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Spring is officially in bloom, and Fundamental Coffee's Colombia Cattleya is back! This rare dark-roasted single origin from the Colombian Andes is deeply floral, rich with tropical fruit, and unlike any dark roast you've tried before. If you don't think dark coffees can be complex, Cattleya is about to change your mind. PLUS it's currently on sale. Score!
Tastes Like: Tropical fruit, Stone fruit, Florals, Chocolate
Why I'm Obsessed: Dark roasts can struggle with a bad rap in specialty coffee circles and, honestly, not without reason... but we're here to change all that. Fundamental's Scott McMartin has spent the better part of two decades buying coffee, over a billion pounds of it, across 20 producing countries and roughly 2,000 farms. When he founded Fundamental Coffee in Seattle in 2014, he had one mission: prove that dark roast, done right, is a vanishing art worth saving.
Deeply complex and floral, Cattleya's profile is a nod to the flowers of springtime (as is the name, borrowed from the Cattleya orchid). At first sip, you'll taste a bold, but delicate, interplay of flavor that's rare in darker roasts. The body is round and juicy, like campfire-grilled papaya on a tropical beach. Aromatic, night-blooming florals rise throughout, alongside notes of chocolate and sweet toasted sugars. Cattleya is a taste of pure, dark roasted magic, straight from the Eastern Colombian Andes, not far from the capital city of Bogotá. One of the special things about this coffee is that it's a "single origin blend", meaning coffee sourced from microclimates all over the region. This balances out the profile, creating a consistently clean, fruity, and complex cup that's always been one of my reliable, dark-roast favorites. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy a single origin coffee with a more developed roast profile... and it's currently on sale! Just TRY to find a dark roasted single origin this good, this fresh, and this complex at the same price. You can't. Mic drop.
Bottom Line: You'll like this one if you love really nice dark chocolate, grilled fruit in the summertime, or have a penchant for dark roasts but generally wish they were a little more interesting.
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