Bottleneck

BottleneckAbout the Coffee Bottleneck is Detour's year round blend, built to shift with the seasons. Rather than locking in a fixed recipe, Detour selects coffees from different farms and cooperatives each season to maintain a consistent flavour profile as individual lots come and go. The current iteration draws from Ethiopia and Peru, both processed using the washed method, which involves removing the fruit from the coffee cherry before drying to emphasize

That competitive background shapes how the team approaches sourcing and roasting

which gives you a sense of how seriously the team approaches the quality side of what they do

Yeast inoculation means a specific strain of yeast is introduced during fermentation to guide the flavor development in a predictable direction

but shared an interest in specialty coffee and a frustration with how inaccessible it often felt

Made in Europe

This approach puts the focus squarely on the bean itself rather than any flavors picked up from prolonged fruit contact during drying

British Columbia

Their sourcing philosophy centres on three things: relationships with the people growing the coffee

"Roasti caught my attention on Reddit forums

the coffee goes through a co-fermentation stage with watermelon and yeast

For farmers

It requires careful monitoring: too much heat or uneven drying and the coffee can turn musty or overfermented