Huckleberry Roasters

AWARD TOUR: Colombia Israel Hernandez Gesha

Israel Hernandez grows Geisha—an Ethiopian variety famous for winning competitions across Latin America since 2004—near Rioblanco in Tolima, Colombia. Washed processing brings out the variety's signature intensity: hibiscus florality and lemon drop candy brightness are joined by cherry and melon fruit tones. Hernandez has collected hardware including a 2020 Cup of Excellence 4th place finish and multiple Colombian Coffee Federation prizes. Huckleberry has sourced and roasted his Geisha every season since tasting his first harvest in 2017—a relationship built on consistent excellence and complexity.

Blue Orchid Blend

Blue Orchid is Huckleberry's foundational house espresso blend, built from Central and South American coffees selected for their sweet, full-bodied character. The current iteration combines Nicaragua Cooperativa Procafé and Peru La Higuera, both washed-processed beans that deliver reliable chocolate and toffee notes. Designed for versatility—equally at home as espresso, in a latte, or black—this is comfort coffee that bridges the gap between darker roasts and lighter single origins. It's the blend for mornings when you want straightforward, mellow sweetness rather than floral complexity.

Bom Senso Dark Roast

Bom Senso is a dark roast engineered for simplicity and approachability. Huckleberry selects full-bodied, lower-acid coffees and roasts them darker than their usual range to achieve a rich, roasty profile. Expect comforting flavors of sweet smoke, cacao, baking spice, and roasted nuts—a coffee that holds up beautifully to cream and sugar without disappearing. This is straightforward, satisfying coffee for dark roast lovers who want complexity without the pretense.

Civitas

Civitas is a slightly darker roast from Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, produced by Puma Coffee. This washed coffee showcases a full body with prominent notes of dark sugars, chocolate, toffee, and nuttiness—a hair darker than Huckleberry's Blue Orchid Blend but equally refined. Huckleberry crafted this roast to prove that darker, more developed coffees deserve the same pride and care as their lighter counterparts, hitting all the roaster's quality benchmarks without compromise.

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Ethiopia Danche

Danche is sourced from Snap Coffees' premier washing station in the Gedeb area of Ethiopia's greater Yirgacheffe region. The washed process preserves the coffee's delicate floral character and vibrant acidity, hallmarks of quality Ethiopian washed coffees. Expect lively florals, white peach fruit notes, and a crisp, zesty key lime pie acidity that cuts through cleanly. This is a classic, reliable expression from a longtime partner—no experimentation, just excellent execution that showcases why Ethiopia's unparalleled genetic diversity and terroir make it coffee's birthplace.

Ethiopia Haro Beddame Natural

Haro Beddame sits at 2,200 meters in the Yirgacheffe highlands, sourced from smallholder farmers in Ethiopia's central region via Snap Coffees' newly established processing station. The coffee is processed exclusively as a natural, where high altitude and meticulous cherry selection yield clean, vibrant fruit expression. Expect blueberry, lilac, raspberry, honeydew melon, black plum, and brown sugar—a layered, juicy profile that defines the cleanest Ethiopian naturals. This is a new offering from a trusted partner, representing the genetic diversity and terroir specificity Ethiopia's birthplace-of-arabica status affords.

Flores Belas

Flores Belas is a straightforward medium roast designed for simplicity and approachability. It delivers balanced chocolate and lightly-toasted nut flavors that won't overpower with bittersweet or smoky character—making it an excellent choice for milk and sugar. Unlike darker roasts, this coffee prioritizes clarity and drinkability over complexity, ideal for those seeking an uncomplicated, everyday cup.

HUCK x Red Rocks Sound Check Blend

Sound Check is Huckleberry Roasters' collaboration with Red Rocks Amphitheatre, a high-elevation blend built for that pre-show moment of anticipation. Mirroring the celebrated Blue Orchid Blend, it delivers a rich, velvety body with prominent notes of dark chocolate and berry—approachable enough for any brewing method. This is a coffee designed to connect you to the ritual of live music, whether pulled as espresso backstage or shared from a thermos in golden hour light. It's built for music lovers, early risers, and anyone seeking a cup that holds a moment.

