Sunflower Espresso Blend

About This Coffee

This espresso blend is designed to be rich, sweet, and complex, suitable for espresso and filtered brew methods. The blend consists of 50% Veloso natural from Fazenda Santa Barbara in Cerrado Mineiro, Brazil, 25% washed Finca Concepcion Buena Vista from San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala, and 25% washed Costa Rica Santa Maria de Dota from Tarrazu, Costa Rica. Flavor profile includes syrupy cocoa, cherry, and toasted almond notes. The blend works well with milk and shines on its own.

Origin

Cerrado Mineiro (Brazil) • San Martin Jilotepeque (Guatemala) • Tarrazú (Costa Rica)

Flavor Notes

Cherry, Almond, Cocoa

Roast Level

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Processing

Washed, Natural

Typology

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8th & Roast Coffee Co

Founded in 2009, originally as a single location on 8th Avenue South. Ed Reed, Sam Reed, and Q-Juan "Q" Taylor (Reed Hospitality Group) partnered with the original founders in 2016 and completed a full acquisition in March 2017. They've since expanded to several Nashville locations including a roastery equipped with a San Franciscan SF25. Since 2021, they've moved away from third party certifications in favor of direct trade relationships, traveling to Latin American farms during harvest season to set prices above fair trade minimums. They roast across the full spectrum — light through dark — with both single origins (their "Sweet Brazil" is the most popular) and blends. The Titans Blend, created for their partnership as official coffee partner of the Tennessee Titans, uses a Costa Rican washed lot from Hacienda La Minita in Tarrazú. They're also official coffee partner of Vanderbilt University. In May 2024, they acquired Good Citizen Coffee Co (founded 2018 by Sean Stewart), absorbing both the Good Citizen line and its sister brand Common Voice, which offers more accessible blends while paying farmers a 5% green coffee premium.

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