September Coffee | Monkaaba SL-28 - Colombia

September Coffee Co is the lovechild of one of favourite coffee Youtubers Kyle Roswell. Kyle with his wife Natasha embody what we love about this industry. A transparent coffee company dedicated to bringing innovative and modern coffee flavours to the world. With an enduring work ethos, Kyle and Natasha run one of the most exciting roasters in Canada. Happy to be the first to carry September Coffee Co in Toronto. 

In their words:

We exist to highlight.

"we are a micro roastery in Canada's capital, Ottawa. we believe coffee is more than a caffeine fix. it's highlighting farmers, producers, processing methods, terroir, and variety that all work together to produce a quality result. our goal is to share coffees we love while highlighting this foundation"

Our approach.

"Our core mission at September is to share coffee we love. we are careful to source coffees that are not only delicious but source them direct or from importers that we believe live within the ethics of our values.

for our shower series we roast to highlight the work of producers while aiming for just enough development to allow a coffee to shine. this is how the larger majority of our menu is designed.

We also realize that not everyone is a fan of this style of coffee and we're not here to judge. In fact we believe many coffees benefit from a different roasting profile. We have our storm series for those who prefer coffees with added development for increased texture, colour and solubility while still highlighting a modern and delicate approach to coffee with great balance".†

We aim to offer all our coffees as soon as they arrive ensuring you receive them as close to their roast date as possible. However, September coffees shine 10 - 14 days after roast and keep up to 2 months. Best enjoyed slowly and thoughtfully.

Unreal coffee!

Each producer follows their own process. Coffees were blended at delivery to the Monkaaba bodega to make an exportable lot. This SL28 blend features two of the producers that were in the first SL28 blend exported by Monkaaba, Esnaider Ortega and Damian Bolaños, and in a small quantity, a new female member of the project, Maria Alejandra Astudillo. All four of these growers are producers who have been committed to succeeding in the specialty market for years, and a part of that strategy has been to add new and unique varieties to their repertoire as a means of differentiation within the quality market. Of course, as is often the case with this group, the benefit of the whole is always prioritized. It was Esnaider and Augusto Ortega who first had SL28 seeds, and they proceeded to distribute them to various other growers in the Monkaaba network with the hope of seeing all of these producers benefit from this prized variety. Esnaider and others began planting SL28 in late 2020, and as is common knowledge of varietals or exotic varieties, it’s taken four years for these trees to produce anything of consequence. Even still, the first fruits of these types of crops were very limited, and as such, we made the collective decision to blend these coffees to see them exported and build a client base for these coffees going forward.

Instant classic.