ST. LOUIS, MO, JUNE 15, 2026 — At the moment, St. Louis specialty espresso roaster Blueprint Espresso is saying the discharge of its first darkish roast espresso: Timespan.
Sourced with the identical intentionality and traceability as all of Blueprint’s choices, Timespan is extra deeply caramelized to create a well-known, daring, and roasty taste profile.
“Timespan bridges previous and new: an older strategy to highlighting roast traits within the cup whereas sustaining extra trendy ethics of sourcing and transparency,” presents Roastery Director Nora Brady. “With Timespan, we’re melding previous and current eras of espresso to construct a extra inclusive future.”
Manufacturing Supervisor Mazi Razani explains that “some darkish roast choices in the marketplace use roast stage to masks the failings inherent in decrease high quality coffees. Our strategy is the other: we begin with a top quality espresso that options muted acidity and loads of sweetness.” The identical espresso typically seems on Blueprint’s single-origin menu or as a part of their blends.
“To create Timespan, we deliberately lengthen the roast to extra deeply caramelize the espresso’s pure sugars,” Razani continues. “The result’s a easy, wealthy, and full-bodied cup that reminds us of a nice darkish chocolate bar.”
At the moment’s public launch is years within the making: for the previous two years, Timespan has been out there solely by Commerce, a espresso subscription service that companions with specialty roasters nationwide. With an overwhelmingly optimistic reception from Commerce subscribers, Timespan has grown a loyal following. Buyer suggestions from Timespan’s earliest followers, in addition to Blueprint’s personal day by day high quality management cuppings, helped Blueprint hone and ideal their roasting strategy.
“Timespan is considered one of our most difficult roasts — we’ve labored actually exhausting to get it good,” shares Razani. “A couple of seconds right here or there may push the roast too far, creating disagreeable flavors that we wish to keep away from. We now have to hit a bullseye: caramelizing the espresso extra deeply to spotlight its pure sweetness and physique, whereas preserving the inherent construction and stability.”
Timespan makes an amazing introduction to specialty espresso, and it’s a wonderful choice for seasoned specialty followers searching for a bolder cup that’s easy and straightforward to get pleasure from. The wealthy, candy brew has deep notes of darkish chocolate, toasted marshmallow, and almond.
Timespan is obtainable now on Blueprint’s retail cabinets, pour-over menu, and on their web site for nationwide transport.
About Blueprint Espresso
Blueprint Espresso is a specialty roaster and three espresso bars in Saint Louis, Missouri. We search a mutually useful relationship loop amongst our producers, employees, wholesale companions, distributors, and prospects — a loop rooted in and sustained by espresso excellence. Good espresso have to be good from the beginning, so we collaborate with sourcing companions to make sure that our coffees are recent, thrilling, and sustainable. Exact roasting, brewing, coaching, and repair fashions preserve the sweetness in these coffees.
In 2013, we opened our first espresso bar and roaster in Saint Louis. Since then, our footprint has grown to incorporate a number of espresso bars and a devoted roasting headquarters. Blueprint Espresso fills the hoppers and cabinets of quality-driven espresso bars and retailers throughout the nation.
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