Kenya Mungaria

Kenya's Mungaria Factory, part of the renowned Aguthi FCS, brings together 219 farmers in a high-altitude cooperative focused on meticulous processing. The coffee is washed with single fermentation and dried slowly on raised beds without post-wash soaking, a technique that preserves Kenya's signature zippy acidity and intense fruit character. Expect nectarine-like fruitiness, cream soda sweetness, and mouthwatering grapefruit and green grape acidity—the hallmarks of SL28 and SL34 varieties grown in clay soil. This is Huckleberry's fifth year with Mungaria, and their first visit during harvest has them claiming it's their favorite iteration yet.

Mexico Familia Cifuentes

From Rosalba Cifuentes and her extended family in Bella Vista, Chiapas, this washed coffee represents a unique collective model where Rosalba, Eugenio, Froilan, Otoniel, and Omar each farm and process separately before pooling their dried coffee. Rosalba founded Mayan Harvest to support smallholder farmers in the region, bringing both expertise and community commitment to this lot. The washed process yields a clean, approachable cup with pancake and syrup sweetness layered against dried fruits and orange slice candy—nuanced enough to reward attention without demanding it. A solid opener to Mexico and Central America season.

Nicaragua Amigos Mozonte

Amigos Mozonte is a collaborative lot from two Nicaraguan farmers and childhood friends: Alberto Ramos of Finca Entre Rios (in the Mozonte region, between three rivers) and Manuel Rosales of Finca Puma Punku, also in Mozonte. Both coffees are washed on-farm, then dried by Puma Coffee, the exporter behind most of Huckleberry's Nicaraguan sourcing. This is a traditional washed Central American profile—bright yet comforting—with tasting notes of nougat, green apple, and chocolate wafer. It's a meaningful release marking Manuel's first appearance as a grower in Huckleberry's lineup, after years behind the scenes connecting the roastery to its Nicaraguan suppliers.

Phantom Limb Blend (Good Food Awards Winner!)

Phantom Limb showcases East African coffees—specifically Ethiopia Mokonisa (washed) and Ethiopia Worka Chelbesa (natural)—in a deliberately unconventional blend. The mix marries the jammy, fruity character of natural process with the clean, floral, bright lemonade notes of washed Africans, creating red grape and blackberry with lemon brightness and cocoa undertones. Designed to shine as espresso or drip, this 2021 Good Food Awards winner prioritizes distinctive, unexpected flavors over tradition. A portion of proceeds supports amputee support organizations.

Skeleton Key Decaf

Skeleton Key is Huckleberry's house decaf, currently sourced from the Caficauca Cooperative in Colombia and decaffeinated using sugarcane-derived ethyl acetate—a chemically safe process that allows in-country production in smaller batches. The washed Colombian beans are roasted for versatility, performing equally well with or without milk and as espresso or brewed coffee. Expect chocolate, caramel, and sweet nuttiness with hints of raisin and dried cherry. This is a seasonally rotating decaf selected specifically for balance and drinkability after dinner or whenever you want coffee without the caffeine jolt.

Sound & Vision Blend

Sound & Vision is Huckleberry Roasters' all-purpose house espresso blend, built on a chocolatey, full-bodied foundation of Nicaraguan and Peruvian washed coffees with a smaller complement of natural-processed Ethiopian beans. The washed coffees provide traditional, comforting coffee character—bold and straightforward—while the natural-processed East African element adds subtle fruit and brightness for complexity. It's designed to please both purists who want coffee to taste like coffee and discerning palates seeking dimension, and it performs equally well as espresso, brewed coffee, cold brew, or served with milk. This is a workhorse blend that doesn't sacrifice character for consistency.

Uganda Sipi Falls Natural

From the Sipi Falls region of Eastern Uganda, this natural-process coffee comes from smallholder farmers who deliver to the Sipi Falls Wet Mill in Chema. The high altitude and clay soils, combined with SL28 and SL34 varieties (more typically associated with Kenya), create a coffee that rivals Ethiopian naturals but with added chocolate and body. Natural processing amplifies the fruit expression—expect concord grape, blueberry, and cherry with a bittersweet dark chocolate finish. This is Huckleberry's ninth consecutive harvest from this mill, and the consistency and quality improvements in Ugandan coffee make this a worthwhile year after year.