Huckleberry Roasters was started in 2011 in Denver, CO with a foundational belief that our business should build a local & global sense of collective culture and community through coffee. HUCK, as it is affectionately known to locals, invests in people — from its producer partners, to its wholesale partners, to its staff and guests — and extends into its community. HUCK creates impactful coffee experiences, seeking to make coffee approachable, enjoyable and rewarding for everyone on its journey from farm to cup. We are coffee people — we take our work seriously, and feel a responsibility to do our work with intentionality. At the same time, specialty coffee remains intimidating & unwelcoming for many coffee drinkers, so HUCK seeks to be friendly & approachable to all people and we strive to ensure that everyone's cup is always being filled (and not just with coffee.). Huckleberry is a coffee company for people — all people.
Flavors
Blue Orchid BlendBlue Orchid is Huckleberry’s house espresso blend. We serve this coffee every day in our cafes, and it is designed to be approachable, both as espresso and as a brewed coffee, with and without milk. If you’ve ever had a great latte experience at one of Huckleberry’s cafes, Blue Orchid was the base.
While the Blue Orchid blend does change frequently, we try to maintain a sweet, full-bodied, chocolate and caramel flavor profile by using Central and South American coffees specifically chosen for those qualities. This is great tasting comfort coffee, and is a well-rounded crowd pleaser, especially if some of that crowd likes cream in their cup, or is still making the transition from darker roast profiles into specialty coffee. We love intense floral aromatics, but some mornings we just want the chocolate, toffee, and a bit of milk in our mug, and for those days, Blue Orchid is our go-to.
The current version of Blue Orchid is a blend of Brazil Pocos de Caldas and Peru Aldea Laurel.
Sound and Vision BlendStarted out with a chocolatey, full-bodied Latin American base very similar to Blue Orchid, and kicked it up just a tiny bit with a small amount of natural-processed East African goodness. A tiny bit of fruit and brightness to keep the more discerning palates satisfied, but also plenty of comforting, traditional flavors for folks who want their coffee to taste “bold” or “like coffee, damnit.” Confident on its own, but also plays very well with milk.
Phantom LimbPhantom Limb is the wildest of Huckleberry’s blends. We conceived Phantom Limb to focus on fruit-forward flavors that one might not expect from a traditional espresso or drip blend.
Phantom Limb is an East African showcase, highlighting both natural and washed coffees. Phantom Limb will taste great as espresso and drip, but is intended to showcase the unexpected, unique flavors of its components - jam and berries from the natural process and the lemonade, clean, floral goodness we love in washed Africans - rather than adhere to anyone’s idea of a “traditional” espresso. If you want to think about it in terms of candy, Blue Orchid is your Tootsie Roll or Milky Way, Phantom is your bag of Jolly Ranchers or pack of Starbursts.
