Varieties

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Ripe red and unripe yellow coffee cherries on a coffee branch

VarietiesOctober 21, 2026

SL28 Coffee: Kenya’s Prized Variety, and How SL34 Differs

SL28 is a 1930s Kenyan selection of Arabica, prized for its cup though low in yield and prone to disease. How it differs from SL34 and what it tastes like.

Coffee leaves at Finca Luna with the hills of Citalá, Chalatenango, El Salvador behind

VarietiesOctober 21, 2026

Pacamara Coffee: The Variety, Its Taste and Where It Grows

Pacamara is El Salvador’s cross of Pacas and Maragogipe. We cover where it came from, why its beans are so big and how it tastes beside its parent, Pacas.

Finca Terrazas del Pisque coffee farm in Pichincha, Ecuador

VarietiesAugust 10, 2026

Sidra Coffee: What It Is, How It Tastes & Why It’s Prized

Sidra is one of specialty coffee’s most prized varieties. What it is, how it tastes, and the two Sidra lots we roast: washed Ecuador and anaerobic Colombia.

Sidra is the one variety above that we carry from two farms at once: our Sidra coffees come from El Diviso in Huila, Colombia, at 1,850 masl, and Finca Terrazas del Pisque in Pichincha, Ecuador, at 2,100 masl.