El Aguacate

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Nariño

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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This ultra limited release of El Aguacate 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. geishaGesha (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. will certainly go quickly! We have just a handful of bags from our subscription roast available. With refined and elegant flavors of peach and fennel and a delicate florality, this coffee yields a beautiful cup. We also find a touch of raspberry and a zippy pineapple/lemon combo. Extremely limited! Join our monthly subscription and never miss a coffee like this! Ripe cherries were hand-harvested, rinsed, and floated to remove defects. Manual color sorting was also used to increase uniformity. The cherries fermented whole for 40 hours, then they were dry-pulped and fermented again for 40 hours. After the final washing step, the coffee dried for 12-15 days. Producer Hermes Ulises Cerón is a first generation farmer who has been working with his family on their farm, El Aguacate, for the past seven years. Perched at 2000 meters, this farm grows just two varieties, one on each side of the spectrum — geisha and castilloCastilloColombia's leaf-rust-resistant variety, bred by Cenicafé from Caturra and Timor hybrid. Long dismissed by purists, it now wins competitions when grown and processed well.. Native trees dot the landscape, and the regional wildlife are protected through hunting prohibitions. Every action at El Aguacate is made in an effort to preserve and improve quality, and Hermes' coffee deserves attention! We hope you love this special, limited run. Region: Nariño , Colombia 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.: Chiroso Make sure to check that the roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months. you've selected is what you're looking for — if there is an "upcoming roast" for this coffee, the upcoming roast date is listed under the tasting notesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. at the top of this product page. Please read our shipping info page!