So you’ve gotten your hands on an
excellent cup of coffee…
Take in your coffee’s flavor and aroma.
The flavor wheel above can help you put your sensations into words based on flavor associations.
It’s a similar approach to wine tasting.
Start with general notes described at the center of the wheel, then consider the more subtle and specific flavor associations in the outer rings.
There is no “correct” answer—and you may not need to go all the way to the edge of the wheel.
Flavor sensations are personal and everyone will experience coffee differently.
The Slow Bar is about taking a moment to unwind and savor a beverage crafted especially for YOU.
“I walk slowly, but I never walk back.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
William Shakespeare
Coffee is an agricultural product. It comes from the earth and is harvested by hardworking farmers all over the world.
Click on an origin to jump to that section.
MAYAN
Origin: Oaxaca, Mexico
Varietals: Typica
Process: Natural, Mountain Water Decaffination Process
Farm Cooperative: UNECAFE
Certifications: Organic, Fair-Trade, Small Producer (SPP) Certified, Certified Bird Friendly by Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
A mellow, smooth, balanced cup, with strong notes of molasses and a creamy finish. Beans are were decaffeinated using water (the most uncommon and only solvent-free process in the industry, and used in less than 5% of Decaf coffee beans in the world!)
PLANADAS
Origin: Planadas, Tolima, Colombia
Varietals: Caturra, Bourbon, Castillo, Typica
Process: Washed, sun-dried on raised beds
Farmer Co-op: ASOPAP (Asocianción de Productores Agropecuarios de Cafe Especial de Planadas)
Roast: Medium (Full City Roast)
Certifications: Organic, Fair Trade (yet sourced at a 250% premium above “Fair Trade” standard)
Get ready to meet your new favorite Colombian! An inviting, intoxicating aroma will lead you to immerse yourself in this bold, sweet, intense cup! Caramel and citrus notes are prominent, and the finish is both bold and sweet in this exemplary well-balanced cup.
An outstanding lot grown by an amazing group of small farmers, whom we have been supporting individually and as a group, since 2019.
SANTUARIO
Origin: San Ignacio, Cajamarca, Peru
Varietals: Bourbon, Caturra
Process: Washed - cherries are hand picked and sorted for optimal maturity, de-pulped at each farm, fermented for 16-20 hours, and slowly dried on raised beds.
Roast: Medium (Full City Roast)
Farmed and produced by: Asociación de Productores Cafetaleros El Santuario (ASPROCAFE) | Certified ORGANIC
Our newest Organic coffee will delight you from the very first aromatic breath—soft golden caramel notes invite you to take that first sip. On the palate, the body feels silky and balanced, the product of their meticulous slow drying, and offers a luscious interplay of golden apples and rich caramel that provides a grounded sweetness. Subtle crisp apple brightness contrasts the deeper notes and the finish is clean, gentle, and memorably sweet — lingering like a soft confection, and leaving you a satisfying impression that extends an invitation to take another sip!
Yet, the best (as always!) is found beyond the cup — this exceptional Organic coffee is about championing better livelihoods for coffee families while preserving the natural beauty of the lands around the Tabaconas-Namballe National Sanctuary—a sustainability mission worthy of our Ethos family!
POAQUIL—Washed
Origin: Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Varietals: Red & Yellow Bourbon
Process: Washed (and sun-dried on raised beds)
Farmed by: Cooperativa La Asuncion
Roast: Full Medium (Full City Roast)
Certifications & Awards: Organic, High Impact
Our longest high-impact relationship! This coffee comes from "Cooperativa La Asuncion", a women-led cooperative which we’ve been supporting with increasing, life-changing prices and volumes since 2016.
Expect strong dark chocolate and cocoa notes and a balanced, full-bodied experience. This is our flagship, life-changing coffee that embodies the change we want to see in the world! An outstanding 88-pt coffee that gets better every year!
POAQUIL—Natural
Origin: Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Varietals: Red & Yellow Bourbon
Process: Natural (dried as a cherry, then milled)
Farmed by: Cooperativa La Asuncion
Roast: Light-medium (Light City Roast)
Certifications & Awards: Organic, High Impact
This Natural processed coffee is the product of sun-drying the Co-Op’s sweetest whole coffee cherries - leading to an intense, fruit-forward experience that’s nicely balanced by strong sweet chocolate notes. This coffee truly shines on pour-overs and full-immersion methods, offering an exquisite experience that inundates your senses with sweet, slightly fruity, and strong chocolate notes from the moment you grind it, to the moment you enjoy that last sip. Words simply can’t capture how amazing this coffee is, in every way possible, so we strongly recommend you try it!
POAQUIL—Anaerobic Honey
Origin: Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Varietals: Yellow Bourbon
Process: Anaerobic Honey (dried with a partially removed pulp, then milled)
Farmed by: Cooperativa La Asuncion
Roast: Medium (City Roast)
Certifications & Awards: Organic, High Impact
This is the newest, sweetest version of our most impactful and longest coffee relationship (since 2016)! Our farmers at "Cooperativa La Asuncion” ran an Anaerobic Honey process on their ripest yellow bourbons for the first time this year, exclusively for our Ethos family!
Expect a remarkably sweet cup featuring juicy, dark cherry notes with toffee undertones and a smooth body leading to a delicate, slightly fruity, dark chocolate finish that lingers… an incredible way to start or power through the day!
Cherries were hand picked and partially de-pulped before undergoing anaerobic fermentation on sealed tanks for 48 hours. They were then dried slowly under the sun on raised beds, turning every few hours for several days, until achieving <11% moisture.
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
Socrates
Honeycomb partners with Ethos Coffee Roasters in Lakeland, FL for the beans brewed in our shop. Ethos takes pride in providing the highest quality - and most impactful and ethically sourced - coffee beans. Their definition of coffee "greatness" goes well beyond taste & freshness, and extends to the human impact behind each bean, to our scientific approach to roasting, and to our personalized attention to every order.
“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch!
A watch is always too fast or slow.
I cannot be dictated to by a watch.”
Jane Austen in Mansfield Park
“Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.”
Tokugawa Ieyasu