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Rwanda · Abadatezuka cooperative · Nyamasheke · Bourbon

Red apple. Red wine. Mandarin. Hazelnut. Raspberry.

Tasting notes describe aroma and flavor, not ingredients. These are the roaster’s notes for this coffee.

More than 1,000 volatile compounds have been identified in roasted coffee.

Only about 5% are perceptible to your nose.

Three molecules.

Three of coffee’s key aroma compounds, as described in coffee research. Most of coffee’s aroma is made in the roast.

Nyamasheke. Western Province, Rwanda. 1,850 to 2,200 meters.

Grown by the small farmers of the Abadatezuka cooperative, who deliver their coffee to the Cyato washing station.

Altitude means cooler air, and cooler air shows in the cup: on Réunion Island, researchers found acidity, fruit and overall quality typical of coffees grown in cooler climates.

Nyamasheke District, Rwanda · 2°22′S 29°09′E

Real terrain: the hills of Nyamasheke above Lake Kivu, Rwanda. Elevation: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen/Tilezen) on AWS Open Data; SRTM and GMTED2010 data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Altitude band as published by the producer.

From this hill to your table.

  1. The farmers. The Abadatezuka cooperative’s small farmers grow it in Rwanda’s Western Province and deliver it to the Cyato washing station.
  2. The washing station. Processed with anaerobic fermentation, sealed away from oxygen, for a distinct flavor impact and increased intensity of fruity notes; then dried as a honey, with some of the fruit’s mucilage left on the seed.
  3. Joel. Roasts it at Café ZunZun in Cypress, Texas, on a Loring S15, twice a week.
  4. Brandon. Brings it to your venue within 3 days of roasting. Intricate Coffee is Café ZunZun’s distributor for Shenandoah and The Woodlands.

Roasted by Joel at Café ZunZun on a Loring S15: hot air, not hot metal.

Every profile is saved and repeated, batch after batch.

Most of coffee’s aroma compounds are made in the roast, as sugars and amino acids react: the Maillard reaction.

Loring puts the fuel and greenhouse-gas savings at up to 80% compared with conventional roasters.

Personally delivered by Brandon within 3 days of roasting.

We don’t ship samples and hope for the best. We show up.

Now taste it.

Thirty minutes at your venue. A perfected pour-over and a SOUP shot, brewed in front of you. No commitment.

“It bothers us if your eyes don’t roll on the first sip.”

Joel, who roasts it, and Brandon, who brings it
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A personal tasting at your venue. About 30 minutes. No commitment.

Brandon brings the coffee, the water and the kit, and brews two cups in front of you. Then you decide if it fits.

What happens in the thirty minutes

  1. Your venue and your goals.
  2. A guided tasting: a perfected pour-over and a SOUP shot, side by side.
  3. How it could fit your outlets, and what happens next.

Who to invite: your F&B lead, your chef or sommelier, and an outlet manager. For a club: the general manager and whoever runs the café.

Bring your questions: Equipment and setup. Staff dial-in. Delivery rhythm. Formats and bag sizes. Pricing and minimums. The paperwork your purchasing team needs. Brandon answers them with you at the tasting.

Request a personal tasting

About 30 minutes · At your venue · No commitment

Two brews at your tasting

Pour-over

A perfected pour-over: grind, water and pour dialed in for the coffee in front of you.

SOUP: Spro burrs, Only Un-Pressurized

Ground on espresso (“spro”) burrs, a little coarser than for espresso, and brewed at under 1 bar of pressure instead of espresso’s 9. Filter-like clarity at near-espresso intensity.

Custom roast profiles

Custom roast profiles, tuned to your palate: brighter fruit or richer body, more variety or something simpler. We develop yours with you, starting at the tasting.

Where it pours.

Hotels, resorts and residences

Breakfast, the lobby lounge, private dining, after dinner, guest suites, the spa, banquets: one house coffee, or a different cup for each moment. For residences: the residents’ lounge, the owners’ bar and private dining.

Athletic and wellness clubs

A coffee ritual for members: the café, the lounge, the coworking floor, or a hosted member tasting. Single-ingredient coffee, traceable to the farm, and a decaf made with water only.

Fine dining

A pour-over or a SOUP shot beside dessert, chosen with your chef or sommelier, and a decaf worth listing.

Executive offices

The client meeting, the boardroom, the first cup of a long day. Coffee your guests will ask about.

Ideas to explore together at your tasting.

Every cup has its own mountain.

Eleven coffees in stock at Café ZunZun as of October 4, 2026: 6 single origins, 3 for espresso, a house blend and a Swiss Water® decaf.

The lineup follows the roaster’s shop, so it changes with the harvest. Producer, place, altitude, process, variety, notes and the short stories are the roaster’s own words. Tap a coffee to pour its notes.

