Kanned Heat Kitchen · Expedition 001

The Complete Record.

It started with coffee, but it became much more.

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Limited to 12 Complete Record sets.

A signed hardcover numbered 1–12, with a personal note from Jon. One 12-oz bag of Kanned Heat Koffee single-origin Peru. One handmade Waycu cup from Lamas. A Chocofilachas cacao-paste sample.

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The Search for Coffee

KANNED HEAT KITCHEN · EXPEDITION 001

The Search for Coffee

Lamas & Pamashto, Peru — a field record.

It started with coffee, but it became much more.

We went into the hills above Lamas with one goal — find a single lot of coffee by hand, and document every step of the finding. What follows is the record: the missed timing, the machine that would not start, the rain. Not decoration. The evidence.

THE ROUTE

Lima to the hills of San Martín

Lima to the hills of San Martín
  1. By airLima → Tarapoto · ≈ 620 km
  2. By roadTarapoto → Lamas
  3. By motoLamas → Pamashto · 7 km

THE JOURNEY

What the hills gave up

For days we searched a town that was technically hers — and still it would not open up.

01 · Field

For days we searched a town that was technically hers — and still it would not open up.

We took the recommendation and rode the moto up into the mountains toward Pamashto.

02 · Field

We took the recommendation and rode the moto up into the mountains toward Pamashto.

We missed the ready coffee by ten minutes. What was left was parchment — the step before green.

03 · Field

We missed the ready coffee by ten minutes. What was left was parchment — the step before green.

The driver we hired only to drive became the reason the day worked at all. Mario, from Cajamarca.

04 · Field

The driver we hired only to drive became the reason the day worked at all. Mario, from Cajamarca.

Orvin fought the Dragon engine until it caught. Forty-four kilos of parchment in, twenty-seven of green out.

05 · Field

Orvin fought the Dragon engine until it caught. Forty-four kilos of parchment in, twenty-seven of green out.

The rain a dry region had prayed for came on the ride home — and we held the coffee in from the weather.

06 · Field

The rain a dry region had prayed for came on the ride home — and we held the coffee in from the weather.

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THE EXPEDITION 001 RELEASE

The Complete Record

THE FLAGSHIP OFFER

The Complete Record

A signed hardcover numbered 1–12, one 12-oz bag of single-origin Peru coffee, a handmade Waycu cup, and a Chocofilachas cacao-paste sample. Limited to 12 Complete Record sets.

PRE-ORDER · SHIPS FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBERExpedition 001 — The Complete Record

Expedition 001 — The Complete Record

Coffee to taste it. Book to know it. Cup to drink it from.

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THE LIVE GRADING WALL

Every bag carries a QR. Score it once.

When the coffee ships, each bag's code opens a single scoring form — and the grades roll in here, live, for anyone to watch.

The wall opens when the coffee ships.

FROM THE SAME STREETS

The Waycu Cup
TWELVE CUPS BROUGHT HOME

The Waycu Cup

One of the twelve handmade Waycu cups we brought home from Lamas, Peru. Each Complete Record set includes one cup.

Chocofilachas cacao
RIDES IN EVERY ORDER

Chocofilachas cacao

A half-kilo of pure cacao paste, portioned into a sample that rides in every coffee order. The first envelope of evidence for the next expedition.

THE NEXT HUNT

Expedition 002 · Cajamarca

The high, storied coffee country where Mario was born. We have already found him again. He said he has us when we are ready. Expedition 002 begins the way this one did — through a person.

We travel for coffee.