Fausto Romo Sidra - Washed Process - 2024

Origin

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador
• 🇵🇪 Peru

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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After a visit with our producer partners in Peru last fall, the Passenger green buying team traveled to neighboring Ecuador where we had the chance to cup a number of single producer lots, including those from award-winning producer, Fausto Romo. We are excited to share a number of distinct selections from his farm, La Carolina, including 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. sidra 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. separation. A refined and refreshing coffee, we find plenty of citrus peel and floral aromatics on the nose, followed by flavors of ripe melon, sweet starfruit, and yellow plum.