September - Letty Bermudez

The Coffee:

Diego Bermudez and the El Paraiso crew just pulled another high altitude flex from 1,930 meters in Cauca: late 2025 Geisha cherries depulped and fermented with tropical yeast, then hit with a double anaerobic treatment and thermal shock wash before a careful dehumidifier dry. The cup is pure candy shop nostalgia intense peach ring and fuzzy peach sweetness layered over delicate oolong florals, with a long, lingering sweet finish that stays clean and elegant the whole way through. Light roast, clean funky, experimental as expected. When the Bermudez family treats Geisha like precision science, this is the kind of peachy, floral magic that shows up in the cup.

The Roaster:

Kyle Rowsell is the co-founder of September Coffee Company, a specialty micro-roastery based in Ottawa, Canada.

He started the company in 2022 with his wife Natasha Rowsell. Before launching the roastery, Kyle built a solid following as a YouTuber and coffee educator, creating approachable content on home brewing, gear, and specialty coffee. 

September emphasizes light, bright, sweet, and clean single-origin coffees, often featuring interesting processes and direct or carefully chosen relationships with small producers. They roast on a Loring and run a small “Studio” micro-café at their roasting facility.