# Roaster's Flight Sampler — Tasting Card

**Price:** $32.00 · **Contents:** 4 × 115 g bags, 460 g total
**This is a one-off purchase. It does not renew and it is not a subscription.**

## What is in the box

The selection rotates with the season. A typical flight:

| Bag | Coffee | Roast | Look for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Lowlands Blend | Medium | Milk chocolate, toasted almond, red apple |
| 2 | First Light Breakfast Roast | Light-medium | Brown sugar, orange zest, cocoa nib |
| 3 | Ardent — Ethiopia Yirgacheffe | Light | Jasmine, bergamot, white peach |
| 4 | Huila Reserve — Colombia | Light-medium | Red currant, panela, mandarin |

Need a specific coffee in it? Say so in the order notes and we will swap where we can.

## Brew them the same way, at least once

The point of a flight is comparison, and comparison needs one variable. Brew all four with the same
recipe first, then adjust per coffee.

**Baseline recipe:** 22 g coffee · 350 g water at 95 °C · medium grind · 3:00 total.
Bloom 45 g to 0:40, then pour to 175 g, 265 g, 350 g.

115 g gives you roughly **five brews** at this dose, which is enough to get one wrong and still learn
something.

## Then adjust

| Coffee | Change from baseline |
| --- | --- |
| Lowlands Blend | Nothing. This is its recipe |
| First Light | Nothing, or 96 °C if it reads sour |
| Ardent Yirgacheffe | 96 °C and one step finer. Light roasts want heat |
| Huila Reserve | Nothing |

## How to taste

1. **Smell the dry grounds** before you add water. Half of what you will taste is here.
2. **Smell the bloom** at 0:30.
3. **Taste it hot, then taste it again at room temperature.** Most of the fruit and floral character
   appears as it cools. A coffee that is interesting cold is a good coffee.
4. **Write one word down** for each. Not a professional descriptor — whatever it actually reminds you of.

Do not brew all four in one sitting. Your palate will be finished by the third.

## Where to go next

| If you liked | Buy | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bag 1 | Lowlands Blend, 340 g | $19.00 |
| Bag 2 | First Light, 340 g | $18.00 |
| Bag 3 | Ardent — Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, 250 g | $24.00 |
| Bag 4 | Huila Reserve — Colombia, 250 g | $23.00 |

Buying any one of them on subscription is 10% off, ships free within the US, and can be cancelled at any
time with no fee. The first subscription order includes a free 100-pack of Halcyon filters.

## Freshness

All four bags carry the same roast date. Best within **4 weeks** — which is the other reason not to open
all four at once.