Every coffee is fermented. Almost all of it in open air, unmeasured. We seal whole cherries oxygen-free for up to 96 hours — dialed to the hour, printed on the bag. Strawberry wine. Rose. Guava. Nothing added.
If you've ever paid $20 for a bag that tasted like nothing — this is why.
Love your first bag — or it's on us. · Ships within 48 h
Or it's on us. 30 days to tell us it wasn't for you.
96 h · sealed · Mt. Elgon
The only variable is whether anyone was measuring.
flavor compounds anaerobic fermentation unlocks, in peer-reviewed research. Read the science →
Whole cherries into stainless tanks. Oxygen out. 36–96 hours, timed to the hour and printed on the bag.
Starved of oxygen, the fruit's sugars become new aroma compounds inside the bean.
Light and precise, never dark to rescue. Sealed the same day it is roasted, shipped within 48 hours.
Six families, each mapped to a real lot — notes read from the cup, not written by marketing.
Both ship free. Three full 10 oz bags — enough to brew a lot properly, not guess from one cup.
One farm, one variety, two roads: washed clean beside sealed 96 hours. Taste exactly what fermentation adds, cup against cup.
$96 bought singly · $81.80 as the set — ships free
≈ $1.90 a cup, brewed at home.
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Our rarest cup against two benchmarks. Papayo is scarce enough to be measured in bags. Guamo has sold out — your set ships with Ethiopia Bursa Anaerobic G1 instead.
$109 bought singly · $92.20 as the set — ships free
Arrival cupping, importer's QC lab. 85+ is exceptional.
≈ $2.14 a cup, brewed at home.
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Orders under $50 ship for a flat $7.
Every bag names the farm, the varietal, the altitude and the hours.
The year after his Dawencho station opened, four of Ethiopia's top ten Cup of Excellence lots were processed there — including the winner.
A replanted avocado farm turned fermentation laboratory: 28+ varietals, Colombia's first koji farm. Our Reserve Papayo is theirs.
What you won't find here: no flavoring, no blends, no dark roast to cover a gamble.
Not your cup? Tell us within 30 days and we'll swap it for a different lot — an opened bag is fine.
Choose your setEvery coffee on earth is fermented — it's how the fruit comes off the bean. Almost all of it happens in open air, unmeasured and unrepeatable. We run the same step in sealed, oxygen-free tanks, timed to the hour. Not a new step — controlled for once.
Starved of oxygen, fermentation builds aroma compounds ordinary processing never forms — the +42 above. Strawberry wine, rose and guava are cupping notes read from the cup, lot by lot. Nothing is added: no flavoring, no infusion. If it isn't in the cup, it doesn't go on the bag.
For a supermarket bag, yes. These are single lots from named farms — hand-picked, sealed-tank fermented, roasted in small batches. A 10 oz bag brews about 15 cups, so a $32 bag is roughly $2 a cup at home; the sets bring it under $2. The comparison isn't the grocery aisle — it's the $6 pour-over bar, with a coffee it can't serve.
Whole bean, always. These aromatics fade within days of grinding. Any burr grinder works.
We roast in small rounds and seal each bag the same day it is roasted. Orders ship within 48 hours. Free shipping over $50; a flat $7 below.
Tell us within 30 days of delivery and we'll swap your first bag for a different lot, free — opened bag and all. Unopened bags can be returned within 14 days. Damaged or wrong orders are replaced with a photo and your order number, no return needed.
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