Primejaw• T-Rex• Stomp
Weight. Control. Inevitability.
The heavier side of the barrel
I met this coffee before I met Avelino. It was sitting on a blind cupping table in Santuario, one cup among many from the region, and I kept coming back to it because it had a different kind of pull. Not louder, not better, just deeper. Cola-like sweetness, dark fruit, and a weight that felt more T-Rex than Raptor.
I chose it alongside another coffee from the table, one that felt brighter, more agile, and more Raptor-like. Only afterwards did I find out they came from the same producer, Avelino Mena, from the same small farm, and through the same remonta washed process.
The difference between them was time.
That is what makes this pair so interesting. They are not two random coffees placed beside each other. They are two expressions of the same starting point: same producer, same farm, same process, but one fermentation timeline stopped earlier and the other continued longer.
This is the heavier side of the barrel. Not heavy in the sense of being dull or muddy, but heavier in flavour gravity. The 19 day expression became the T-Rex because it carried deeper fruit, cola, sarsaparilla, fig, vanilla, aguapanela, subtle rum, and lime zest, while still holding the clean structure of a washed coffee.
Weight. Control. Inevitability. That is the Primejaw line, and it fits here because this coffee does not need to rush forward. It gathers. It has depth, sweetness, and pull, but the fermentation stays controlled.
The Art
The T-Rex is looking into a mirror, and something smaller, brighter, and more agile is looking back.
That is the first strange little pull of this card. It is not just the T-Rex standing in its own power. It is the T-Rex meeting another possible version of the same story. The Raptor in the reflection gives the image its tension: not an enemy, not a separate world, but a different path.
For the 19 day coffee, that matters. This cup has gone deeper. It has gathered more weight, more cola sweetness, more pull. But the mirror reminds you that the brighter timeline still exists inside the same origin. One process can hold more than one possibility.
That is where the artwork starts to feel psychological. The T-Rex looks into the mirror and sees the other side of time: what this coffee might have been if the fermentation had stopped earlier. The 19 day collapses into T-Rex: deeper, grounded, cola-like, alive. But through the mirror, the shorter timeline still flickers back.
A tiny fermentation multiverse, held inside two cards.
The Producer
Avelino Mena owns Finca El Guadual, a small one-hectare farm in Vereda La Linda, Santuario, in Colombia’s Risaralda region, where he grows Colombia, Caturra, and Supremo.
He does it all himself: picking, selecting, processing, and building each lot from small daily collections as the cherry reaches the right level of maturation. For the 19 day expression, that detail matters especially, because this is not simply one static batch sitting untouched for 19 days. As Avelino collects and processes small amounts over time, the barrel can hold coffee at slightly different points in fermentation, with 19 days marking the longest point in this expression.
That layering gives the cup part of its complexity. It also points to something we will explore more deeply in the blog: how Avelino controls fermentation through experience, how he has standardised the process over time, and how he achieves consistency even while working with small collections, weather, drying limitations, and very small-scale production.
The card begins there, with Avelino, one hectare, and a process that uses time without letting time run wild.
19 Day Remonta Washed Fermentation
This coffee begins with a 12 to 24 hour in-cherry fermentation, depending on the maturation of the cherry. After that, the coffee is pulped and placed into sealed blue barrels for anaerobic remonta fermentation. Every 24 hours, the barrels are rotated, moving the coffee’s own mucilage-rich fermenting juices back through the lot as it develops.
For the 19 day expression, fermentation reaches 19 days, with that number marking the longest point in the barrel. After fermentation, the coffee is dried on the roof for around 8 days.
The result is deeper than the 10 day, but still clean and fruit-forward. The fermentation adds structure, sweetness, and flavour gravity rather than uncontrolled funk. This is a longer fermentation that still knows where it is going.
Cup Character
Fizzy. Cola. Bottle.
The 19 day does not lose fruit. It deepens it. Cola and sarsaparilla sit beside fig, vanilla, aguapanela, and subtle rum, while lime zest keeps the profile lifted and alive.
There is more depth here than in the 10 day. More pull. More layered sweetness. But the cup still belongs to the same washed process, so it stays clean, structured, and fruit-forward rather than heavy for the sake of heaviness.
Fruit with gravity.
Stat Breakdown
Agility 7 (Acidity) → Lime-zest snap and controlled brightness beneath deeper sweetness.
Power 9 (Body Weight) → Depth and flavour gravity, with enough mouthfeel to carry cola, fig, and aguapanela without becoming heavy or muddy.
Bite 7 (Tactile Edge) → Cola-like fizz and lime-zest snap keep the deeper fruit alert.
Stamina 8 (Aftertaste) → A longer finish, carrying vanilla, fig, cola sweetness, and aguapanela.
Charm 6 (Sweetness) → Deep sweetness, cola, fig, subtle rum, and brown sugar tones.
Armour 6 (Structure) → Clean washed structure keeps the longer fermentation controlled and cohesive.
Special Skill: Nineteen Day Pull
Some creatures strike with speed, but the T-Rex changes the field by pulling everything toward it.
Nineteen Day Pull captures the gravity of the longer fermentation timeline. The cup feels deeper and more layered than the 10 day, drawing fruit into cola, fig, sarsaparilla, vanilla, aguapanela, and subtle rum while still keeping a lime-zest snap at the edge.
In the game, the skill makes the opponent lose 2 Agility next turn. If the T-Rex strikes first, it gains +1 Power, but loses 1 Charm. That fits the cup: more force, more pull, more flavour gravity, with a little sweetness spent in the act of becoming powerful.
In the cup, it feels like time gaining weight.
The Mirror Pair
This card is one half of a pair. The Raptor and T-Rex are not separate stories. They are two reflections of the same origin: same producer, same farm, same remonta washed process, different time.
On this card, the T-Rex looks into the mirror and finds the Raptor, the shorter fermentation timeline still visible inside the deeper cup. On the Raptor card, the reflection works the other way: the longer timeline appears inside the brighter 10 day expression.
That is the psychological play of the mirror. One coffee looks forward into what it could become. The other looks back toward the brighter path still held inside the same origin. Same starting point, different timeline, different cup. One process, two outcomes.
A tiny fermentation multiverse, held inside two cards.
Collect both to see the full reflection.
Collect & Discover
Each pack of Avelino Mena 19 Day Remonta Washed includes its Illustrated Limited Edition Roastersaurus T-Rex Avelino 19 card.
Roastersaurus coffees are released once for each harvest and moment in time. Every card reflects the character of the coffee it represents, translating flavour, structure, and movement into creature form.
This release is part of a paired Colombia drop from Avelino Mena: one Raptor, one T-Rex, one mirror between them.
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