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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for The Future - Grape Soda, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for The Future - Grape Soda; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for The Future - Grape Soda; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for The Future - Grape Soda; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

The Future - Grape Soda

Roasted by Black & White Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
CO-FERMENTED
TagsMangoArabicaBlendBlack & White Coffee RoastersOwned by FairWave Specialty Coffee CollectiveOrigin undisclosedRegion undisclosedSmallholder collective lotVariety undisclosed
Blend: Ethiopia · Colombia · Mexico
Brand
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Who owns the brand
A mid-size coffee group — FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
Ethiopia · Colombia · Mexico
Regions
West Arsi · Quindío
Town
—
Farm / Station
Varies by component — see below
Farmer / Producer
Multiple contributors — see blend components
Species
Arabica
Type
Blend
Grade
Not specified
Varieties
Pacamara
Process
See individual components
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Grape soda, Grape candy, Mango candy, Red fruit punch
Fermentation
Component-specific: the blend includes grape and lychee co-ferments alongside washed, honey, and one Marlin lot whose exact processing is not stated on the blend page.
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • countryThis is a three-country blend; no single top-level country is accurate.
  • regionThe release spans multiple regions and does not disclose the Mexican component’s region.
  • farmFive component lots and multiple producer groups are used; no single farm represents the blend.
  • producerThe release names several producer groups and leaves the Mexican producer unnamed.
  • varietyThe complete blend uses various varieties; Pacamara applies only to the 10% Mexican component.
  • processThe blend combines washed, co-fermented, honey, and one component without an exact process description.
  • bag sizeThe archived exact page does not expose a package size in its current accessible product data.
  • roast levelThe current exact release page does not provide a conventional roast label in accessible product data.
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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. 40% Riripa washed coffee from West Arsi, Ethiopia; 30% Jairo Arcila grape co-ferment; 10% Jairo Arcila lychee co-ferment; 10% Shady and Elias Bayter Marlin Lot 556; 10% Mexican Pacamara honey.

Riripa — Washed

Country:
Ethiopia
Region:
West Arsi
Producer:
Riripa community smallholders
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
40%
Research note:
Delicate washed foundation lot.

Jairo Arcila — Grape

Country:
Colombia
Region:
Quindío
Producer:
Jairo Arcila
Processing:
Grape co-ferment
Proportion:
30%
Research note:
The release’s headline grape co-fermented component.

Jairo Arcila — Lychee

Country:
Colombia
Region:
Quindío
Producer:
Jairo Arcila
Processing:
Lychee co-ferment
Proportion:
10%

Shady & Elias Bayter — Marlin Lot 556

Country:
Colombia
Proportion:
10%
Research note:
Exact processing details are not stated on the blend page.

Mexico — Pacamara Honey

Country:
Mexico
Processing:
Honey
Proportion:
10%

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
    The Future - Grape Soda
  2. 02
    The brand
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    Varieties
    Pacamara
  5. 05
    Farms / processing sites
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The growers
    Multiple contributors — see component details above
  7. 07
    Regions
    West Arsi · Quindío
  8. 08
    Countries
    Ethiopia · Colombia · Mexico
From the producer

The current release credits Riripa community smallholders in West Arsi, Jairo Arcila, Shady and Elias Bayter, and an unnamed Mexican Pacamara producer. No single producer or farm represents the complete blend.

From the roaster

The Future has been a beloved staple on our year-round menu for quite awhile now. With it, we have been able to showcase excellence in processing techniques, particularly in regard to anaerobic and co-fermentation endeavors.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The current formulation is precisely disclosed as five lots across three countries and three named processing categories. The washed Ethiopian component supplies 40% of the structure while four expressive components make up the remaining 60%.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Washed foundation

Forty percent is washed coffee from Riripa community smallholders in West Arsi, Ethiopia.

02
Two Jairo Arcila co-ferments

Thirty percent is grape co-ferment and 10% is lychee co-ferment from Jairo Arcila.

03
Two additional components

The final 20% is split between Shady and Elias Bayter’s Marlin Lot 556 and a Mexican honey-process Pacamara.

What was added?

Fruit is deliberately used in the named grape and lychee co-fermented components. The exact ingredients and protocols are not detailed on the blend page.

What wasn't added?

No single country, region, farm, producer, variety, process, altitude, harvest, or roast level is assigned to the complete blend.

Why it matters

This corrects the prior single-origin Mexico framing and prevents older Grape Soda formulations from being mixed with the current release.

What you might taste

Grape soda, grape candy, mango candy, and red fruit punch.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/products/r-the-future-grape-soda
  • · https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/collections/the-coffee-archive?page=5
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 2026-10-26) 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

Fellow's tasting and older community posts describe prior Grape Soda formulations. Cherrybook's score mixes generic roaster reputation and non-release-specific signals. All were excluded from exact-release sentiment.

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