From Dortmund, Germany, we’re happy to share some excellent coffee from Neues Schwarz. For this month we’re shipping sweet coffees from Latin America.
EL CEDRAL
Origin: Costa Rica
Process: Black honey
Altitude: 1700 masl
Varieties: Caturra & Red catuai
Tasting notes: Mandarin, Walnut, Dark Caramel
”In Costa Rica, we look for coffees that stand out with their sweetness. With El Cedral, we found a coffee in the province of San José that delivers what we were looking for. The processing plays an important role for the cup profile in this coffee. The cherries are depulped and then dried in the sun with a relatively large amount of pulp still adhering to them. With this harvest, this process leads to a balanced interplay between clear acidity and concise sweetness.”
EDWIN & LUZ
Origin: Peru
Process: Washed
Altitude: 2000 - 2200 masl
Varieties: Typica
Tasting notes: Honeydew melon, Almond & Cocoa
”Edwin & Luz, grown at an altitude of 2000-2200 meters, convinces with unusual fruity properties and an intense sweetness. The harvests of the last few years have also delivered these complex flavour profiles. Such constant results are evidence of the steady routines they have when processing the coffee. Sufficient hours of sunshine and little rainfall during the drying period after harvest are also important factors for such a compelling result.”
LA PILA & NEIGHBOURS
Origin: Guatemala
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1700 - 1750 masl
Varieties: Catuai, Bourbon, Pache
Tasting notes: Plum, Cane Sugar & Cocoa
”Rodolfo Gracia, the owner of the farm, runs his finca with great passion and is constantly striving to improve the quality of his coffee through soil analysis and innovation. Together with his neighbours Antonio and Fredy, and his family, the ripe coffee cherries are hand-picked every year and brought to the El Hato farm, where the washed processing takes place.”
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