Colombia - Chiroso Honey

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet

Chiroso is an incredible coffee 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., somehow only previously appearing in the community of Urrao, Antioquia, high in the Colombian Andes. 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., new evidence suggests that it may have more in common with the 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 of Ethiopia. This lot, from our friends at Pergamino, offers a new perspective on the variety's inherent fruit and floral complexity through 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. processing. The result is a super sweet, elegant, amazingly drinkable cup, somehow just as approachable as it is sophisticated. Look for notes like chocolate graham cracker, marshmallow, cherry, peach, lime, and honeysuckle.