Kochere, Yirgacheffe
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
Bright, floral, citrus
- Roast
- Light
- Process
- Washed
- Best for
- Filter, pour-over
$18 250g
Six coffees from six farms, roasted in 5kg batches and shipped the same afternoon. Free delivery over $40, and a subscription that pauses when you do.
Whole bean, or ground for your method at checkout. Everything below is in stock and carries its roast date on the bag.
Northwind started in 2016 with a 5kg roaster in a Portland garage and a standing order from the cafe across the street. We still roast in small batches to order, still buy from the same six farms and cooperatives, and still ship the day we roast.
Nothing sits in a warehouse. If a bag reaches you more than three days after its roast date, something has gone wrong and we would like to hear about it.
How we brew it →

Invented customers for an invented roaster — the names and faces are generated, not real people.
The Espresso blend is the only coffee my machine has never fought me on. Four years, same bag, every four weeks.
They roast on Tuesday and it is on my bar Thursday. Nobody else I have worked with is that consistent about the date on the bag.
I had no idea what I liked. The sampler sorted that out in a fortnight and I have been on the Yirgacheffe ever since.
One throwaway customer sits behind this button: no password, no sign-up, nobody real. Use it to see what changes once the assistant knows who is asking.
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It is roasted the day it ships, and the roast date is printed on every bag. Rest it three to five days, then use it within four weeks.
Either — choose at checkout and we grind to your method. Whole bean keeps better, so it is what we send unless you tell us otherwise.
Canada, yes. Nowhere else yet: we would rather not send coffee somewhere it arrives stale.
Tell us within 14 days of delivery and we replace it or refund it, and you keep the bag. We would rather find you the right coffee than argue about a return.
Any time before the next roast date, from the account page or by asking the assistant. No notice period, no fee.
No. Northwind Coffee is a demonstration store for Busymate AI: real catalogue, real policies, real assistant — no orders, no payments, no real customers.
2-4 business days for $5, free over $40. Next-day $12 before 11:00. US and Canada. Full policy
Unopened within 30 days for a refund. Opened and not right? Tell us within 14 days — keep the coffee. Full policy
Every 2, 4 or 6 weeks, 15% off, free delivery, cancel any time. How it works
1:16, 195-205°F, 3-4 minutes for a pour-over, 30-45 seconds of bloom. Brew guide
Northwind is not a real roaster — it is a full-size sandbox for Busymate AI. Each block below is live on this page right now, with something to try and the exact instructions for doing the same on your own site.
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