Verve Africa Single Origin, 12 oz bag of single origin whole bean coffee at Primal Wine
Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Africa Single Origin Coffee Beans, 12 oz

$23.00

The African slot in Verve's single origin line. It is seasonal and direct trade, and the lot inside changes through the year rather than staying put, which is the point of buying this way.

In practice that has meant Ethiopia, and Ethiopian coffee is why anyone puts up with the rotation: floral aromatics, citrus acidity and a tea-like body that a blend would blunt. The bag pictured is a raspberry, lemon zest and floral lot.

Whole bean, 12 oz. Expect a different coffee next season.

Important information

This is one of the items fulfilled by our partner retailer in California. It will not ship together with our regular wine selection.

You will receive tracking information in 3-4 business days. Shipping time depends on location and on the shipping service selected at checkout.
Verve Africa Single Origin Coffee Beans, 12 oz
$23.00

The Brand

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve opened in Santa Cruz in November 2007. Colby Barr and Ryan O'Donovan met at Chico State over music, design and coffee, and built the first cafe on 41st Avenue in Pleasure Point. They still own it and still roast there.

Sourcing runs through what they call the Farmlevel Initiative, their own programme for buying at origin. The largest piece of it so far, the Nursery Project, planted 60,000 Caturra Chiroso seedlings in Urrao, Colombia, an economic jumpstart for smallholders farming at high elevation in country that is hard to reach.

The blends are the everyday line and stay the same year to year. The single origin bags rotate with the season.

Pantry FAQs

Pantry items are fulfilled by our partner retailer in California, so they ship on their own and will not arrive in the same box as your wine. Order both and you should expect two parcels, often on different days.

You will receive tracking for the pantry parcel within 3-4 business days.

Wine requires an adult signature on delivery. Pantry items do not, so they can be left at your door like any ordinary parcel.

Yes. Nothing here is tied to a wine purchase. Shipping for pantry items is calculated separately at checkout.

Most of what we carry is shelf stable until it is opened, and would rather sit in a cool dark cupboard than on a sunny counter. Anything that needs refrigerating once opened says so on the label.

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