Single origins

Abadatezuka Cooperative

Abadatezuka Cooperative is a group of small farmers in Rwanda's Western Province who deliver their coffee to the Cyato Washing Station for processing.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: Abadatezuka Cooperative is a group of small farmers in Rwanda's Western Province who deliver their coffee to the Cyato Washing Station for processing. This coffee was intentionally processed utilizing anaerobic fermentation, creating a distinct flavor impact, with increased intensity of fruity notes. Honey-processed coffees go through steps similar to washed process, with the difference in the amount of mucilage left on the seed before drying.

APCERL (Asociacion de Productores de Cafe Ecologico Regional Larecaja)

This coffee is an offering from APCERL (Asociacion de Productores de Cafe Ecologico Regional Larecaja), a cooperative of coffee-growing communities in the valleys of Madidi National Park.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: This coffee is an offering from APCERL (Asociacion de Productores de Cafe Ecologico Regional Larecaja), a cooperative of coffee-growing communities in the valleys of Madidi National Park. Organic and Bird Friendly certified, they grow coffee under sustainable agroforestry systems protecting biodiversity and wildlife habitats.

APCERL: Organic and Bird Friendly certified (the producer's certification, as the roaster states it).

Rebuild Women Hope cooperative

This coffee comes from the women coffee producers of Idjwi island, members of the cooperative “Rebuild Women Hope”.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: This coffee comes from the women coffee producers of Idjwi island, members of the cooperative “Rebuild Women Hope”. The coop helps women take charge of their lives through entrepreneurship and self-reliance. Idjwi island is located in the middle of lake Kivu, along the border of Rwanda, where coffee has long been the main source of income. The soil in Kalehe has young coffee plants which have been regenerated over the last 3 years.

Finca Sol Colibri

Regenified certified, meaning that nature-based solutions are used to help heal the soil, restoring the ecosystem to a high level of functionality while building the land's biodiversity.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: Regenified certified, meaning that nature-based solutions are used to help heal the soil, restoring the ecosystem to a high level of functionality while building the land's biodiversity. This includes a complex incorporation of trees, grasses and ferns throughout the land and between the coffee plants. The soil self regulates nutrients, and create more capacity for the ground to absorb rain water and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Farm: Finca Sol Colibri, a beacon of organic farming for more than 20 years. Its owner, Arturo Segura recently opted for a comprehensive soil analysis to substantiate his organic methods, leading to Finca Sol Colibri reaching a "Regenified Tier 5" certification, the highest grade with Regenified.

Finca Sol Colibri: Regenified certified (the producer's certification, as the roaster states it).

Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative

Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative: founded in 1995 by a group of smallholder farmers from indigenous groups in the area.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative: founded in 1995 by a group of smallholder farmers from indigenous groups in the area. (Comon Yaj Noptic means "all of us think.") Today there are about 160 producer members, growing coffee in ideal conditions of altitude, a lush environment, and high-quality coffee varieties. The organization earned its organic certificate in 2003 and its Fair Trade certification in 2009.

Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative: Organic and Fair Trade certified (the producer's certification, as the roaster states it).

Café Brisa Serena (CBS)

This coffee is sourced from family-owned farms organized around Café Brisa Serena (CBS).

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: This coffee is sourced from family-owned farms organized around Café Brisa Serena (CBS). CBS is a social enterprise founded in 2010 helping more than 400 small producers to achieve organic certification and establish better farm management practices. It provides as well quality control training and helps improvements in the processing infrastructure like drying structures.

For espresso

A custom blend designed at ZunZun, with coffees from equatorial rainforest countries.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: A custom blend designed at ZunZun, with coffees from equatorial rainforest countries. Colombian beans give their best chocolaty tones, and the beans from Uganda add the berries notes.

Entre Sierras association

This coffee comes from the “Entre Sierras” association, based in the Perijá, mountains of the Cesar department in Colombia.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: This coffee comes from the “Entre Sierras” association, based in the Perijá, mountains of the Cesar department in Colombia. It groups small-scale farms that produce high-altitude specialty coffee. The project was created to help farmers return to and rebuild their land after decades of armed conflicts.

A custom blend designed at ZunZun, with coffees from rainforest countries.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: A custom blend designed at ZunZun, with coffees from rainforest countries. Colombian beans give their best chocolaty tones, and the beans from Sumatra add the earthy and fruity notes.

Rainforest Espresso is a blend name, not a certification.

The house blend

This coffee blends the smooth and sweet note from Bolivia and the robust body of the coffee from Congo, achieving a well balanced experience.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: This coffee blends the smooth and sweet note from Bolivia and the robust body of the coffee from Congo, achieving a well balanced experience. Both coffees come from farms on both sides of the world, with the same eco-consciousness, protecting bio-diversity, developing local communities and women producers while growing great coffee!

Without caffeine

Decaffeinated by the Swiss Water® Process: water only, no solvents.

More about this coffee

The roaster writes: Decaffeinated by the Swiss Water® Process: water only, no solvents. Swiss Water says it removes 99.9% of the caffeine.

