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Tanzania Southern Highlands Peaberry

A washed peaberry with hints of melon, cola, and a creamy body.

Tastes like:MelonColaCreamy
Never flavored. No natural flavors, no oils, no chemicals. These notes are just what Jess, our licensed Q Grader, tastes at the cupping table. The best coffee does this on its own.
Smooth, never bitter Roast date printed on the bag Espresso or drip, your call About $1 a cup at home
From a 5x Good Food Award winning roastery · verify at goodfoodfdn.org Every coffee approved by Jess, licensed Q Grader.
Grind
Weight
12oz ≈ 18 cups · roasted to order · date on every bag
One-Time Purchase $23
about $1.28 a cup
Roasted this week in Lancaster. Date printed on the bag.
Enjoy it or we make it right. Fewer than 1 in 500 bags come back.
Good Food Awards winner5x Good FoodAward winner· Global Coffee Awards8x Global CoffeeAward winner· U.S. Barista ChampionshipU.S. BaristaSemi-finalists
Is the subscription a trap?
No. Skip, swap or cancel anytime, no fees, and we send a reminder email before every charge so nothing sneaks up on you. It's 10% off (up to 24% when you build a box) and free shipping for letting us plan our roasting, that's the whole deal.
What it tastes like
Melon, Cola, Creamy. No burnt edge, no sour surprise. Cream and sugar welcome, no judgment.
Roast + sourcing
We buy direct from people we know, at prices we're proud of. Jess, a licensed Q Grader who chaired national coffee competitions, tastes and approves every component in this blend. Five Good Food Awards say the system works.
Brew it however you like
Tanzania Southern Highlands Peaberry is built to be forgiving. Drip machine, pour over, french press, espresso, it lands smooth in all of them. Pick your grind above and we'll grind it for your setup, or go whole bean and grind at home.
Shipping + freshness
We roast five days a week and ship your bag right after it's roasted, with the roast date printed on it. Coffee is best between days 3 and 14. Subscribers always ship free, and one-time orders ship free over $55.
The full story

Tanzania Southern Highlands Peaberry

A washed peaberry from Tanzania's Southern Highlands, offering a creamy body, gentle sweetness, and refreshingly unique flavors of honeydew melon and cola.

This coffee is produced by hundreds of smallholder farmers throughout Tanzania's Southern Highlands, where ripe coffee cherries are handpicked and delivered to nearby washing stations for processing. After depulping, the coffee is washed and carefully dried for 9–14 days, resulting in a cup with remarkable clarity, sweetness, and balance.

What makes this lot especially distinctive is that it is composed entirely of peaberries—a naturally occurring mutation found in only a small percentage of coffee cherries. While most cherries develop two flat-sided beans, a peaberry forms when only one round seed fully develops inside the fruit. These beans are carefully separated during milling and combined into their own lot, creating a coffee prized for its rarity and beautifully consistent cup.

The result is a refreshingly elegant coffee with delicate notes of honeydew melon supported by a creamy, almost syrupy body and a gentle, lingering sweetness that reminds us of cola. Its soft acidity and clean finish make it equally enjoyable brewed as filter coffee or enjoyed with milk as espresso.

Mellow & Herbaceous
Tanzania Southern Highlands Peaberry
The spec sheet
Origin
Single Origin · Southern Highlands, Tanzania
Farm
many smallholders
Process
Washed
Elevation
1,200-1,900 msl
Varieties
Blue Mountain, Bourbon, Kilimanjaro, Luwiro
Notes
Melon · Cola · Creamy
The name, not just a claim

Proof you can check.

We buy direct from people we know. Carolina's family grows our Colombia Mina Rica in Antioquia and delivers it to the roastery themselves. Every bag we ship has the roast date printed on it, so you never have to guess how old your coffee is.

Good Food Awards winner seal Judged, not self-declared. Five Good Food Awards.
At the farm Coffee cherries Drying beds At origin
Jess leading a tasting around the table
The palate behind the lineup

Every coffee here was approved by Jess. Licensed Q Grader. Past chair, SCA U.S. Competitions Committee.

People switch. Then they stay.

Us versus them

Not overhyped. Not overpriced.

Price per cup
Freshness
Awards
Who gets paid
SQ1
Price per cupAbout $1 at home
FreshnessRoast date printed on every bag
Awards5x Good Food Award winner, judged
Who gets paidThe farmer and the barista
The chains + grocery aisle
Price per cup$6 to $7 at the counter
FreshnessRoasted last quarter
AwardsMarketing badges
Who gets paidA private jet

Fair questions.

Is it actually better, or just marketed better?
Judged, not self-declared. Square One has won five Good Food Awards, and every coffee is approved by a licensed Q Grader. If Tanzania Southern Highlands Peaberry isn't the smoothest cup you've had all year, tell us and we make it right.
I don't have fancy gear. Will it still be good?
Yes. Tanzania Southern Highlands Peaberry is built to be forgiving. A basic drip machine and the "Medium" grind option will get you a genuinely great cup. No scale, no gooseneck kettle, no homework.
Is the subscription a trap?
No. Skip, swap or cancel anytime, no fees, and we send a reminder email before every charge so nothing sneaks up on you. It's 10% off (up to 24% when you build a box) and free shipping for letting us plan our roasting, that's the whole deal.
When does it ship?
We roast five days a week and your bag is roasted to order, then shipped right after with the roast date printed on it. Subscribers always ship free. One-time orders ship free over $55.
What if I hate it?
Tell us. Enjoy it or we make it right, that's the promise. We'll swap it for something closer to your taste or sort out a refund. No interrogation.

One bag. About a dollar a cup.

Roasted to order in Lancaster, roast date on the bag. Enjoy it or we make it right.

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