In general, the Canyon Coffee flavor profile is smooth, balanced and caramelly. Our goal from day one has always been to produce coffees that are high quality and enjoyable on a daily basis. When people fall in love with our coffee, they usually say things like “It’s not bitter!” “It’s sweet!” “It’s not acidic!”
MEDIUM ROAST, CARAMELLY, SMOOTH, ESPRESSO
Origin: Inzá, Colombia
Characteristics: Caramel, milk chocolate, smooth, orange peel
Good For: Espresso, French Press, Stovetop Espresso
About: Named after Beachwood Canyon where Canyon founders Ally & Casey met. Smooth, balanced, and caramelly — easy to brew at home and hits the spot, every morning. We rotate the origin seasonally, to showcase the coffee at its best. This is our go-to for espresso, but it also works great for drip. Available year-round.
LIGHT, SUBTLE FRUIT, CARAMELLY
Origin: Tolima, Colombia
Characteristics: Chocolate, nougat, stone fruit
Good For: Drip, Pour Over, French Press, Smooth but bright Espresso
About: Especial = special. That's how we feel when we take our first sips of this Colombian coffee. The Tolima is sweet and round on drip. On pour over, it's alive with flavor. Available year-round.
DARK, CHOCOLATEY, ESPRESSO
Origin: Colombia
Characteristics: Dark chocolate, nutty, dark
Good For: Dark roast lovers! Espresso, French Press.
About: Our darkest roast, The Alentejo was developed as an ode to classic Italian-style espresso that had been crafted with intention over generations. Available year-round.
BRIGHT, FLORAL, EXPRESSIVE
Origin: Ethiopia
Characteristics: Floral (bergamot), persimmon, lime-like acidity
Good For: Drip, Pour Over, Bright Espresso, Aeropress
About: Available year round, from the Gedeb region in Ethiopia. We love coffees from this area for their fragrant, floral aroma, sweet, balanced taste, and smooth lime-like acidity.
DECAF, CHOCOLATEY, NUTTY, CITRUS
Origin: Colombia
Characteristics: Chocolatey, with some nuttiness and citrus
Good For: Drip, Pour Over, French Press, Espresso
About: This decaf is great. We care about our decaf, and source top quality coffees that are chocolatey and delicious. We call it “Afternoon Decaf” because, even as regular caffeine-drinkers, sometimes we like to have an afternoon cup of coffee that won’t keep us up at night! Available year-round.
BRIGHT AND CLEAR
Origin: Ethiopia
Process: Carbonic Maceration
Characteristics: Peach, Black Tea, Bergamot
Good For: Pour Over, drip, espresso
About: Worka Chelbesa is back again, for a limited time! This lot underwent the carbonic maceration process. Carbonic maceration involves fermenting the freshly-harvested coffee cherries in an anaerobic environment (without oxygen) for 30-60 hours. This results in an incredible development of the flavors in the coffee!
There are a lot of amazing coffees and roasters in the world! What makes Canyon’s coffee different?
A lot of roasters choose a roast profile (i.e. “light roast,” “medium roast,” “dark roast”) and find coffees to plug in. We’re the opposite. Rather than commit to a "roast" and then insert a coffee, we develop unique roast profiles for every coffee we source to bring out and accentuate the flavors we find interesting in it. The goal is to emphasize the flavor characteristics of each coffee that make it special!
That said, our roast profiles often fall within what people would describe as medium. To us, though, this is just a roundabout way of saying that we neither under-roast nor over-roast our coffees.
In each case, we seek to give each coffee good development time in the roastery to make it nice and soluble (for ease of getting good extraction) for easier brewing on espresso and at home. That sweet caramel undertone is a byproduct of that approach, and a good marker for what makes our coffees special!
Within that smooth, caramelly world, we have a nice selection of coffees to meet different flavor expectations.
