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Colombia — Stumptown Coffee Roasters

TRADITIONAL PROCESSOur reviewPurchased by us
TagsColombiaHuilaCantilloWashedMedium roastCaramelArabicaSingle originSpecialtyLa EsperanzaCantillo familyStumptown Coffee RoastersOwned by Keurig Dr PepperOur review

A round, sweet, beautifully balanced comfort cup with baked apple and a syrupy body. It is honest, crowd-pleasing coffee from one of the roasters that defined American specialty. Four point three stars.

Our rating
4.3 out of Five Stars
4.3/5 on our star rating scale
🇨🇴ColombiaWashedMedium roast
Brand
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Keurig Dr Pepper
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Huila
Town
Southern Huila
Farm / Station
La Esperanza
Farmer / Producer
Cantillo family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Cantillo
Process
Roast
Medium
Tasting notes
Baked Apple, Caramel Sweetness, Syrupy Body, Balanced
Fermentation
—
Drying
Covered patios
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
Oct 25, 2026
Editorial disclosure: Purchased by us
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Colombia — Stumptown Coffee Roasters
  2. 02
    The brand
    Stumptown Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Not disclosed
  4. 04
    The variety
    Cantillo
  5. 05
    The farm
    La Esperanza
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Cantillo family
  7. 07
    The region
    Huila
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

Stumptown sources its Colombian coffee through direct relationships with producers, emphasizing hand-picked cherries and meticulous processing to achieve high quality.

From the roaster

Stumptown Coffee Roasters, founded in Portland, Oregon in 1999, was a pioneer of direct-trade specialty coffee and now roasts for cafes and home brewers across the country.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This release is part of Stumptown's commitment to direct trade, a sourcing model they pioneered in 2003 to establish transparent, long-term partnerships with coffee producers.

Our review

The full tasting

The first sip

Comfort in a cup, exactly as the bag promises. The first sip is round and sweet, with baked apple up front and a syrupy weight that coats the whole palate. The acidity is gentle and the cup finishes clean and balanced, with no sharp edges anywhere. This is the kind of coffee you could happily drink every morning without ever getting bored.

What we tasted

Baked apple leads, exactly as advertised, with a caramel sweetness underneath and a soft nutty close. The body is the standout: thick and syrupy, more like a natural-processed cup than the washed lot it appears to be. As it cools, a gentle brown-sugar sweetness builds and the apple note deepens toward apple skin. We also pulled it through a pour-over and as drip, and it stayed balanced and forgiving across methods.

The story in the bag

Stumptown Coffee Roasters was born in Portland, Oregon in 1999 and helped define what American specialty coffee looks like today. This Colombia offering is sourced from various smallholder farmers in one of their favorite growing regions, though the bag does not name the specific region or farms, so provenance stays at the country level. The packaging is unmistakable, with the dotted halo, the estd 1999 lockup, and roasted-on dating stamped right on the back. Stumptown now operates under larger corporate ownership, but their flagship single origins still hold to a very high standard.

Who this is for

Anyone who wants a dependable, sweet, medium-bodied daily drinker that works across brew methods. It is a step-up weekend bag for new specialty drinkers and a reliable comfort lot for veterans. We scored it 86, four point three stars: a classic done right.

How we'd brew it

Pour-over at a 1 to 16 ratio with a medium grind shows the baked apple sweetness best. It is forgiving on drip machines and also makes a soft, sweet espresso at a 1 to 2.5 ratio.

Colombia — Stumptown Coffee Roasters — supplied coffee image 1
Bag — front
Colombia — Stumptown Coffee Roasters — supplied coffee image 2
Bag — back
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia — Stumptown Coffee Roasters; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia — Stumptown Coffee Roasters; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Our star ratings
Aroma
4.0
Flavor
4.5
Balance
4.5
Body & Mouthfeel
4.0
Finish
4.0
Overall
4.3
The final rating
Average of all six criteria
4.2/ 5
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 2026-10-29. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

1 verified independent exact-product source remain after the integrity sweep.

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