Gamatui Natural - Instant Coffee

Origin

• 🇺🇬 Uganda

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

SPECIALTY INSTANT COFFEE ORIGIN | Kapchorwa, Mt. Elgon, Uganda NOTES | red grape, powdered sugar, nectarine, milk chocolate We took some of our favorite single originSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. coffees and made them into instant coffee! We put as much care into our instant coffee as we do our roasting and produce everything in house. Take our instant and add hot water for instant coffee or even milk for an instant latte. This item comes with 6 pouches that make 1 - 8oz cup each Description of Coffee | MEET THE PRODUCER | Thanks to our longstanding partnership with Atlantic Specialty Coffee and its sister company, Kawacom, we have had the privilege of tasting and buying coffee from the Gamatui Community in Uganda for over half a decade. Local farmers from throughout the Gamatui community bring their freshly harvested cherries to Sipi Falls, who manages the washing, drying, and milling processes all together. This cuts down on labor for the farmers and also increases the quality and value of each lot, ultimately resulting in better price outcomes for the farmers of Gamatui. TRUST THE PROCESS | This lot, a naturally processed coffee, was fermented in water for 48 hours before being re-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. and sent off to African-style raised beds for drying. This particular processing method takes much longer than traditional coffees and can vary greatly depending on humidity, temperature, and sunlight. While drying, the coffee itself is frequently turned so that an even and precise moisture content is achieved. Once that happens, the skin and pulp of the cherries are finally removed, leaving us with coffee beans which have been noticeably (and deliciously) impacted by the sweet, fruity mucillage of the cherry throughout the drying process. TAKE A SIP | The Gamatui community is well known for rolling out coffees that are distinctly grape-y in flavor. This flavor call, which we've experienced as everything from Welch's grape juice to grape Jolly Ranchers to (in today’s case) fresh red grapes, is both rare and