About the Coffee Benchmark is a seasonal blend built around two origins: Minas Gerais in Brazil and Cauca in Colombia. Minas Gerais is Brazil's most productive coffee state, sitting on a high plateau where the dry season allows for natural processing (where the whole coffee cherry dries around the bean before milling). Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, runs along the Andes at elevations that slow the growing cycle and support washed processing (where the fruit is removed before drying). The varieties here are Catucai, a Brazilian hybrid bred for disease resistance and yield, and Caturra, a compact Colombian variety known for producing consistent, clean cups. Blending a natural and a washed coffee is a practical choice. The Brazilian natural adds body and sweetness. The Colombian washed brings structure and brightness. Together they balance each other out in a way that makes Benchmark easy to dial in at home, whether you're pulling espresso or brewing it in a drip machine. Pallet revisits the blend seasonally, adjusting the ratio or the component lots to keep the profile consistent as harvests change. The goal is reliability: a coffee that tastes the same cup to cup, month to month. Pallet calls this their house blend for a reason. It's designed to be approachable without being dull, and consistent without being flat. The name says it plainly: it's the standard everything else gets measured against. About Pallet Coffee Roasters Pallet Coffee Roasters was founded in East Vancouver in late 2014. The idea from the start was to make specialty coffee feel accessible rather than intimidating, something the whole neighbourhood could get behind, not just people already deep into coffee culture. Their sourcing is built on long-term relationships with specific farmers and producers. Rather than buying on the commodity market, they work with the same partners over multiple harvests, which gives them more visibility into how the coffee is grown and processed before it arrives at their roastery. "I stumbled on Pallet's Semlin Drive location while wandering around Vancouver nearly a decade ago, and since then, they've become a major player in Vancouver's coffee scene. Like a lot of roasters we feature, Pallet's strength is roasting coffees brilliantly across the spectrum - whether you're into darker coffees, brighter coffees, or something in between." - Dean, Director of Coffee
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