the cherry down, and a slower cherry concentrates what ends up in the cup.
Picked by hand, shipped green, and roasted in small batches in the United States the week you order it.
- Region
- Bududa, with Lifesong
- Elevation
- Over 4,200 ft
- Process
- Hand-picked
- Roasted
- To order, in California
From cherry to cup
How it gets from the branch to your kitchen
Picked ripe
By hand, cherry by cherry, along the branch. The rest are left to come on.
Depulped and washed
The fruit is stripped off the seed early. That is why the Zambia comes through so clean.
Dried in the shade
Slower than open sun, and more work. It is the reason the sugars and the aroma survive the trip.
Rested and shipped
Hulled, rested, then shipped green so nothing has started ageing before it reaches the roaster.
Roasted to order
In small batches in California, the week you order it. Never before.
Roast guide
The same bean, left in the roaster for four different lengths of time
If you are not sure, take the Medium. It is the one most people keep reordering, and every roast comes whole or ground at no extra cost.
Light
Roasted brightest. The most origin character in the cup.
Medium
The everyday middle. Balanced, round, dependable.
Dark
Longer in the roaster. Deep, bittersweet, heavy.
Espresso
A medium-dark roast built to hold up under pressure.
The same care goes into everything we hand someone.
The journals, the care packages, the bags on the table at a retreat. The coffee is the part you can buy, and it is held to the same standard as the part you cannot.
What the coffee pays for