Tamana Natural, Colombia Instant Coffee represents our ninth release of Instant Coffee. We collaborated with Swift Cup Coffee to bring this offering to market. Just tear open a packet, mix it with about 10 ounces of hot or cold water, and stir. The resulting brew is the next best thing to a freshly brewed cup at one of our coffee bars.

Are you doing a double take at this product? That makes sense because most freeze-dried/instant coffee is absolutely terrible. That is because the worst of the worst coffee is used to make most of the products in the grocery stores. We have been tasting soluble coffee from other roasters and have been impressed with the results. Our R&D process was lengthy and we found the brewing and dehydration process used by Swift Cup offered the best representation of our coffees.

The specialty Tamana Natural, Colombia Instant Coffee is an amazing alternative to all those times when you can’t get to a Blueprint Coffee Bar or you don’t have your scale, dripper, and burr grinder with you. Some great situations for Blueprint Instant:

• Camping
• Smoothies
• Cooking/Baking
• Visiting your parents over the holiday…..(we see you 26-month-old can of store brand)
• The office
• A pack in the glove box for road trips
• In your purse/bag for when you can’t make it to the coffee shop before work
• Tucked into a saddle bag to turn that water bottle into a cold brew along your century ride
• On a long flight
• Hotel rooms

CONSUME BY OCTOBER 2026

ABOUT FINCA TAMANA

This is the seventh harvest we have purchased from Elias Roa Parra’s Finca Tamana. It has been a privilege to share in this partnership and witness the transformation of his farm over time. When Elias first purchased Finca Tamana, his family lived in a makeshift shelter on the land while planting their first crops. Today, the farm employs approximately 50 workers during the harvest season to collect coffee cherries on 40 hectares of cultivated land.

Elias is grateful for the harvesters who work at Finca Tamana, saying their relationship is one of “great friendship.” According to Elias, the farm places importance on paying competitive wages and providing good food and hospitality to its workers. Meeting the high-quality sorting and processing standards of the specialty coffee market requires skill, refinement, and knowledge. It is not easy to find people who can do this skilled processing. Elias credits his employees as the ones who ultimately make the business grow. Our commitment to purchasing coffees from Finca Tamana harvest after harvest helps make this investment into employees possible. Elias shared that our early contracts with him and our loyalty through the years have made a big impact.

During a visit to Finca Tamana last summer, our green buyer Cher was excited to learn that Elias was beginning to naturally process some of his coffees. A cupping confirmed that “this was very much what we expect from a great natural Colombia,” shares Cher: a sweet, full-bodied cup with notes of cherry, brownie, grape, and fruit cordial. This is our first purchase of a natural lot from Finca Tamana, with hopes of more to come.

TEAM TASTE NOTES

cherry, brownie, spice, grape, fruit cordial