Black & White Coffee Roasters

The Original

Citrus, honey, chocolate

Origin: Ethiopia
Process: Washed
Roast: Medium
Roaster: Black & White Coffee Roasters

Roast level

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From farm to cup

Where it grew, how it was made, how it’s roasted.

Straight from the roaster’s listing — no guesswork added.

Step 01 · OriginGrown

Ethiopia

Step 02 · ProcessProcessed

Washed

Step 03 · RoastRoasted

Medium

About this coffee

What the roaster tells us.

The Original features washed Ethiopian coffee from Aricha, with Black & White listing citrus, honey and chocolate as its headline notes. The longer description adds delicate florals and a tea-like body. It’s the lightest of the roaster’s year-round coffees, with a different emphasis from a chocolate-heavy blend.

Product details checked 2026-10-08. Roaster descriptions can change between lots. Tasting notes describe sensory impressions, not a guarantee of how your brew will taste.

Where it’s from

Ethiopia

RoasterBlack & White Coffee Roasters

OriginEthiopia

ProcessWashed

RoastMedium

The people behind this coffee

Meet Black & White Coffee Roasters

Black & White Coffee Roasters started in 2017 with two US Barista Champions, Kyle Ramage and Lem Butler, who wanted more people to try the kinds of coffees they'd encountered in competition. Its first cafe, in Wake Forest, North Carolina, also housed its earlier roasting operation. That competitive background helps explain the company's curiosity about what specialty coffee can taste like, but its stated aim includes approachability, too. For someone brewing at home, the appeal is the invitation to explore without treating coffee knowledge as an entry requirement. The founders' original idea was straightforward: make those interesting coffee experiences available to a much wider audience.

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