Ecuador La Papaya Typica

Origin

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
• Funky

This 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. expression of TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. Mejorado from Juan Peña is his best lot we have had in many years of collaboration. A favorite amonst the roasting staff, this microlotMicrolotA small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — often a single day's picking from one plot — kept apart because it's exceptional. hits all the marks of a great washed coffee- depth and complexity in sweetness, all balanced by a tart, almost red-fruit-like acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it..