Guatemala - Santa Elisa 12oz Coffee

Based in San Diego, Dark Horse Coffee Roasters started with a single café in 2013, and they have since expanded to several locations across San Diego as well as Hawaii. In addition to priding themselves on roasting specialty coffees in-house, they also take pride in the relationships they foster, whether that be with the farmers who grow their coffee or the customers who drink it. Their company motto, "Enjoy with friends," ties in with that ethos, and it perhaps explains why they offer such a wide variety of roasts and blends — so everyone can find their ideal cup of coffee, no matter their individual tastes.

Dark Horse's Santa Elisa coffee is a medium roast consisting of single-origin beans from Guatemala which are finished in a "washed" process. In the washed process, machines remove the skin and most of the fruit of the coffee cherry shortly after harvesting, and the remains are then soaked to remove any fruit left behind before drying. The washed process allows the bean's origin flavor to come through clearly, in this case bringing out notes of dried apricot and salted caramel.