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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for 26.2 Blend 10 oz, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 26.2 Blend 10 oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 26.2 Blend 10 oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 26.2 Blend 10 oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

26.2 Blend 10 oz

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsWashedCherryPlumStrawberryArabicaBlendIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Variety undisclosed
Blend: Ethiopia · Guatemala
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
Ethiopia · Guatemala
Regions
Guji, Oromo · La Libertad, Huehuetenango
Town
—
Farm / Station
Varies by component — see below
Farmer / Producer
Multiple contributors — see blend components
Species
Arabica
Type
Blend
Grade
Not specified
Varieties
—
Process
See individual components
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Black Cherry, Plum, Strawberry
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised beds; the Guatemala component also uses patio drying
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • varietyIntelligentsia does not disclose the cultivars in either component.
  • blend percentagesIntelligentsia names both components but does not publish their proportions.
  • altitude mThe components have different elevations, so no single blend altitude is stored.
  • fermentationBoth components are washed, but component-specific fermentation duration, vessel, and atmosphere are not disclosed.
  • roast level“Bright” is Intelligentsia’s proprietary scale and does not map exactly to the site’s standardized roast levels.
  • roast dateNo release-wide roast date is published; reseller inventory dates are bag-specific and are not applied to the profile.
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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. Washed coffees from Ethiopia and Guatemala; percentages not disclosed.

Ethiopia Guji component

Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Guji, Oromo
Producer:
Various smallholders
Processing:
Washed; raised-bed dried; 2,000–2,200 m; December 2024–March 2025 harvest
Research note:
Blend percentage not disclosed.

Guatemala Milder Velasquez component

Country:
Guatemala
Region:
La Libertad, Huehuetenango
Processing:
Washed; patio and raised-bed dried; 1,900 m; December 2025–April 2026 harvest
Research note:
Blend percentage not disclosed.

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
    26.2 Blend 10 oz
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    Varieties
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    Farms / processing sites
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The growers
    Multiple contributors — see component details above
  7. 07
    Regions
    Guji, Oromo · La Libertad, Huehuetenango
  8. 08
    Countries
    Ethiopia · Guatemala
From the roaster

Intelligentsia Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster known for its Direct Trade model and commitment to sourcing high-quality beans from various global origins.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A current Chicago Marathon release that publishes separate producer, elevation, processing, drying and harvest details for both washed components while leaving their proportions undisclosed.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the current release

Confirmed the 2026 Chicago Marathon association, $26 price, 10 oz format, add-to-cart availability, and black cherry, plum, and strawberry notes.

02
Structured both components

Preserved separate producer, region, elevation, washed-process, drying, and harvest data for Ethiopia and Guatemala without inventing proportions.

03
Kept blend-level fields honest

Retained washed processing because both disclosed components are washed, while leaving a single altitude, varieties, fermentation details, and standardized roast level unset.

04
Kept owner scoring separate

Left all house tasting, score, verdict, approval, and review-date fields empty.

What was added?

Current $26 price and availability, a completed evidence summary, component-level provenance, and explicit uncertainty notes.

What wasn't added?

No blend percentages, cultivars, component-specific fermentation protocol, standardized roast level, house score, or public sentiment rating without exact evidence.

Why it matters

The page presents a current event-specific blend without importing older Chicago Marathon recipes or flattening two distinct origins into one false provenance.

What you might taste

Black cherry, plum, and strawberry, according to Intelligentsia.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/26-2-blend
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 2026-10-27) 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

Cherrybook’s CBI and roaster-level Reddit material are not exact-product tasting scores. Reseller catalog copy, AI-generated summaries, and 2023–2024 editions with different components were excluded from current-release sentiment.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

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