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

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Otoño Blend; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Otoño Blend; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Otoño Blend; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Otoño Blend

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsWashedPlumCherryArabicaBlendIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Blend: Ethiopia · Guatemala · Kenya
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
Ethiopia · Guatemala · Kenya
Regions
Guji, Oromo · La Libertad, Huehuetenango · Kirinyaga
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
Plum, Dried Dates, Cherry
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised beds for the Ethiopia and Kenya components; patio plus raised bed for the Guatemala component
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • formal gradeThe exact listing does not publish a formal green-coffee or cupping grade.
  • component varietiesThe roaster does not disclose cultivars for any of the three 2026 components.
  • blend percentagesThe three component countries are named, but their proportions are not.
  • Ethiopia growersThe Guji component is credited only to various smallholders.
  • Kenya growersThe Kirinyaga component is credited only to various smallholders.
  • fermentation detailWashed processing is confirmed, but component fermentation times, vessels and water protocols are not published.
  • conventional roast level“Comforting” is Intelligentsia’s proprietary scale and is not mapped to light, medium or dark.
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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. Three washed components from Ethiopia (Guji, Oromo), Guatemala (La Libertad, Huehuetenango), and Kenya (Kirinyaga); proportions not disclosed.

Ethiopia component

Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
Guji, Oromo
Producer:
Various smallholders
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
Not disclosed
Research note:
2,000–2,200 m; raised-bed dried; harvested Dec 2024–Mar 2025.

Guatemala component

Country:
Guatemala
Region:
La Libertad, Huehuetenango
Producer:
Milder Velasquez
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
Not disclosed
Research note:
1,900 m; patio and raised-bed dried; harvested Dec 2025–Apr 2026.

Kenya component

Country:
Kenya
Region:
Kirinyaga
Producer:
Various smallholders
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
Not disclosed
Research note:
1,600–1,700 m; raised-bed dried; harvested Oct–Dec 2025.

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
    Otoño Blend
  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 · Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    Countries
    Ethiopia · Guatemala · Kenya
From the roaster

Intelligentsia presents Otoño as its 2026 fall seasonal blend, designed to move from bright summer fruit toward deeper autumn flavors.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This seasonal blend is formulated annually to bridge the transition from bright summer fruit profiles to deeper, autumn-inspired flavors. It features a rotating selection of washed coffees from Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Kenya chosen to evoke the textures and atmosphere of the fall season.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the live 2026 blend

Confirmed three washed components from Guji, La Libertad/Huehuetenango and Kirinyaga, with Milder Velasquez named only for Guatemala and various smallholders credited for Ethiopia and Kenya.

02
Updated current commerce

Recorded the current $30 price, 12 oz package and available status. The earlier $27 sale snapshot is retained as versioned evidence, not the live canonical price.

03
Resolved component-version conflict

Kept the live page's Kenya range of 1,600–1,700 m and October–December 2025 harvest. An older cached page with 1,500–1,800 m and October 2024–January 2025 is documented but not merged.

04
Checked public feedback

Crema Hunt has an exact Fall 2026 page but reports zero votes and no member logs; older Otoño reviews describe different seasonal formulas and were excluded.

What was added?

Structured current price and currency, refreshed availability, explicit sale-version history, and a current zero-review public-feedback check.

What wasn't added?

No owner score, verdict, review date, approval, component percentages, cultivars, individual Ethiopia or Kenya growers, detailed fermentation protocol, conventional roast mapping, or numeric public rating.

Why it matters

Otoño is seasonal. Treating older prices, Kenya harvest data or reviews as current would collapse different annual recipes into one profile.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists plum, dried dates and cherry; these are current roaster notes, not this publication’s tasting observations.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/otono-blend
  • · https://order.toasttab.com/online/intelligentsia-coffee-high-line/item-otoo-blend-whole-bean-12oz_52b6b473-8a81-4a9a-9f08-447845e1a6c7
  • · https://beanhoard.com/roaster/intelligentsia-coffee
  • · https://cremahunt.com/coffee/intelligentsia-otono-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 2026-11-01) 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

Crema Hunt was retained as one exact-release public-feedback source, but it reports zero votes and no member logs. A 2019 Reddit comment and 2019 blog reference concern older seasonal Otoño formulas and were excluded. Cherrybook's CBI and roaster-wide Reddit signals are not exact-product cup ratings. No numeric public sentiment rating was created.

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