Kestrel Ridge — light roast beans

Kestrel Ridge

$21 / 12oz

Washed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, roasted light to keep every bit of the bergamot and stone-fruit brightness the lot came in with.

Origin
Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
Altitude
1,950–2,100m
Process
Washed
Variety
Heirloom (Kurume, Wolisho)
Roast level
Light

Kestrel Ridge is the roast we hand a skeptic who thinks all coffee tastes the same. Charged at 195°C, dropped at first crack plus forty seconds — any longer and the jasmine note that makes this lot worth the price starts to cook off into generic “fruity.”

This is a roast built to be brewed carefully: pour-over or a light-roast-capable espresso profile, not a drip machine left on a warming plate for two hours.

Also on the board

Other roasts

Foundry Dark — beans in grinder
Dark Roast

Foundry Dark

$19 / 12oz

Basin Blend — pour-over carafe
Medium-Dark Roast

Basin Blend

$18 / 12oz

Highwire — roasted beans in hand
Light-Medium Roast

Highwire

$22 / 12oz