This Colombia El Tiple is sourced from small, family-owned farms throughout the Huila department in Colombia. Huila is currently the largest coffee producer in Colombia, where farmers brought coffee beans and knowledge from traditional coffee-producing provinces. The coffee is washed processed and made from Castillo-Colombia and Caturra varieties, grown at elevations between 1670-1950 meters. The cupping score is 83.25. Tasting notes include milk chocolate, caramel, and orange.
Elevator Coffee was founded in 2016 by Jay Sycip and Andrew Coe in Portland, Oregon. Coe, the head roaster and coffee buyer, won the 2023 U.S. Coffee Roasting Championship and placed third at the World Coffee Roasting Championships in Taipei the same year. The roastery previously operated a cafe in SE Portland until Fall 2020, then pivoted to a wholesale and online model, roasting to order and shipping weekly. A 96 point Coffee Review score ranks it among the top roasters in the Northwest. The ethos is summed up in a tagline: roasted by nerds, not snobs.
