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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Iridescent; not a documentary photograph

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Iridescent

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsMedium-Light roastBlueberryArabicaBlendCounter Culture CoffeeIndependentOrigin undisclosedSmallholder collective lotVariety undisclosed
Blend: Guatemala · EthiopiaMedium-Light roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
Guatemala · Ethiopia
Regions
Not specified for this blend component · Yirgacheffe
Town
—
Farm / Station
Varies by component — see below
Farmer / Producer
Multiple contributors — see blend components
Species
Arabica
Type
Blend
Grade
Not specified
Varieties
Not disclosed · Not disclosed for this blend component
Process
See individual components
Roast
Medium-Light
Tasting notes
blueberry, marmalade, chocolate
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • countryMulti-origin blend; Guatemala and Ethiopia are documented only at component level.
  • farmThe 2026–27 blend page does not identify contributing CODECH or Jabanto member farms.
  • varietyThe exact 2026–27 release does not disclose component cultivars.
  • harvestThe official selector gives a roast-date interval, not harvest or crop dates.
  • roast dateOctober 30, 2026–January 1, 2027 is a blend-selection interval, not a bag-specific roast date.
  • fermentationThe official page identifies washed and natural-sundried components but does not publish release-specific fermentation parameters.
  • drying methodNatural sundrying is named for Jabanto, but the platform and duration are not published for the blend component.
  • public sentimentNo independent tasting review or attributable rating was found for the exact 2026–27 composition.
  • owner inputNo owner tasting observations or approval were supplied for this release.
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Sourcing explained

Who grew each part of this blend?

This coffee combines separately grown lots. A producer named for one component is not the grower of the entire blend. 60% CODECH, Guatemala; 40% Jabanto Natural, Ethiopia (official selection for roast dates October 30, 2026–January 1, 2027)

CODECH

Country:
Guatemala
Region:
Not specified for this blend component
Farm / station:
Undisclosed CODECH member farms
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
60
Research note:
Official 2026–27 Iridescent selector identifies 60% CODECH, Guatemala. Member farms, cultivars, harvest dates, and processing parameters are not published on the blend page.

Jabanto Natural

Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Yirgacheffe
Farm / station:
Jabanto member farms (collective)
Processing:
Natural Sundried
Proportion:
40
Research note:
Official 2026–27 Iridescent selector identifies 40% Jabanto Natural, Ethiopia. The blend page does not publish cultivar proportions or member contributions.

Check the roaster’s current component disclosure ↗

The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

A blend contains several origin chains, not one farmer or country. The component records above show each documented origin; undisclosed details stay undisclosed.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Iridescent
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    Varieties
    Not disclosed · Not disclosed for this blend component
  5. 05
    Farms / processing sites
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The growers
    Multiple contributors — see component details above
  7. 07
    Regions
    Not specified for this blend component · Yirgacheffe
  8. 08
    Countries
    Guatemala · Ethiopia
From the producer

The 2026–27 blend combines coffee from CODECH member producers in Guatemala with natural-sundried coffee from the Jabanto farmers group in Ethiopia. No single farm or producer represents the whole blend.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster based in Durham, North Carolina, known for its commitment to transparency, ethical sourcing, and scientific precision in roasting.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Iridescent pairs a larger washed Guatemalan component with a natural-sundried Ethiopian component for a fruit-and-chocolate holiday profile. Counter Culture directs $1 from every pound sold to its Seeds sustainability grants and reports more than $650,000 allocated through the program.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Corrected the seasonal composition

Replaced the prior 50/50 Sipacapa–Jabanto selection with the official 2026–27 selector result: 60% CODECH and 40% Jabanto Natural.

02
Connected verified producer records

Linked existing CODECH and Jabanto producer identities within their respective blend components without assigning either as the coffee-level producer.

03
Refreshed price and availability

Recorded the current $26 / 12 oz price and available status shown by the official product page on November 11, 2026.

04
Kept sentiment release-specific

Excluded historical Shop ratings and 2024–25 discussions because Counter Culture changes Iridescent’s composition between seasons.

What was added?

Current 2026–27 composition, price, availability, disclosure, and evidence boundaries.

What wasn't added?

No house score, owner tasting, farm identity, cultivar, harvest, or current-release public rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The reused product URL covers materially different seasonal blends; assigning an older composition or review to the current release would misstate provenance and sentiment.

What you might taste

Counter Culture lists blueberry, marmalade, and chocolate.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/iridescent
  • · https://www.coffeelist.co/b/counter-culture-coffee/iridescent
  • · https://shop.app/products/6866666651725/iridescent
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/counter-culture-iridescent
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-11-11) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Method: exact release required the October 30, 2026–January 1, 2027 composition of 60% CODECH, Guatemala and 40% Jabanto Natural, Ethiopia. Shop ratings are pooled on a reused product listing and visibly include December 2025, 2024, and 2024 reviews. Reddit discussions describe 2024 or the 50/50 2025 blend. Cherrybook’s CBI is an evidence-of-quality index rather than a cup score and its Reddit sentiment is not release-bounded. These were excluded; no current-release rating was calculated.

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