We don’t create new blends that often at Fundamental Coffee but every so often we find a few truly special coffees that inspire us to attempt some alchemy. As big fans of Asia Pacific coffee, we have always been interested in the coffees grown along the Silk Road, especially those from Indonesia and more recently the highland coffees grown in the Lam Dong Province in Vietnam.

The Silk Road inspired so much commercial and cultural exchange from spices, textiles, music and culinary tradition it seemed right to name this blend after one of the world’s fascinating trade routes.

Fundamental Silk Road Blend is anchored by two special coffees from Vietnam and completed with rare Indonesian coffee from Toraja, Sulawesi. Vietnam Opal Bold Reserve is grown near Da Lat in the Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands. The coffees in the region are grown by small scale farmers at high elevation and using exacting standards. Opal Bold is processed using the wet-hulling method which yields a spicy, herbal and mild aged tobacco note. Lotus Lam Dong is grown in the same region however is a washed process coffee which delivers a more mild, sweet and chocolate flavor. Rounding out the blend is a spicy, triple picked Toraja coffee from the K-shaped Indonesian Island of Sulawesi.

In the cup, Fundamental Silk Road Blend offers an exotic combination of sweet herbal spices, roasted green pepper, basil and a milk chocolate aftertaste. This blend will welcome in the fall season with the elegance of turning leaves, shorter days and perhaps a meal inspired by the countries that lie along the Silk Road.