Colombia - Aidé Garro

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Antioquia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
• Floral
• Bright
• Funky

Aidé Garro returns to our menu for a fifth time with another impeccably 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. chiroso. This is an incredible 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. varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.—once thought to be a local mutation of caturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. specific to Antioquia, Colombia, but now believed to have a mysterious genetic link with Ethiopian landraces. Aidé and her husband, Pedro, cultivate this variety exclusively on their farm, Finca El Eden. In the cup, it's a beautiful expression of the classic chiroso flavor profile—floral like geshaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction., but sweeter and rounder. This will shine in any brewing method with lovely notes of watermelon candy, cherry, mango, lime, jasmine, and elderflower.