Press Coffee Roasters

Twelve of Press Coffee Roasters' 22 active coffees are roasted medium-light. That is more than half the shelf sitting at one setting, and it is the loudest thing the catalog data says. The roastery works out of Phoenix, from an address on North 32nd Street.

Single origins carry this catalog. There are 14 of them against eight blends, which puts blends at 36 percent of what is active, and those 14 singles come from 11 different countries, so most origins on the list appear exactly once. That is a wide, thin sourcing pattern, the kind that produces a shelf where two coffees rarely repeat the same story.

Prices run $16 to $44 for 12 ounces with a median of $21.50, which leaves room for both an everyday bag and something scarcer. Two coffees are decaf. Acidity averages medium and body averages medium, a pair of readings that puts this roaster in the middle of the range rather than at either extreme, which is what you would expect from a catalog anchored at medium-light rather than at the ends of the dial.

Single Origins

Blends

Roast Profile & Flavor Range

The distribution is lopsided in one direction. Twelve coffees are medium-light, three are medium, three are medium-dark, two are light, and two are dark. Nothing else comes close to that medium-light block.

Processing tells a different story from roasting, because it scatters. Across 14 single origins there are washed lots, naturals, a honey, an anaerobic, a wet-hulled coffee, and two more that the catalog does not sort into any standard bucket. Five of the 14 are plain washed. So roughly two thirds carry a process decision beyond the default.

Eleven origin countries feed those singles, spread across Latin America, East Africa, and Southeast Asia, and only three of the 11 supply more than one coffee. Prices span $16 to $44 at 12 ounces.

What Press Coffee Roasters Coffees Tend to Taste Like

Chocolate dominates. The plain chocolate tag alone appears on eight coffees, milk chocolate accounts for three more, and dark and baker's variants sit behind those, which makes cocoa in one form or another the connecting thread across an otherwise scattered catalog.

Fruit comes second and it leans red. Strawberry shows up on four coffees and stone fruit on three, with lemon and orange adding a citrus edge on two apiece.

Then there is the quieter group. Black tea is tagged on three coffees, which is a texture note as much as a flavor one, and nutty and nougat descriptors add a soft, confectionery weight underneath. Put together, the note set reads as sweet and mild rather than sharp. A shopper expecting the hard acidity that light roasting can produce will find something gentler here.

Why Buy Press Coffee Roasters

• One clear roast target: Twelve of 22 coffees land at medium-light, so the house style is easy to predict before the bag arrives.

• Eleven countries, 14 singles: Sourcing spreads across three continents, with most origins appearing only once.

• A usable price floor: Bags start at $16 for 12 ounces and the median is $21.50, which keeps experimenting affordable.

• Chocolate with red fruit on top: The note set reads as cocoa underneath and strawberry above, with black tea sitting quietly behind both.

Is Press Coffee Roasters Right for You?

Good fit for someone who buys single origins and likes variety. Fourteen singles from 11 countries in a 22-coffee catalog means the shelf turns over geography quickly, and the $16 floor makes it cheap to sample before committing.

Less good if you drink dark. Two dark roasts out of 22 is a token presence. It is also a thin catalog for espresso-first buyers, since blends are only 36 percent of what is active and the medium-light center of gravity is aimed more at filter brewing than at a double shot pulled for milk.

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