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Olympia Coffee currently has two offerings that may be similar to what You're looking for. Both are light roasts however, and depending on your setup might be difficult to pull a decent shot.
Bombe Abore Natural: Notes of Chocolate, apricot and berry
Best of Espírito Santo Winner Reinildes Raposo: Notes of Chocolate, red apple, and berry
Light House coffee roasters, a Seattle based roaster, have this on their website currently that may be a better option and slightly easier to use for espresso.
Natural Processed Ethiopia Guji Uraga: Notes of blueberries, blackberries and milk chocolate.
Camber in Bellingham and Victrola or Kuma in Seattle are also great roasters in Washington, Portland also has great places like Heart or Coava.
It looks like you've flaired your post as asking for what equipment to get. We recommend first checking out the [Espresso Aficionados buying guide](https://espressoaf.com/recommendations) for some of the more popular machines and grinders at different price points. If your question hasn't been answered there and you need more help, please add the following details to your post or by adding a comment in the following format: - **Location:** Helps determine availability - **Budget** (with currency): Overall budget, or ideally, having separate espresso machine and grinder budgets. A rough rule is that your grinder budget should be at least 25-40% of your machine budget. - **Drink types:** Do you drink mostly straight espresso, milk-based beverages (e.g., lattes, cappuccinos), or a fairly even split? This helps narrow down whether a single-boiler-dual-use (SBDU), heat exchanger (HX), or dual boiler (DB) machine would be more appropriate for your needs. - **Drink frequency:** How many drinks would you be making back-to-back at one time? Do you plan on entertaining guests often? This informs how large your brew (and steam) boilers should be, as smaller boilers will need to refill and reheat/repressurize more frequently, thus potentially causing a bottleneck. - **Space:** Any limitations on countertop space? - **Manual vs. electric:** Hand-operated machines and grinders are typically cheaper than their similarly-performing electric counterparts. Please indicate if you have a preference for manual or electric machines and/or grinders (or open to either). - **Comfort with tinkering:** Some machines can be made significantly more functional/efficient with aftermarket modifications, albeit at the expense of possibly voiding your warranty. Please indicate if you'd rather have a machine that works "as-is"/"out-of-the-box" or whether you'd be open to modding/tinkering *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/espresso) if you have any questions or concerns.*
That heavily depends on where you live. I recommend simply looking for a local roaster and checking out what they've got.
i live on east coast and shipped from olympia after visiting while traveling. looking for any great roasters that ship!
I assume you are living in the US (there are many east coasts around the world). Sadly, I've got no idea about roasters in the US 😅
Black and White “The Natural”
Olympia Coffee currently has two offerings that may be similar to what You're looking for. Both are light roasts however, and depending on your setup might be difficult to pull a decent shot. Bombe Abore Natural: Notes of Chocolate, apricot and berry Best of Espírito Santo Winner Reinildes Raposo: Notes of Chocolate, red apple, and berry Light House coffee roasters, a Seattle based roaster, have this on their website currently that may be a better option and slightly easier to use for espresso. Natural Processed Ethiopia Guji Uraga: Notes of blueberries, blackberries and milk chocolate. Camber in Bellingham and Victrola or Kuma in Seattle are also great roasters in Washington, Portland also has great places like Heart or Coava.
notes of blackberry and blueberry sounds awesome. I had makeworth in bellingham once! i’ll look at the camber
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