Long Miles ‘Funny Bourbon' - Natural Process - 2024

Origin

• 🇧🇮 Burundi
• 🇾🇪 Yemen

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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For years, the Long Miles team in Burundi has managed small research areas alongside their washing stations that are used as organic demonstration plots modeling best practices for local coffee farmers. We’re proud to be the first roaster to have the opportunity to share a truly unique coffee produced on these plots. Referred to as “Funny BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars.” by the local community, this coffee is not a bourbon at all but rather the famous SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. 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.. The flavor profile of this coffee reminds us of some our favorite coffees from Yemen, boasting an abundance of juicyAcidityThe 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. plum, pomegranate, and citrus flavors, as well as a unique herbal florality similar to rooibos tea and cardamom.