About this Coffee
Originally developed for Chef Thomas Keller’s restaurant The French Laundry, this blend’s flavors of fruit-toned chocolate were enjoyed by Chef Keller so much that he now features it in all of his fine dining restaurants. It is the perfect conclusion to a fine meal at one of the best restaurants around—Per Se, Chef Keller’s urban flagship.
Each bag sold benefits the Ment’or BKB Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that aims to educate and inspire excellence in young culinary professionals and champions the diversity and creativity of the traditions and quality of cuisine in America.
The blend is built around an intensely fruity coffee from Ethiopia. Meticulous processing at the Biru Bekele Washing Station in Ethiopia’s Sidama growing region creates clean and consistent flavors that have led us to source this coffee for many years. The coffee is naturally processed and dried on raised beds, resulting in concentrated berry-like flavors.
A pair of fully washed coffees from two of the world’s most renowned coffee growing countries add complexity to the blend. The first, a vibrant and citrusy coffee from Kenya, complements the other components beautifully and contributes to the blend’s delicate acidity.
And finally, a coffee from Colombia balances out the blend’s other components with rich flavors of baking spices and bittersweet chocolate. These coffees, along with just the right degree of roast, create a tremendously well-balanced blend that can be enjoyed in the restaurants of one of the world’s best chefs.
WHY WE LOVE THIS COFFEE
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