☕️ Savor the last sips! Last call for 3 exceptional coffees!

As we bid farewell to the last few kilos of three remarkable coffees, we invite you to join us in celebrating their unique flavors and stories… and the few last cups in the next few weeks! Let’s take a closer look at these extraordinary coffees that have left their indelible mark on our journey…

(1) Amani (DR Congo): a rich, creamy, dark roast adventure with earthy undertones and a sweet, nutty finish. This coffee is a testament to the finest washed African Bourbons sourced from the Lake Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And it's not just about the taste, but also impacting the lives of Congolese farmers and helping to break the cycles of poverty and injustice. If you love dark roasts, please don’t panic - we’re already planning an exciting new dark roast blend (also featuring this CoOp!) as a replacement, so stay tuned for “Eclipse”, launching in early April!

(2) Yirgacheffe: this one is for the fans of overly floral, fruit-bomb, light roast coffee experiences. This heirloom natural boasts a unique flavor profile with strong florals, peach, and white sandalwood aromas that are uniquely Ethiopian. It has been an Ethos staple for several years, yet the CoOp is moving away from Naturals, and it looks like most our Ethos family may also be favoring more “Honeys” and “Washed” coffees, so we’re discontinuing it to make room for your future new favorites, and we may have an Ethiopian Natural back if we find just the perfect one for us!

(3) Brew Greatness 8 Year Anniversary Blend: this blend is a limited-edition flavor bomb, which we only do once a year! By aging the last of our honey-processed "Pacheco" in semi-dry oak barrels and infusing them with Madagascar Vanilla beans, we've created a truly unique experience this year. The inclusion of Yirgacheffe and Poaquil Natural adds layers of chocolate and red fruit notes, resulting in a sweet, balanced, and full-bodied cup. It's a tribute to the impactful partnerships we've forged over the years and a reminder of how beautifully sweet it is to make an impact through coffee.

Each of these coffees represents more than just a wonderful cup; they embody a commitment to quality, sustainability, and making a positive impact in the world. As we bid farewell to these exceptional offerings, we invite you to savor every last sip and cherish every moment. Whether it's the earthy richness of Amani, the floral sweetness of Yirgacheffe, or the nuanced flavors of the Anniversary Blend, there's a story waiting to be told - and to reminisce about- in every cup. Thank you for being a part of our journey, and we look forward to sharing many more memorable coffee adventures with you in the future… like the new Eclipse Dark Roast coming in April (yes, just in time for our historical Solar eclipse on April 8!!!)

Let’s keep Brewing Greatness!

💛 Jolian & Lisbeth

🌼 Spring into... a new roast! ☕️

As our 6-year Anniversary celebrations continue for three more weeks, we have been taking a closer look at every single coffee and every single blend, with the goal of continuing to raise the bar on everything we do. Celebrating Ethos’ first six years have made us realize we really want to celebrate the 60th (I don’t know who will be writing this blog/newsletter then, but we do hope they’ll look back kindly on these early chronicles!), and do it as happily and as proudly as we are now celebrating these early years!

It is our deepest desire -and commitment- to add more high-impact coffees as permanent offerings as our volume grows, so we have decided to do all we can to support “Amani” (from D.R. Congo) as a permanent offering, and make it our signature Dark Roast. We have been experimenting with a darker roast profile on this bean for a few months, with the idea of potentially adding a second “dark roast” to our menu… yet, now that supply chain issues have delayed the arrival of “Andes” (our dark roast from Peru), it seemed like the perfect opportunity to make this one our main dark roast and hopefully get to support the Co-Op in D.R. Congo in a bigger, permanent way. We’ll be sending it as a sample this coming week, and can’t wait to hear your thoughts! (no worries, most of our offerings will remain in the light and medium roast profiles… yet we wanted to have a dark roast with the potential to appeal to 4th-wave* coffee lovers!).

And of course, our 2022 Brew Greatness Anniversary Blend will be available for a few more weeks, until April 15th, and we will continue to send a free 8-oz bonus bag on every 5-lb order! We also have a few more surprises in the works… and as always, would love to hear what would you like to see from YOUR Ethos this Summer! (remember our technical Summer Series runs from June-August - we’re planning a historical piece, an “Iced” tutorial, and are still looking for a great topic for our third piece!)

Beyond grateful to begin every day Brewing Greatness with you!

💛 Jolian & Lisbeth

P.S. We’re also on our last half-sack of Geisha… and can’t thank you enough for supporting it in such a big way! We will try to get it again next year if the grower decides to separate it again as a super-premium nano-lot.

*We consider ourselves part of the “4th Wave” of coffee - which is a term that has been used to describe both the quality and attitudes of (first-world) consumers towards coffee over time. The first wave was canned/brick, cheap robusta coffee (i.e. Bustelo/Folgers), the second wave was higher-quality arabica coffee (i.e. Starbucks), the third wave was even higher quality, freshness-focused craft coffee with an emphasis on flavor, and the fourth wave -which we’re working to pioneer- is coupling that highest-quality, freshness focus with an equal concern for the impact and quality of life of the people who grew it. MLK famously said “the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice”… thank you for your role bending it!