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Banner Dark

Roasted by Sightglass CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsWashedDark roastBittersweetCocoaArabicaBlendSightglass CoffeeOwned by Gingerbread Capital
Blend: Origins not fully disclosedDark roast
Brand
Sightglass Coffee
Who owns the brand
A mid-size coffee group — Gingerbread Capital
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
—
Regions
Central America · South America
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
Dark
Tasting notes
Bittersweet Cocoa, Toffee, Graham Cracker
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • COUNTRIESThe current page gives only Central and South America for this rotating blend.
  • FARMS AND PRODUCERSNo current component farms, cooperatives, or producers are named.
  • VARIETIESThe product page identifies the coffee only as a blend.
  • COMPONENT PERCENTAGESNo blend proportions are published.
  • ELEVATIONSightglass states only that growing altitude varies.
  • FERMENTATION AND DRYINGWashed processing is confirmed, but component-level post-harvest protocols are not published.
  • HARVESTSeasonal component harvest dates are not disclosed.
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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. Seasonally rotating organic washed coffees from Central America and South America. Exact countries, components and percentages are not disclosed.

Central America component

Region:
Central America
Processing:
Washed
Research note:
Exact country, farm, producer, variety and percentage are not disclosed.

South America component

Region:
South America
Processing:
Washed
Research note:
Exact country, farm, producer, variety and percentage are 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
    Banner Dark
  2. 02
    The brand
    Sightglass Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sightglass 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
    Central America · South America
  8. 08
    Countries
    Not disclosed
From the roaster

Sightglass Coffee began in San Francisco in 2009 and roasts in small batches in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The company publishes origin and process details for its current coffees, while the exact components of signature blends rotate seasonally.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Sightglass's most developed blend combines a deliberately heavy body, low acidity and a sweet finish. The official current origin is Central and South America; the earlier East Africa claim came from third-party retail copy and has been removed.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the current blend

Confirmed Central and South American sourcing, washed preparation, organic positioning, dark roast, tasting notes, 12-ounce $22 list price, and selected-variant sold-out status from Sightglass’s exact page.

02
Separated independent and storefront ratings

Excluded Sightglass’s on-shop 4.8/5 aggregate from independent scoring. Included one independently hosted Seattle Coffee Gear exact-product rating at 2/5, while flagging its single-review sample and older Guatemala-only formula as release-mismatch risks.

03
Preserved rotating-component limits

Kept country, farm, producer, cultivar, percentage, elevation, fermentation, and drying fields unresolved because the current seasonal components are not named.

What was added?

No flavoring, fruit addition, co-fermentation input, or inoculated culture is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No exact country, farm, producer, cultivar, component percentage, elevation, fermentation, drying method, original score, or owner tasting observation was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile documents the current blend and exposes the only qualifying independent exact-product rating without presenting one historical complaint as a consensus or merging it into a house score.

What you might taste

Sightglass lists bittersweet cocoa, toffee, and graham cracker.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://sightglasscoffee.com/products/banner-dark-organic-blend
  • · https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/products/sightglass-coffee-banner-dark
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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-01. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One independently hosted exact-product rating is negative, but the one-review sample and a likely older rotating formula make it nonrepresentative of the current release.

What people don't

The sole Seattle Coffee Gear customer rating objected that the coffee was not dark enough for its category.

Flavors people keep mentioning
Not dark enough
Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Negative — very limited historical exact-product signal
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