LAB-005 · Colombia Edward Sandoval Chiroso

⚠ FINAL LOT — roughly 13 bags left. This green is finished at origin. When these bags are gone, LAB-005 retires for good — there is no reorder. Two new specimens land next week: Ethiopia Buno Dambi Uddo (93.0) and Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB (91.5).

Specimen: LAB-005 · Santa Isabel, Tolima, Colombia · Washed Process · 1900 MASL · Score 90.1

There are coffees you drink, and there are coffees that make you stop mid-sip and reconsider everything.

This is the second kind.

Edward Sandoval's Chiroso lot from Tolima is the most delicate thing on the bench. At light roast it opens with fragrant raw sugar — panela, demerara — giving way to floral tea, bright juicy acidity, and layers of dried mango, cherry, and hibiscus. The kind of complexity that takes a full cup to fully unfold.

If you drink your coffee black and take it seriously, start here.

Light roast only. This one doesn't negotiate.

Roasted to order in Mooresville, NC. Best enjoyed 7–14 days after roast date.

Origin: Santa Isabel, Tolima · Process: Washed · Cultivar: Chiroso · Roast: Light · Altitude: 1900 MASL · Cupper's Score: 90.1