Sound and Vision Blend
$ 17.00
Who doesn’t like David Bowie? We like David Bowie.
Bowie's pretty much always the right choice. And while there are plenty of moments when we reach for that Misfits record and a cup of bright Kenyan coffee or some NSFW early 90's gangsta rap and a cup of slightly savory coffee from Sulawesi, we also value both music and coffee that's always the right choice, no matter the audience. Something that'll please both the classic rock fans and the hipsterest hipsters. In our blend lineup, that’s where Sound & Vision comes in. It’s not quite as poppy and in-your-face as Phantom Limb or many of our single origins, but we also wanted to give folks a bit more intrigue than tried-and-true Blue Orchid.
So, we’ve started out with a chocolatey, full-bodied Latin American base very similar to Blue Orchid, and kicked it up just a tiny bit with a small amount of natural-processed East African goodness. A tiny bit of fruit and brightness to keep the more discerning palates satisfied, but also plenty of comforting, traditional flavors for folks who want their coffee to taste “bold” or “like coffee, damnit.” Confident on its own, but also plays very well with milk.
Do you like cold brew, too? This also happens to be the blend that we use in our kegged cold brew, so if you’re too far away for us to deliver a keg, don’t have a tap system, or just want to do it yourself for any other reason, Sound & Vision is our go-to cold brew suggestion. What about espresso? We're pulling shots of S+V as our house espresso at our Dairy Block café in downtown Denver. Whether it's a shot, a cup full of ice, or a filter brew for a crowd, Sound and Vision is an easy choice.
Current Blend: 50% Brazil Fazenda Cachoera da Grama, 40% Guatemala AProCafé, 10% Ethiopia Guji Mormora Natural
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Blue Orchid is Huckleberry’s house espresso blend. We serve this coffee every day in our cafes, and it is designed to be approachable, both as espresso and as a brewed coffee, with and without milk. If you’ve ever had a great latte experience at one of Huckleberry’s cafes, Blue Orchid was the base.
While the Blue Orchid blend does change frequently, we try to maintain a sweet, full-bodied, chocolate and caramel flavor profile by using Central and South American coffees specifically chosen for those qualities. This is great tasting comfort coffee, and is a well-rounded crowd pleaser, especially if some of that crowd likes cream in their cup, or is still making the transition from darker roast profiles into specialty coffee. We love intense floral aromatics, but some mornings we just want the chocolate, toffee, and a bit of milk in our mug, and for those days, Blue Orchid is our go-to.
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COTM: Ethiopia Chelbesa Natural
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We're launching two coffees from Chelbesa at the same time, so we figured we ought to make both of them co-coffees of the month for August!
Natural Ethiopia is back in the Huck lineup, and we’re kicking things off with this fruitbomb from the Chelbesa washing station in Gedeb. Sweet, juicy berry flavors are the main attraction here, and they’re complemented by some delicious kiwi and chocolate. We’ve been roasting Chelbesa Natural for Phantom Limb for a few weeks now, but tweaked the profile a bit to shine on its own. Plus, we’re roasting a washed coffee from the same washing station, so you can geek out and try two different coffees from the same place, side by side.
SNAP Specialty Coffees has impressed us quite a bit over the last few years. They’ve exported and dry milled some of our favorite coffees from the Guji Zone (including this year’s Abdi Jebril), but also own a few washing stations throughout Ethiopia. Chelbesa is one of those stations, and the coffees have exceeded expectations. To be fully honest, we bought both washed and natural Chelbesa coffees to use in Phantom Limb, but they were too good to not showcase on their own.
468 farmers in Worka Chelbesa deliver coffee cherry to the Chelbesa washing station, where it is sorted and slowly dried on raised beds. One of the things we love about the entire SNAP network is that they specialize in traceable, smaller lots - breaking the harvest into shorter periods and keeping each period separate. This helps ensure that what we taste when we first approve the coffees truly represents what we’ll roast for you, and that each bag will be consistent with the last. Boring details, maybe, but as we get a bit more involved in our sourcing and digging into where our coffees come from, these are the things we’re looking for to build solid partnerships and get y’all that tasty coffee.
Berries, kiwi, and chocolate, with a touch of florality to mix things up. This one’s for all you fruity coffee lovers out there - we hope you enjoy this one as much as we do.
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*washing station photos courtesy Abenezer Asfaw of SNAP.
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COTM: Ethiopia Worka Chelbesa
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Peach, florals, lemon and honeygraham make for a delicate but super complex cup. Break out the pour over cones, maybe keep the cream in the fridge (but you do you), and dig into some refreshing coffee!
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*washing station photos courtesy Abenezer Asfaw of SNAP.
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Guatemala Atitlán el Grano
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Guatemala is always on our minds here at Huckleberry, and even though the coffees from the AProCafé El Grano Growers Association might only be on our menu for a few months each year, these coffees represent year-round work and commitment from both Huck and the growers. After months of work and a bit of waiting, we’re always stoked to drop Atitlán el Grano back into the lineup.
Lake Atitlán is a truly stunning body of water, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and three volcanoes on its southern shore. The coffee growers of AProCafé are based on the southwest shore of the lake and the slope of Volcan San Pedro. Their rich volcanic soil, combined with well-managed organic growing practices and careful processing, contribute to a delicious coffee year after year. AProCafé farmers also consider themselves stewards of the environment, growing their coffee with only organic inputs and taking care to properly treat their processing water. Petrochemical fertilizers and improperly treated water from washing stations have contributed to various environmental problems in the area, including increased algae on the lake over the past decade. AProCafé is one of several grower groups around Atitlán working to improve the environment while also producing tasty coffee.
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While we’ve had special single farm microlots each year, this year’s main lot from AProCafé is equally special, and may be our best multi-farmer coffee from the group to date. While AProCafé does produce excellent coffees from all 40+ farmers, this year we worked with the group, and with exporting partner Caravela, to take it a step further. This year we cupped dozens of single farmer coffees to build a lot that we’re blending into Blue Orchid and Sound and Vision, this lot that we’re selling as Atitlán el Grano, and separated 3 small single farmer coffees to showcase as microlots.
This year’s Atitlán el Grano is balanced, deeply sweet, but also packs plenty of complexity - we’re tasting caramel, black cherry, plum, orange, and cocoa, and are looking forward to brewing it up as both a filter coffee and espresso over the next several months. Keep an eye out for the single farm coffees from these growers, but don’t overlook the main lot - it’s tasty as hell.
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