Ivan Gutierrez SL28 - Wet Process - 2024

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Despite being a 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. most commonly associated with Kenya, this SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. selection takes on a unique and dynamic expression in the skilled hands of award-winning producer Ivan Gutierrez and the unique terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. of the Quebrada Grande region. In addition to an abundance of citrusy florals on the nose, we find plenty of delicately sweet floral 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. in the cup along with tart pomelo, stone fruit, and gooseberry, as well as a distinct currant note as the coffee cools.