Ecuador, El Alisal, Sidra, Washed

Origin

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Finca El Alisal is a renowned coffee farm with multiple recent accolades to its name. Located in Fundochamba in the South of Ecuador, the Jaramillo family has been growing coffee here for over 60 years. Yet it is only since Leonidas Jaramillo took over - in 2017 - that they focus on specialty coffee and in particular, the best scoring varieties in Ecuador. El Alisal, “the Alder Grove”, is named after the alder trees for its presence in the area and its influence on the biodiversity and microclimate. These trees and other native species provide soil balance and enhance productivity through variation. Amongst the varieties grown here, is Sidra, believed to be an Ecuadorian adaptation of Ethiopian heirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. varieties. The cherries of this specific lot are fermented in open tanks for 12 hours to kickstart fermentation, then depulped and 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 afterwards the parchment is spread out on raised beds in the shade for 1 hour, to rapidly reduce the humidity in open air. They are then moved to temperature- and humidity monitored polyshade greenhouses where they dry for 12 to 15 days. We sourced this coffee through our importing partner Makicuna.