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Microdose Half-Caf

Roasted by Sightglass CoffeeRoaster's website

PROCESS NOT FULLY DISCLOSED

TagsMedium roast Apricot Hazelnut Arabica Blend Sightglass Coffee Owned by Gingerbread Capital

Blend: Origins not fully disclosedMedium roast

Brand

Sightglass Coffee

Who owns the brand

A mid-size coffee group — Gingerbread Capital

Roaster website

Visit website

Countries

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Regions

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Town

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Farm / Station

Varies by component — see below

Farmer / Producer

Multiple contributors — see blend components

Species

Arabica

Type

Blend

Grade

Not specified

Varieties

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Process

See individual components

Roast

Medium

Tasting notes

Dried Apricot, Poached Pear, Toasted Hazelnut

Fermentation

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Drying

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Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

ORIGINSSightglass describes the origin as seasonally varying and does not name current component countries or regions.
FARMS AND PRODUCERSNo current component farms, cooperatives, stations, or producers are identified.
VARIETIESThe exact page identifies the coffee only as a blend.
COMPONENT PERCENTAGESThe product is described as half-caf, but the exact green-coffee proportions and component identities are not published.
ELEVATIONSightglass states only that growing altitude varies.
FERMENTATION AND DRYINGWashed coffee and Mountain Water decaffeination are named, but component-level post-harvest protocols are not disclosed.
HARVESTSeasonal component harvest dates are not published.

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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 varying organic half-caf blend combining washed coffee with a Mountain Water Process decaffeinated component. Exact component identities and percentages are not disclosed.

Caffeinated component

Processing:: Washed
Research note:: Origin, farm, producer, variety and percentage are not disclosed.

Decaffeinated component

Processing:: Mountain Water Process
Research note:: Origin, 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.

01
The name on the bag
Microdose Half-Caf
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Sightglass Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Sightglass Coffee
Documented
04
Varieties
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
05
Farms / processing sites
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The growers
Multiple contributors — see component details above
Named on the bag
07
Regions
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
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Countries
Not disclosed
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

Microdose is a ready-made organic half-caf blend. Sightglass documents washed coffee and a Mountain Water Process decaffeinated component, but does not publish component origins or proportions.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Seasonal half-caf blend

Sightglass combines seasonally varying coffee components to produce a lower-caffeine blend; exact proportions are not published.

Washed preparation

The official page identifies washed coffee in the blend, but does not map processing details to named components.

Mountain Water decaffeination

A decaffeinated component is identified as Mountain Water Process; its exact origin, variety and share of the blend are not published.

What was added?

No flavoring or co-fermentation input is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No country, region, farm, producer, variety or single process relationship is asserted because the exact components and their mapping are not identified.

Why it matters

The lower-caffeine intent and decaffeination method are verified without turning a multi-component blend into a false single-process profile.

What you might taste

Sightglass lists dried apricot, poached pear and toasted hazelnut.

Sources for these process claims

· https://sightglasscoffee.com/products/microdose-organic-half-caf-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

Sightglass’s 4.7/5 aggregate from 27 on-shop ratings is exact-product data but is storefront-hosted. Cherrybook independently captures that aggregate, yet its underlying source remains the roaster’s store, so it is excluded. Cherrybook’s CBI, roaster-level Reddit sentiment, catalog models, seller pages, and exact-product catalog entries without independently authored sensory evaluation were also excluded.

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