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Archival Release #37 - Jose Salazar Cup of Excellence 6th Place

Archival Release #37 - Jose Salazar Cup of Excellence 6th Place

Passenger Coffee

About This Coffee

An archival lot from producer José Salazar (Cup of Excellence 6th Place) preserved in freezer storage for three years. The coffee offers pronounced fruit-forward character—berry jam, kiwi, mango—with toffee-like sweetness, expansive mouthfeel, and flavors of cherry candy, peach, and blackcurrant. Specific origin, processing, and varietal details are not listed.

Origin

Flavor Notes

Peach, Berry Jam, Cherry Candy

Roast Level

Processing

Typology

PC

Passenger Coffee

Passenger Coffee put Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the global coffee map when it was founded in 2014. They are famous for their frozen preservation technique, where they freeze green coffee immediately to stop it from aging, allowing you to taste vintage harvests that are still shockingly fresh. Their roasting style is super elegant and precise, leaning towards lighter profiles that prioritize clarity, sparkling acidity, and sweetness over heavy body. As a certified B Corp, they are also incredibly serious about ethics, publishing detailed transparency reports that prove they treat their producers as real partners rather than just suppliers.

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