La Soledad, Chiapas, Mexico

La Soledad’s coffee is a bit of a strange beast. It avoids the crowd pleasing nuts or chocolate notes and instead relies on pleasantly surprising cinnamon and cardamom notes. This would be a good bean to start with if you’re looking for something different but dislike acidic/citrus tasting coffees.

• Chiapas, Mexico
• Bourbon, Typica
• Fully Washed
• 1700 Meters

Roast Profiles

Light Roast

Sweet Spices
Spices
Raw Nuts
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Sweet
Citrus
Citrus
Green Pepper
Herbal

A light roast brings out sweet cinnamon and spices with a green peppery finish. Low acidity. 

Roaster’s Choice

Sweet Spices
Spices
Roasted Nuts
Nutty, Cocoa
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Finish
Citrus
Citrus
Green Pepper
Herbal

Our Roaster’s Choice preserves the cinnamon notes and cardamom spices. Additional nutty sweetness is more apparent.

Dark Roast

Sweet Spices
Spices
Caramel
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Aftertaste
Citrus
Citrus
Pepper
Herbal

The spices are still apparent but mild in the dark roast. Much stronger cocoa and hazelnut flavors.

Looking to kick up your coffee with a bit of spices?

Are you bored of overwhelming “chocolate” or “nutty” coffees? Do you also avoid anything with tasting notes citing citrus? Then La Soledad might be the bean for you. This coffee has no acidity at all but makes up for it by bringing in some solid spices and a long finish. When roasted light to medium, these beans are sassy. They give off strong notes of cinnamon, cardamom and a few other sweet spices that we honestly couldn’t pin down. The notes evolved in our cups, defying consensus. These are distinctly spicy and will break you out of the coffee doldrums. 

La Soledad’s beans work well in most coffee brewing setups: espresso, pour-over, Moka pot, whatever. They make a killer cold-brew too where the spices are even stronger.  

Ethical to the core

La Soledad may produce spicy beans but their approach to farming couldn’t be more mild. They ensure a healthy, ethical work environment on their plantation. They preserve local water streams, native vegetation and conserve their forests. La Soledad looks after the humans too; providing health care, clean and safe living quarters for workers and families, fair wages and trainings.

Resting Your Coffee

Right after roasting, coffee needs some time to chill for a minimum of three days. Our roasting cycle ensures that when you receive the beans, it’ll already have rested the minimum needed. However, the flavours will continue to improve over a time. How long? Well that depends on the roasting level you ordered.

Generally your coffee will be at it’s peak after:

Light: 7-9 days after roast date
Roaster’s Choice: 5-7 days after roast date
Dark: 3-5 days after roast date

But every bean and person is different so please experiment and find what works for you!

No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. We would love to make your experience as convenient as possible, and while grinding your own beans is firmly in the mildly to very annoying category, we simply can’t do this for you.

The reason being, the second you grind your beans, you expose every nook and cranny to delicious coffee’s nemesis: oxygen. Too much oxygen and your coffee can go stale before you receive it in the post.

As delicious tasting coffee is our most important product we can’t take the risk of sending you a convenient but bland ground beans. Our best advice would be for you to buy a grinder.