{"product_id":"b2b-bright-jenny-smoke-house-dark","title":"Smoke \u0026 Mirrors, House Dark","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Coffee\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a dark roast built around Peruvian coffee, a origin with a long history of smallholder farming in high-altitude growing regions. Peru's coffee belt runs through the Andes, with farms typically sitting between 1,200 and 2,000 meters. The country has over 220,000 coffee-farming families, most working small plots of 1 to 3 hectares, often in remote areas where farming has been passed down through generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeruvian coffee is frequently grown under shade canopy, which slows the cherry's development and tends to build more density in the bean. Many farms in the region use organic practices by necessity and tradition, relying on compost and natural inputs rather than synthetic fertilizers. The country has one of the higher rates of certified organic coffee production in Latin America, though most small producers farm this way simply because it's how their families have always done it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBright Jenny chose Peruvian beans as the base for their house dark, which says something about the coffee itself. Dark roasts can easily flatten a bean's character, so starting with something that has enough structure and depth to hold up through a longer roast matters. Peru's naturally dense, high-grown coffees tend to survive that process better than lower-altitude beans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Bright Jenny\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBright Jenny is a coffee roaster based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The roaster page wasn't available at the time of writing, so we're working with limited background on their founding story. What the coffee itself communicates is a roasting approach that treats dark roast as a deliberate style rather than a default, aiming for body and richness without pushing beans into bitterness or heavy oils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe'll update this section as we learn more about the people behind the roaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bright Jenny is another roaster we love for how seriously they take their craft without taking themselves too seriously. The result: a panel of excellently roasted and delicious coffees that fit a broad set of tastes. The owner (Dave Upshaw) himself considers their dark roast, Smoke \u0026amp; Mirrors, among his favourites, to which Dave says: \"yes, coffee nerds are allowed to like dark roasts.\"\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Dean, Director of Coffee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bright Jenny","offers":[{"title":"5 lb","offer_id":45559231119420,"sku":"B2B-bright-jenny-smoke-house-dark-2268","price":130.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/2880\/1852\/files\/SmokeProductCover_d6c9d0f7-1127-428d-89c1-8f48a426f331.jpg?v=1781805736","url":"https:\/\/stillwatercoffee.ca\/products\/b2b-bright-jenny-smoke-house-dark","provider":"Stillwater Coffee Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}