What Does the Colombian Coffee Flavor Add to This Blend?
Starbucks Spring Day Blend is a medium-roast blend coffee released each spring. Washed Colombian beans give the cup a caramel-like sweetness, while Sumatra contributes cedar, herbal and spice notes, Papua New Guinea balances the overall profile, and Ethiopia supplies fruity acidity. The combination has a dark cherry-like sweet acidity, with cedar and spice in the finish.
The packaging has changed over time, from detailed cherry blossom artwork to a simpler pale pink design introduced in 2022 with line-drawn petals. Brewing works well in a pour-over dripper such as a Kalita, where the medium roast shows its layered structure. Grind size and water temperature parameters are part of getting the most from the four-origin blend.
Starbucks' annually spring-limited Spring Day Blend is a medium-roast coffee that combines the characteristics of four producing regions. This article begins with the evolution of its packaging design—from elaborate cherry blossoms to simple pale pink—then goes deeper into the flavor contributions of Colombia, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, and Ethiopia, and finally provides practical brewing parameters for grind size and water temperature. For coffee lovers who enjoy exploring the layered complexity of a blend, this bean offers both the imagery of spring and a solid performance in the cup.
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Spring always arrives quietly. I still remember when I first joined Starbucks, the first pour-over I drank was exactly the brand's Spring Day Blend, released only in spring each year. Brewed in a Kalita dripper, this medium-roast bean showed a dark cherry-like sweet acidity in the cup, accompanied by cedar and spice notes, which left a deep impression on me.
For the packaging, cherry blossom elements were chosen, symbolizing spring and the renewal of all things. Those drifting petals do more than recreate the scene beneath a cherry tree; the layered effect between petal and petal also hints that this coffee has rich and varied flavor layers.
By 2022, Starbucks redesigned the outer packaging of the Spring Day Blend, reducing the saturation of the original pink tones and switching to a light pink reminiscent of cat paws, which looks soft and warm. The cherry blossom pattern was also changed to simple line drawings, making the overall visual cleaner and fresher, conveying the image of all things slowly awakening after a heavy snow.
The Spring Day Blend is composed of coffee from four producing regions: Colombia, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, and Ethiopia.
Among them, the washed Colombian beans bring a caramel-like sweetness to the whole coffee; the wet-hulled Sumatran beans contribute cedar, herbal, and spice flavors; the washed Papua New Guinea beans help balance the overall tone; and the Ethiopian beans are responsible for providing fruity acidity.
To make the mouthfeel richer and fuller, Starbucks roasts the Spring Day Blend to a medium-dark level. During heating, the internal structure of the coffee beans becomes more porous, and soluble substances are released more easily.
Therefore, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) suggests that when brewing the Autumn Blend, use a medium grind (particle size close to granulated sugar) and a water temperature of 87-88 degrees Celsius. This combination of grind and water temperature is suitable for brewing with the V60 and Kalita drippers, and can effectively enhance the coffee's layering～
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
