Stumptown Hundred Mile review: an organic daily blend with separate drip and espresso starts

Hundred Mile is Stumptown's named certified organic blend, described as primarily East African and Central/South American coffee. The roaster attributes the washed Latin American portion with fruit and toffee-like sweetness, and East African components with softer floral aroma. It does not publish a permanent farm, variety or component ratio for the entire bag. [1]

Stumptown's September 2026 blend explanation says its recurring blends target a consistent profile while sources can change. The name therefore tells you the intended use and flavor direction, not that an older reviewer drank the same lot you will receive. Check the actual whole-bean package and date. [2]

Apple jam, toffee and chocolate are Stumptown's descriptors. The current page says the blend works black or with milk, but Coffeedant has not tasted either serving. Those words can guide a choice between a fruit-and-chocolate daily cup and a darker roast; they do not promise the same intensity in every bag or brewer. [1]

An independent 2026 OnlyCoffeeFans page favors Hundred Mile as easygoing but supplies little bag-date or recipe detail. Its numerical score is subjective and not imported here. A 2021 owner reported a bitter, bland bag after trying several brews; another later pour-over comment mentions a better experience with fresher coffee. These accounts show preference and freshness uncertainty, not a current quality rate. [3] [4] [5]

Stumptown's drip start is 1 part coffee to 17 parts water at a medium-coarse grind. Its espresso guidance calls for about 19.5 g ground coffee and approximately 1.5 fluid ounces of beverage in 23–28 seconds. The espresso output is a volume description, not a measured gram yield; record your own beverage weight if your setup uses a scale. Neither start is a Coffeedant extraction. [1]

The page also gives a French press routine with a coarse grind and a four-minute press. Save a separate grind setting for each method. If the household changes brewers often, account for purge coffee and adjustment time before deciding one bag truly replaces two. [1]

A direct listing and a grocery bag can have different shelf histories. The 2021 owner reports cannot tell you the condition of a November 2026 shipment. Check the roast date or seller's date statement and package seal on the exact whole-bean pack. Then use a manageable first size before a large order. [1] [4]

Store opened beans sealed away from heat and moisture and grind shortly before brewing. General freshness advice is useful, but there is no single day on which every Hundred Mile bag peaks: roast, packaging and method differ. The buying decision is whether the bag stays enjoyable through your actual drinking pace. [6]

The product page displayed a $20 headline during this check, but the selected size and US delivered total were not independently verified. This review therefore makes no live-price, discount or cost-per-gram claim. Confirm whole-bean format, size, stock, shipping and tax in the actual cart before comparing it with another blend. [1]

Hundred Mile's practical value is the combination of organic identity and separate roaster directions for drip and espresso. A bulk bag only improves value after a smaller trial shows that both methods and the household's consumption work. If espresso is the only task, Hair Bender's café espresso position may be a more focused comparison. [1] [7]

Begin with the Stumptown start for the method you make most often. If you also pull espresso, save a second grinder setting and record the beverage on your own scale; the roaster’s fluid-ounce description is not a gram target. Judge whether both drinks work for the household before buying a larger bag. If one method creates too much switching waste, the shared-bag convenience may be less than it first appears.

Stumptown Hair Bender is the more espresso-led same-roaster comparison. Holler Mountain is another organic medium blend with a caramel-and-berry-jam brief. Those are different documented aims; Coffeedant has not tasted these bags side by side. [7] [8]

Choose Hundred Mile if a shared breakfast bag with separate drip and espresso starts matches your habits. Choose a current single-origin listing if fixed lot information is crucial, or a darker roast if apple-jam fruit interest is not wanted. Use the date and selected whole-bean size to make the final purchase decision. [1]

I compared current Stumptown product and blend records with one limited independent opinion and self-selected older owner experiences. Coffeedant has not bought, brewed, tasted or measured Hundred Mile. Flavor words belong to Stumptown or the named outside observers; no numeric sensory score is assigned.

Sources checked November 9, 2026. A changing blend, shipment freshness, actual whole-bean size and US checkout may differ from the displayed listing.