A dash means the roaster publishes no altitude for that coffee. Tasting notes describe aroma and flavor, not ingredients. Producer certifications are stated as the roaster states them.

Your tasting: tap “Add to my tasting” on up to three coffees.

For your procurement team.

When purchasing asks for something in writing, send them this: everything we can document, on one page.

Intricate CoffeeProgram sheet · Last updated October 2026

The Intricate program sheet

For your procurement team. Everything we can document, on one page.

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The company

Intricate Coffee LLC, a Texas company. Owner: Brandon. Serving Shenandoah and The Woodlands, Texas. Café ZunZun’s distributor for the area.

How we start

A personal tasting at your venue, about 30 minutes, no commitment, with a perfected pour-over and SOUP.

The coffees

Eleven coffees in stock at Café ZunZun as of October 4, 2026: 6 single origins, 3 for espresso, a house blend and a Swiss Water® decaf.

Traceable to the farm where the roaster publishes it: producer, region, process and variety, with altitude where published. The lineup follows Café ZunZun’s shop and changes with the harvest.6

  • Bolivia Larecaja · Larecaja Province, Bolivia · APCERL (Asociacion de Productores de Cafe Ecologico Regional Larecaja) · Catimor, Catuai, Caturra, Washed · 1,350 m · sweet grapefruit, cascara, toffee, cashew fruit, cacao nibs
  • Congo Idjwi · Congo · Rebuild Women Hope cooperative · Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Fully Washed · 1,500–2,000 m · brown sugar, blood orange, molasses, pomelo
  • Costa Rica Sol Colibri · Santa Maria de Dota, Los Santos, Costa Rica · Finca Sol Colibri · Catuai, Honey · 1,600 m · caramel, vanilla, date, sweet mandarin
  • Emerald Grove Espresso · A blend designed at Café ZunZun · no published altitude ·
  • Ethiopia Sidama Decaf · Ethiopia · Indigenous landraces and Ethiopian Heirloom cultivars, Natural dry process, followed by Swiss Water Process for decaffeination · no published altitude · caramel, hazelnut, mandarin, lime
  • Golden Rivers House Blend · Bolivia Larecaja Province and Congo · Bourbon, Catimor, Catuai, Caturra, Washed · 1,350–2,000 m · blackberry, cocoa nibs, blood orange, green apple
  • Mexico Comon Yaj Noptic · Chiapas, Protected biosphere reserve El Triunfo, Mexico · Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative · Bourbon, Typica, Mundo Novo, Washed process · 1,000–1,800 m · caramel, papaya, sweet orange
  • Peace Espresso · Agustin Codazzi, Cesar Department, Colombia · Entre Sierras association · Castillo, Washed, Sun Dried · no published altitude · chocolate, floral, citrus, medium acidity
  • Rainforest Espresso · A blend designed at Café ZunZun · no published altitude ·
  • Rwanda Abadatezuca · Nyamasheke district, Western Province, Rwanda · Abadatezuka Cooperative · Bourbon, Anaerobic Honey · 1,850–2,200 m · red apple, red wine, mandarin, hazelnut, raspberry
  • Timor Ermera · Ermera Region, Timor Leste · Café Brisa Serena (CBS) · Typica and Timor Hybrid, Fully Washed, Dried on raised beds · 1,650 m · cascara, orange, sweet chocolate, lime

A dash means no published altitude. Tasting notes describe aroma and flavor, not ingredients. Producer, place, process, variety, notes and the short stories are the roaster’s own words; producer certifications are stated as the roaster states them.

The roast

Roasted by Joel at Café ZunZun, Cypress, Texas, on a Loring S15. Loring1:

  • “Single burner roasts beans and incinerates smoke”
  • “Up to 80% fuel savings and reduction of greenhouse gases in every roast compared to conventional roasters”
  • “Profiles can be saved and repeated consistently.”
Delivery

Personally delivered by Brandon within 3 days of roasting. Joel roasts twice a week.

Custom profiles

Custom roast profiles, tuned to your palate: brighter fruit or richer body, more variety or something simpler. We develop yours with you, starting at the tasting.

Decaf

Swiss Water® Process, water only, no solvents. Swiss Water says it removes 99.9% of the caffeine.2

SOUP

SOUP (“Spro burrs, Only Un-Pressurized”): ground on espresso burrs, a little coarser than for espresso, brewed at under 1 bar of pressure3 where espresso uses about 9.4 Filter-like clarity at near-espresso intensity.

SOUP isn’t ours: a community nickname popularized by DC in the Espresso Aficionados Discord’s “Soup Kitchen” thread (DC says he didn’t invent it), brought to a wide audience by Lance Hedrick.5

The blend name

Rainforest Espresso is a blend name, not a certification.

Bring your questions

Equipment and setup. Staff dial-in. Delivery rhythm. Formats and bag sizes. Pricing and minimums. The paperwork your purchasing team needs. Brandon answers them with you at the tasting.

Contact

Brandon · 936-263-0478 (text or call) · [email protected]

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