
Canyon Coffee by Blue Hummingbird
Curator’s note
A village counter that used to pour Peet's now sells a $7.50 Monteblanco with its process and roast printed beside it, off a farm in Acatenango that a co-founder's cousin manages, roasted by Blue Hummingbird in Irvine. The barn around it was fitted out like it means to stay: blackened board-formed timber, a pressed-tin ceiling, a gallery wall of black-and-white ranch photographs.
Pandan, vanilla, and blue spirulina superfood with espresso.
Millionaire's bacon, scrambled eggs, tater tots, and pepper jack cheese, served with lime tomatillo salsa and pico de gallo.
The coffee
Blue Hummingbird roasts in Irvine, and the flagship is a direct-trade 100% Bourbon nano-lot from Finca La Torre in Acatenango, the Perez family farm managed by cofounder Christian's cousin, alongside a retail catalog of fourteen named coffees like Kenya AB Ngomano and Ethiopia Guji Gigesa Natural. Espresso at the counter is a double shot of single-origin Guatemala, and bags sell for $19.50 a 12-ounce with no roast date printed on any listing.
- Guatemala Acatenango La Torre Natural
- Medium
- Bourbon
- Natural
- Finca La Torre
Dark Chocolate · Cherries
- Guatemala San Bernardo Espresso
- Dark
- Pacamara Hybrid
- Washed
- Finca San Bernardo
Chocolate · Spices · Peach
- Latin America Low Caffeine Blend
- Dark
- Caturra
- Washed
Almond · Milk Chocolate · Caramel · Vanilla
- Guatemala Fraijanes Laurina Low Caffeine
- Medium
- Laurina
- Washed
Apple · Orange · White Chocolate
- Costa Rica Tarrazú Jaguar Honey
- Light
- Caturra, Catuai
- Honey
Milk Chocolate · Red Apple · Cane Sugar · Dried Fruit
- Guatemala Red Bourbon
- Medium
- Red Bourbon
- Washed
Cherry · Roasted Hazelnut · Nougat
The room
The Canyon House is a white board-and-batten barn with exposed rafter tails and red steel window frames, and inside it the bar is blackened board-formed timber under a white stone top, five black cone pendants and a pressed-tin ceiling overhead. A salon-hung wall of framed black-and-white ranch photography faces one long white-oak communal table, a room dressed for the ranch it sits on rather than for a coffee brand.
The vibe
Photos
People
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