Our bean menu features coffees from all over the world, each with a unique flavor – from our earthy Sumatran to our fruity Ethiopian to our floral Guatemalan. Check out the map below and scroll down to learn more about the countries we source from! We offer varietals (coffee from one country) and blends (combinations of varietals mixed to balance flavors and offer more choices). Read more about blends here. To purchase beans, check out our shop!
Varietals
Colombian coffee is ubiquitous and popular, and the Coffee Federation of Colombia has done a great job of bringing high quality coffee to grocery stores and restaurants around the world. We bring even more exceptional Colombian coffee to our shop.
In general Colombian coffees are well balanced, medium bodied and bright. Only in recent years has Colombian coffee been marketed by growing regions. In the past the whole of the country was the brand marketing tool, not its specific regions.
Guatemalan coffee is considered to be some of the most amazing, fragrant and aromatic coffee in the world. At Northwest Coffee, we bring you some of the best Guatemalean coffee, roasted to perfection. Our Guatemalean beans come from the Huehuetenango (way-way-ten-nang-oh) region of the country, which produces bright, floral and fruity coffee. We roast it to a smooth, easygoing cup, bringing you a little bit of Central America.
Ethiopian coffee beans are grown in 3 regions: Harar, Sadamo, and Yirgacheffe (Irgacheffe). We source our beans from the Yirgacheffe region of Ethiopia. Coffee holds a special place in Ethiopian culture. Much of Ethiopian coffee is not exported, but instead is enjoyed by the Ethiopian people, for whom coffee is traditional and ceremonial.
Sumatra, the westernmost island of Indonesia, produces a complex and wild jungle coffee. It is deep and full bodied, earthy with a hint of musk. Sumatran coffee is often laid out over the jungle floor to dry after processing. Due to this drying process it isn’t uncommon to find all manner of debris, such as sticks and bits of stone mixed in with the green beans.
Tanzanian Peaberry is an exotic coffee grown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Peaberry is the term for a coffee cherry that only develops one bean instead of the usual two. Folk wisdom tells us that the robust flavor of the peaberry comes from all of the coffee goodness being packed into a single bean.
Blends
Each of our blends bring together two or more of our varietals to create something unique. Blending is an opportunity for us to isolate and enrich the flavors in your cup of coffee.
Our house coffee is a wonderfully mild and mellow blend of Central and South American coffees.
Our pride and joy. Perfect for espresso, this blend works well in lattes, cappuccinos, or on its own.
A step darker than our house blend, Rocky Bay is well balanced, with full flavor and medium body.
Our take on this traditional bold and robust blend is characterized by exotic flavor and heavy body.
Roasts
We offer two roasts outside of our usual full city roasting profile. The SoHo blends our Ethiopia and Guatemala in a light roast, and our French Roast is a traditional roast, taken much darker than any of our other offerings.
SoHo is our lightest roast. It’s a blend of Ethiopia and Sumatra, with berry and flowery flavors.
The darkest of our coffees, French Roast has a rich, deep, smoky flavor with low acidity.
