Coffee Description
This is a relationship coffee we have formed over the last four seasons of sourcing in Santa Barbara. Kilverth and Adan Sagastume (a father and son duo) both produce stellar micro-lots of natural-processed Parainema. This season, we blended their lots to form a family blend, reminiscent in the cup of heavy red fruits like cherry and fermented sherry.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light/Medium
Variety
Parainema
Process
Natural
Elevation
1600 masl
Region
Santa Barbara
About Sagastume Family of Honduras
Two seasons ago, we were offered a few natural processed lots, produced by the Sagastume family. The Sagastume family has farmed in this region for decades, and have adopted a fresh perspective on coffee farming. Whereas they had traditionally planted pacas and washed nearly all their coffee, they’ve planted a few new varieties, as well as doing some natural experiments. This coffee is a blend of Adan and Kilverth Sagastume, a father and son duo who farm on neighboring plots of land.
Santa Barbara, Honduras
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.
