High Altitude
Grown between 1,500 and 2,100 meters, where cool nights slow ripening and concentrate sweetness in every cherry.
1,500–2,100 mSingle-origin highland Arabica
Grown at Altitude.
Roasted with Care.
Shade-grown beans from family farms 1,600 meters above sea level, slow-roasted in small batches at our roastery since 1962.
Why Altura
The Arabica Difference
Three things we never compromise on, from the slopes where the cherries ripen to the drum where every batch is roasted by hand.
Hand-Picked
Pickers return to each tree up to five times a season, selecting only cherries at their deepest, ripest red.
Ripe cherries only
Small-Batch Roasted
Roasted 12 kilos at a time in our 1962 drum roaster, then rested and shipped within 48 hours of roasting.
12 kg batches
Photo · Projeto Café Gato-Mourisco / Unsplash
Our Origins
Four Highlands, One Standard
Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe · 2,000 mJasmine, bergamot, lemon
Colombia
Huila · 1,750 mCaramel, red apple, cocoa
Guatemala
Huehuetenango · 1,800 mMilk chocolate, toffee, plum
Kenya
Nyeri · 1,900 mBlackcurrant, grapefruit, cane sugar
Fresh from the drum
Featured Beans
Roasted this week and shipped whole-bean or ground to order.
Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe
Light roast
Jasmine · Bergamot · Lemon curd
$21
Colombia
Huila Reserva
Medium roast
Caramel · Red apple · Cocoa
$19
Guatemala
Huehuetenango
Medium-dark
Milk chocolate · Toffee · Plum
$20
Kenya
Nyeri AA
Light-medium
Blackcurrant · Grapefruit · Cane sugar
$23
The Journey
From Cherry to Cup
Five careful steps and roughly nine months separate a ripe cherry on the branch from the coffee in your cup.
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Step 01
Harvest
Ripe red cherries are hand-picked over several passes, November to February.
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Step 02
Process
Pulped and fermented in spring water to reveal the clean, bright seed.
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Step 03
Dry
Sun-dried on raised beds for 18–24 days, turned by hand every hour.
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Step 04
Roast
Profiled for each origin and roasted in 12 kg batches in our 1962 drum.
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Step 05
Brew
Ground fresh and brewed your way. Our guides cover pour-over to espresso.
The Huila Reserva tastes like the morning air at the farm: caramel, a little apple, and no bitterness at all. It's the only bag I reorder without thinking.