Region. Process. Varietal. Ingredients.

The Coffees

Ten coffees, whole bean or ground, roasted on demand and shipped free anywhere in the United States. Every bag carries its full label. Read it before you choose.

No. 1 Common Sense
Medium roast · Huila, Colombia

No. 1 Common Sense

Best forThe cup you make every morning without thinking about it

How to drink itDrip or French press, 60 g per litre, water just off the boil. Takes milk without falling apart.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 2 Good Sense
Medium-light roast · Sidama, Ethiopia

No. 2 Good Sense

Best forThe slow first cup, when you actually want to taste something

How to drink itPour-over, 60 g per litre, 94 °C, a 40-second bloom. Drink it black: a natural Ethiopia goes to fruit and milk buries it.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 3 Position
Wet-hulled (giling basah) · Aceh, Takengon, Indonesia

No. 3 Position

Best forEspresso, moka and anything you are going to put milk in

How to drink itEspresso 1:2 in 28 seconds, or a moka pot. Holds its shape under milk and under ice.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 4 Conjuncture
Fully washed · Othaya, Nyeri County, Kenya

No. 4 Conjuncture

Best forThe cup you make when you want the coffee to be the loudest thing in the room

How to drink itPour-over, a touch coarser than usual, 94 °C. Kenya is acidic on purpose. If it tastes sour rather than bright, grind finer.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 6 Hegemony
Medium roast · Parana and Sao Paulo, Brazil

No. 6 Hegemony

Best forThe pot everyone in the house drinks without complaining

How to drink itDrip, or cold brew at 1:8 overnight. Low acidity and heavy body, which makes it very hard to ruin.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 7 Praxis
Medium roast · Antigua, Guatemala

No. 7 Praxis

Best forWorking out what you actually like

How to drink itAny method. This is the one to brew twice, once at 60 g per litre and once at 70, and keep whichever you preferred.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 8 Consent
Medium roast · Alajuela, Costa Rica

No. 8 Consent

Best forServing to someone who says they do not like black coffee

How to drink itDrip or pour-over, 60 g per litre. Clean and sweet, with nothing in it to push back against.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 9 Optimism
Medium-light roast · Mbeya, Tanzania

No. 9 Optimism

Best forThe morning you want to start well

How to drink itPour-over or Aeropress. Bright and tea-like. Drink it while it is hot, it flattens faster than the others.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind
No. 10 Folklore
Medium roast · Piura and Amazonas, Peru

No. 10 Folklore

Best forThe second pot, and the one you make for the house

How to drink itDrip or French press at 60 g per litre. Mild and round, the kind of cup that does not fight back.

$28.00 · 12 oz · whole bean or ground Choose a grind