El Obraje Espresso

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Roasted just a touch darker than our filter version , this espresso roastEspresso / omni roastAn 'espresso roast' is developed further for extraction under pressure; an 'omni roast' is profiled to work for both espresso and filter from one bag. makes fantastic straight shots and Americanos. This fruit bomb naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. 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. was a discovery at the World of Coffee in April, and we're thrilled to have such a coffee on the menu! With punchy flavors of pineapple, cherry, and raspberry, this is a surefire tropical delight. Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. winner Pablo Andrés Guerrero produced this coffee on his farm El Obraje in Nariño, Colombia. Coffee cherries were hand picked at maximum ripeness. Then they were rinsed and floated to remove defects, all on the same day of picking. The coffee was fermented in cherry for 120 hours, followed my shade-drying for 8 days, finished with 38 hours of mechanical drying. Sitting at an altitude of 2200 meters, more than half of the land is set aside as a nature reserve. Pablo grows caturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., 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., maracaturra, geisha, typicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against., yellow & pink bourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., mokka, and SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness.! Hopefully Prodigal can share many of these varieties with you in the future! Process: 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. Region: Huila, 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!