Finca Betulia is operated by Luis Calderon and his son Yeison in Huila, Colombia at 1550 meters altitude. This honey-processed coffee undergoes double fermentation: ripe cherries are floated and fermented anaerobically for 50 hours, then depulped and fermented for another 50 hours in closed plastic containers with a proprietary blend of spices. The beans are sun-dried for 10 days with careful monitoring of Brix degrees, temperature, and pH. The coffee features intense sweetness like fig jam, bright floral and sweet spiced aromatics, with tasting notes of fig jam, honeysuckle, and sweet orange. Cupping score: 90.
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.
