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Time Travel with Your Cup: Passenger Coffee Unveils a 10-Year-Old Harvest

Time Travel with Your Cup: Passenger Coffee Unveils a 10-Year-Old Harvest

Listen up: Pennsylvania’s Passenger Coffee is rewriting the rules of freshness by serving a Kenya Kiriani Peaberry harvested a decade ago. The roaster’s bold move—freezing green coffee at peak quality and releasing it years later—blurs the line between preservation and artistry. This isn’t just about nostalgia; it’s a statement on how specialty coffee can defy time. The 2016 crop, frozen and untouched until now, arrives with jammy blackcurrant sweetness and vibrant citrus tones, proving that patience can enhance, not diminish, a cup. Passenger’s freezing program, tested since 2014 and scaled in 2017, isn’t just a gimmick. It’s a strategic shift…
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Time Capsule Brew: Passenger Coffee Unveils 10-Year-Old Roast

Time Capsule Brew: Passenger Coffee Unveils 10-Year-Old Roast

Here’s something to stir your curiosity: Passenger Coffee is unearthing a 10-year-old harvest, defying time and tradition in the specialty coffee world. The Pennsylvania roaster is releasing a Kenya Kiriani Peaberry from 2016, frozen green coffee since harvest, as a bold experiment in preservation. This isn’t just about nostalgia—it’s a statement on how roasters are redefining freshness, quality, and the economics of coffee. The 2016 harvest, now a decade old, was frozen immediately after processing, locking in its peak condition. Passenger’s approach mirrors wine vintages, but with coffee’s unique challenges. Freezing green coffee—a practice pioneered by brands like George Howell…
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