This coffee is sourced from the San Vicente Yogondoy community in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca, Mexico, at an altitude of 1500-1700 meters. It is a fully washed coffee featuring the Pluma and Typica varieties. The flavor profile is characterized by notes of dark chocolate, hazelnut, and orange essence. The coffee is grown under dense native shade on steep slopes, benefiting from the region's distinct wet and dry seasons and cool ocean breezes.
Gotham Coffee Roasters was founded in Brooklyn in 2013 by Chris Calkins, a coffee professional whose career traces back to a mentorship with Alfred Peet, the Dutch American roaster widely regarded as the father of the specialty coffee movement. Calkins went on to cofound Spinelli Coffee in San Francisco, work with La Marzocco, and build an award winning wine label before returning to coffee with Gotham. The roastery sources through direct relationships with farmers, bringing Calkins' decades of sensory expertise to every roast. Gotham is a roaster with an unusually deep lineage, connecting today's specialty coffee directly to the origins of the craft in the United States.
