Colombia Asprasar is a fully washed and sun-dried coffee from the Saldaña, Herrera and Rio Blanco regions of Tolima, Colombia, grown at 1700-1900 meters altitude. This traceable blend from the Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios de Santa Rosa (ASPRASAR) combines Caturra, Castillo, and Colombia varieties from 67 small producers. Each farmer manages their own micro-mill for careful harvesting, depulping, fermentation, washing, and drying on raised beds. The coffee offers vibrant complexity with tropical fruit, brown sugar, and caramel notes. Organic certified with an 85 cupping score.
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.
