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Aster Multiserve Craft Instant Coffee
- farmThis is a rotating collective blend from many Ethiopian smallholdings; no single farm is named.
- producerVerve credits thousands of smallholding farmers but does not identify individual producers.
- regionThe exact product page gives Ethiopia but no stable subnational region for the rotating blend.
- varietyCultivars vary seasonally and are not enumerated.
- altitudeVerve supplies a 1,500–2,000-meter range rather than a single elevation, so no midpoint was inferred.
- instant preservationVerve says the brewed coffee is preserved but does not disclose the preservation or dehydration technology.
- public sentimentNo verified independent exact-release review or rating was found.
FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.
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- 01The name on the bagAster Multiserve Craft Instant Coffee
- 02The brand
- 03The roaster
- 04The varietyVaries seasonally
- 05The farmVarious Ethiopian smallholdings
- 06The farmerVarious smallholding farmers
- 07The regionEthiopia
- 08The country
Verve credits thousands of Ethiopian smallholders, often farming less than one hectare, while noting that the blend’s seasonal components change.
Verve Coffee Roasters describes Aster as a vibrant and complex blend that offers an easy-sipping experience with notes of nectarine, key lime, and brown sugar.
A soluble presentation of Verve’s flagship Ethiopian blend that preserves its seasonal smallholder sourcing while offering 14 servings from a 70-gram pouch.
WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?
Confirmed the $25 price, 70 g and 125 g pouch options, sold-out status, medium roast, Ethiopian sourcing, washed components, tasting notes, serving counts, and 5 g/10 oz preparation.
Kept the product attributed to thousands of Ethiopian smallholders without assigning a single farm, producer, region, cultivar, or fixed component percentage.
A third-party seller listing had no reviews and materially conflicting pricing, so it was not used for public sentiment or commercial verification.
Structured $25 USD price and refreshed sold-out verification.
No individual farm or producer, fixed region, cultivar mix, component percentages, instant-preservation technology, public rating, or original tasting score was inferred.
The structured commercial fields now match Verve's exact product and official instant-coffee collection while the rotating Ethiopian blend remains represented at the correct level of specificity.
Verve lists nectarine, key lime, and brown sugar; these are roaster-provided descriptors.
- · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/aster-multiserve-craft-instant-coffee
- · https://www.vervecoffee.com/collections/instant-craft-coffee
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What the internet is saying about this coffee
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Seller pages, directories, generic Verve reviews, and reviews of the separate six-packet Aster product were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review or rating remains.
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