Finca El Proceso II

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Tolima

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  30

Proceso Chiroso appears again! This is our second lot, which we allocated for our Monthly Subscribers first. Jorge Rojas grew this coffee on his farm El Proceso, along with his cousin Stiven Vargas. This delicious coffee is 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. and tart with plump apricot, berries, and a subtle florality. These are the handful of remaining bags from the March 30 subscription roast, rested and ready to drink! Prodigal requested a low fermentation-time coffee, and Nikolai from Desarrolladores de Cafe worked with Jorge and Stiven to produce this lot. After each harvest day, they brought the coffee down to Jorge's La Roca processing plant in Planadas. After floating to remove defects, they pulped the coffee, let it sit overnight, and 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. it the next day. The coffee then dried for 15 days in drying rooms called Marquesinas (pictured). Process: Washed Region: Tolima, 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!