Big City blend:
tasting notes: dark chocolate, molasses, pecan pie
This big, blue, bold, and bodacious blend is the deepest, darkest, and most developed de la Paz offering... which isn't to say it's anywhere near the oily waste of chain-roasted coffee. It's just a heavy, syrupy, and slightly smoky blend that asserts itself like any big city citizen.
Peel City blend:
tasting notes: honey, rose, strawberry
This light and bright baby is an unprecedentedly clean and provocative blend. A few daring folks run this Starburst Fruit Chew of a blend as espresso, but most of us savor its savoir faire in a slightly bigger cup.
Graceland:
tasting notes: caramel, currant, tangerine
This versatile, go-anywhere de la paz blend hits the center of that eternal Venn diagram: big-bodied enough for espresso, articulate enough for a cup of brew. You can dress it up, or dress it down, like a sharp black sweater. Graceland gets along great with both nightclub bouncers and boyfriends' parents. Straight-ahead, but not simple--it's got layers upon layers. In short, red means go.