Mexico — Benancio Chavez

Origin

• 🇲🇽 Mexico

Tasting notes

Mexico — Benancio Chavez This lot is processed using a semi-washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. (honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural.) method, where the coffee cherry is pulped but a layer of sticky mucilage is intentionally left on the parchment during drying. After harvest, the cherries are rested intact for 24 hours, allowing the naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. sugars to develop before pulping. Retaining this mucilage further enhances this lot's inherent sweetness. Drying takes place in Benancio’s solar dryer, where controlled conditions result in a cup that’s deliciously sweet and silky smooth.