ELEVATE Whole Bean Espresso

A seasonal espresso project with a rotating, single-country focus from Central or South America. Elevate is complex with a sweet acidity and velvety mouth-feel. Crisp apples and caramel sweetness make for the perfect pairing with milk. 

Elevate is a seasonally-evolving espresso project designed to help us identify and develop new supply chains in Latin America with a focus on sustainable production methods. Featuring a rotation of origins, it is intended to occupy a middle ground in flavor profile between Bedford and Flatiron. Currently Elevate features two community-grown lots from the north of Peru:

La Capilla 

This lot comes from a group of smallholder producers in the district of Santo Domingo de la Capilla, Cutervo Province. Although Cutervo's economy is largely agricultural, coffee cultivation is relatively new there. Farms in the area are known for their adherence to environmentally responsible production methods. Most of the producers contributing to this lot tend farms smaller than two hectares and grow a mix of high quality varieties like red and yellow caturra, bourbon, pache, and typica, as well as some rust resistant catimor. 

Namballe

North of Cutervo is San Ignacio Province, where the district of Namballe is located. The group of producers who contributed to this lot are all located along the Rio Blanco in the buffer zone of Taboconas Namballe National Sanctuary, a protected ecosystem. They grow a mix of varieties like caturra, pache, catimor, and Costa Rica 95, adhering to responsible environmental and conservation practices.