Exceptional coffee
starts at the source.

The origin

One origin.
Tolima, Colombia.

Tolima sits in the central Andes of Colombia, a department of steep valleys, fast rivers and small farms working the slopes between them. It is one of the country’s great coffee regions, and it is the only place our coffee comes from.

Every bag of The Ultimate Brew is single origin. We do not blend lots from different countries or regions to hit a price point, so the cup tastes of one place, and the report behind the QR code describes one lot from that place.

Altitude

Grown at
1,500 to 1,850 meters.

High on the mountainside the air is cooler and the coffee cherry ripens slowly. That slower maturation can bring a more complex, aromatic and balanced cup, with a smooth taste and refined acidity, which is why high-grown Arabica is prized.

Our coffee grows between 1,500 and 1,850 meters, the band Colombian growers call high altitude. It is harder farming. The slopes are steep, the cherries are picked by hand, and each tree yields less than it would on flat, lowland farms. The cup is the reason to do it anyway.

Processing

Washed, then
dried with care.

Ours is a washed coffee. After picking, the fruit is removed from the bean and the remaining sticky layer is fermented away and rinsed off with water, before the beans are dried.

Washing produces a clean, bright cup that shows the character of the place rather than the fruit it was dried in. It also matters for what comes later: careful drying and dry storage are the first defense against the molds that produce mycotoxins, long before a laboratory ever sees the lot.

The roast

Roasted in Miami.
Three ways.

The green coffee comes to Miami, where it is roasted into three expressions of the same bean: a smooth Medium, a bold Espresso and a rich Dark. Same origin, same altitude, same process, three different roast profiles.

Then, before any of it ships, a sample from every lot goes to an independent third-party laboratory and is tested for mycotoxins, heavy metals, pesticides and glyphosate. The report for your lot is one scan away on the side of the bag.