{"product_id":"the-first-chair-ethiopia","title":"THE FIRST CHAIR — Ethiopia","description":"\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSidama Zone · Medium-Light Roast · 1,700–1,900 MASL · Full Natural · Heirloom Sidamo Cultivars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003eDave sat in Mr. Lee's chair as a client, fell for old-fashioned barbering, and went and became one himself. He found the original and devoted himself to it. So did this bean. Coffee wasn't invented in Ethiopia — it was discovered here, growing wild in these highlands centuries before anyone thought to put a price on it. So when we named a coffee for the master barber's chair, the seat you only earn by knowing the work better than anyone in the room, this is the one that gets it. Everything else in the world of coffee came after. Everyone's been chasing it ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003eWhat's in the bag isn't a named, bred, uniform variety like the rest of the catalog. It's a wild pool of thousands of indigenous heirloom plants — the deepest reservoir of coffee genetics on earth, the library every other origin borrows from. That's where the perfume comes from: ripe berry up top, caramel underneath, vanilla through the middle, and a floral finish that doesn't fade as the cup cools — it opens. We roast it medium-light on purpose, because going dark would bury the very thing that makes it the First Chair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003eThis is the origin of the entire tradition, dried whole-cherry on raised beds the way it's been done for a thousand years. Drink it black. Give it room. You're not drinking a coffee modeled on the original. You're drinking the original — the same way Dave didn't copy the trade, he went and lived it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003eRoasted in small batches after you order. Never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003eWant the whole story — the soil, the altitude, the science behind the cup? \u003cspan title=\"Blocked URL: #\" class=\"text-gray-500\"\u003eRead the  full \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bladeandbean.com\/pages\/terroir\" title=\"TERROIR\"\u003eterroir breakdown deep dive.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"my-medium border-t border-separator-2\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-1 antialiased text-base font-regular text-left whitespace-pre-wrap leading-relaxed animate-fade-in\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temecula Coffee Roaster","offers":[{"title":"Whole Bean \/ 1 LB","offer_id":52445182624020,"sku":"C-ETHIOPIA NATURAL-WH-1LB-BL","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Whole Bean \/ 12oz","offer_id":52445182591252,"sku":"C-ETHIOPIA NATURAL-WH-12OZ-BL","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard \/ 1 LB","offer_id":52445182460180,"sku":"C-ETHIOPIA NATURAL-ST-1LB-BL","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard \/ 12oz","offer_id":52445182427412,"sku":"C-ETHIOPIA NATURAL-ST-12OZ-BL","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/5968\/5140\/files\/Ethiopia_First_Chair_Product_Thumbnail_75d89613-1500-427d-b515-fdede8fff126.png?v=1780768738","url":"https:\/\/bladeandbean.com\/products\/the-first-chair-ethiopia","provider":"Blade \u0026 Bean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}