Coffee Description
This is another washed micro-lot from our friends at Pergamino coffee. Edward Sandoval produces coffee in Ibague, Tolima, which yields an altogether unique cup profile. Highlighting the unique terroir of Tolima, expect delicate citrus and complex dried cranberry in this versatile coffee. We enjoy this coffee thoroughly as a filter offering.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light
Variety
Caturra
Process
Washed
Elevation
1850 masl
Region
Tolima
About Edward Sandoval of Colombia
This lot comes from Edward Sandoval. For years, Edward worked for the National Federation of Coffee growers in Colombia, aiding in the promotion of their varieties and practices. During his tenure at the Federation, he realized the scope of specialty coffee was much wider than what the Federation taught, so he struck out on his own. This is his third year of cultivating high quality specialty coffee, and over the years he has planted Gesha, Mokka, and other exotic varieties amongst his three hectare farm.
Tolima, Colombia
Onyx Coffee Lab
Lest the myth perpetuate that specialty coffee does not come from Arkansas, Onyx Coffee Lab is blowing that particular urban legend out of the water while creating a few of their own. Husband-wife owners Jon and Andrea Allen have rapidly taken the coffee world by storm with their combination of art and science.
The magic starts with sourcing, with countless small sample batches from coffee importers and with direct visits to farms around the world. "I know direct trade means a lot of different things to different people, but for us if we don’t put money in the producers hands we won’t call it direct trade," says Jon. Once found, the coffees are carefully roasted in twenty-pound or smaller batches, then shared with the three Onyx cafés and over 150 wholesale customers in thirty states.
Clearly Onyx Coffee Lab knows what they're doing: this northwest Arkansas matrix of coffee know-how routinely cleans house at the U.S. Coffee Championships; Andrea Allen placed first in the 2020 Barista Championship, while Elika Liftee placed first in the 2020 Brewers Cup Championship, and they both went on to the 2021 World Coffee Championships to place in 2nd place for Barista and 3rd place for Brewers Cup. Onyx has been chosen by Architectural Digest as Arkansas' most beautiful coffee shop, garnered multiple Good Food Awards, and been described as the "Best bags of coffee you can buy online" in GQ.
