Sightsee 2020 Year End Coffee Round Up

Sightsee 2020 Year End Coffee Round Up

One of our central goals at Sightsee is to introduce you to new roasters and unique coffees. It has been an honor this year to serve coffee grown and roasted by incredible people around the world. In 2020 alone, we served over 30 different coffees from 13 different roasters with plenty more planned for next year!

Brandywine Coffee Roasters Bag

Brandywine Coffee Roasters (Wilmington, DE)

  • Origin: Costa Rica
  • Farm: Alma Negra
  • Process: Natural

 

Morgon Coffee Roasters

Morgon Coffee Roasters (Goteburg, Sweden)

  • Origin: Ethiopia
  • Producers: Testi Adorsi washing station & small family plots
  • Region: Aricha in Yirgacheffe
  • Variety: Heirloom & Kurume
  • Altitude: 2150 MASL
  • Process Method: Washed

 

Little Amps Coffee Roasters

Little Amps (Harrisburg, PA)

  • Origin: Kayanza

  • Farm: Nzove Hill

  • Processing: Natural

  • Altitude: 1,672 MASL

  • Varietals: Red Bourbon

  • Imported by Long Miles Coffee Project

 

Superthing Coffee Roasters

Superthing (Austin, TX)

  • Region: Oromia

  • Producer: Oromia Cooperative

  • Processing: Natural

  • Altitude: 1550-2200 MASL

  • Varietals: Ethiopian Heirlooms

 

Oddly Correct Coffee Roasters

Oddly Correct (Kansas City, MO)

  • Region: Cundinamarca
  • Processing: Lactic Fermentation
  • Producer: La Palma y El Tucan
  • Altitude: 1400 MASL
  • Varietals: Castillo

Mother Tongue Coffee

Mother Tongue (Oakland, CA)

  • Origin: Burundi
  • Region: Busiga, Ngozi
  • Grower: Members of Burundi chapter of IWCA, organized around the Karehe washing station and JNP Coffee, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian
  • Processing: Triple washed - Cherries floated prior to pulping, fermenting, washing, and soaking, then dried on raised beds.
  • Altitude: 1760 MASL
  • Varietals: Local Bourbon cultivars including Jackson & Mbrizi

 

Merit Roasting Company

Merit (San Antonio, TX)

  • Origin: Peru
  • Region: Huabal
  • Producer: 23 Smallholder Farmers
  • Processing: washed
  • Altitude: 1768-1976 MASL
  • Varietals: Field Blend of Caturra, Typica, Bourbon, Catuai, Catimor

CXFFEEBLACK Guji Mane

Cxffee Black (Memphis, TN)

  • Roaster: cxffeeblack / Ethnos Coffee
  • Origin: Ethiopia
  • Region: Hambela Wamena, Guji
  • Village: Benti Nenka
  • Washing Station: Guduba
  • Producer: Eyasu Worasa & approx. 600 farmers
  • Altitude: 1,925-2,110 MASL
  • Varietals: JARC Selections & Indigenous Ethiopian Landraces
  • Process: Washed (Harvested at peak ripeness. Floated. Depulped. Wet fermented for 36-48 hours. Dried on raised beds for 10-14 days.)
  • Importer: Atlantic Specialty Coffee

 

Cooperative Coffee Roasters

Cooperative (Asheville, NC)

  • Farm: Proyecto Renacer
  • Location: Medillin, Colombia
  • Elevation: 1800 masl
  • Varieties: Castillo, Red Bourbon, Colombia
  • Process: Lactic-fermentation washed

 

Flashlight Coffee Roasters

Flashlight (San Francisco, CA)

  • Origin: Honduras
  • Region: Santa Barbara
  • Village: El Cedral
  • Farmer: Ana Rosa Izaguirre Trochez
  • Processing: Washed
  • Altitude: 1,550 MASL
  • Varietals: Pacas, Ihcafe 90

 

Three Keys Coffee

Three Keys (Houston, TX)

  • Origin: Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Region: South Kivu in the Great Lakes Region
  • Processing: Washed
  • Altitude: 1,400 to 2,000 masl
  • Varietal:  Bourbon
  • Certification:  Fair-trade, organic
  • Importer:  Mighty Peace Coffee

 

Proud Hound Coffee Roasters

Proud Hound (Cincinnati, OH)

  • Origin: Burundi
  • Region: Gashikanwa commune, Northern Ngozi
  • Washing station: Gatukuza
  • Producer:  Therence Nduwayezu
  • Processing: Washed
  • Altitude: 1,658 masl
  • Varietal:  Bourbon
  • Importer:  Osito

 

Springbok Coffee Roasters

SPRINGBOK COFFEE ROASTERS

We are proud to partner with our friends at Springbok here in Charleston, SC for our anchor lineup on espresso, batch, and rotating pour over feature.  In 2020 alone we've served the following coffees:

  • Finca El Diamante El Salvador, Washed
  • Finca Calle Lajas Costa Rica, Red Honey
  • Biloya Ethiopia, Washed
  • Finca Pena Redonda El Salvador, Honey
  • El Batallon El Salvador, Natural
  • Uraga Ethiopia, Washed
  • Kayon Mountain Farm Ethiopia, Natural
  • Finca Medina Guatemala, Honey & Natural
  • Finca Pacayalito Guatemala, Washed
  • Mapache Estate El Salvador, Washed
  • Finca Edgar Costa Rica, Natural

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Oh and this didn't just start in 2020. See even more roasters we've featured

Interested in being a guest roaster at Sightsee?  Contact us for more info!

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