King City, California

These dense, thin skinned beans produce a dreamy broth and can be used for pot beans, baked beans, and paired with sautéed greens.

A legume of historic lineage, this heirloom variety was mentioned by John Steinbeck in his seminal novel, Tortilla Flat, and helped put King City, California on the map in the 1930's. 

"Finally, she called Danny's friends into her kitchen and explained that it was beans that they needed. The fire of their passion renewed, that night, four shadowy figures snuck past the sleeping guard and into the Western Warehouse Company. They emerged shortly afterwards struggling through the shadows under the tremendous weight of four one hundred pound sacks of pink beans.” -from Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

Size: 1lb bag