Santa Helena

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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We're thrilled to add this lovely chiroso to the menu! Welcome Santa Helena, a super clean, 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. coffee from Huila, a great combo of red plum, orange, and raisin flavors, with a remarkable depth as well. Santa Helena is a new-to-us farm. With 11 hectares of coffee production, this family farm cultivates chiroso, pink bourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., geshaGesha (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., and var. Colombia. With partners InConexus, Santa Helena is continually improving their farming practices, and this gem is the result. Ripe cherries were selected, depulped, and fermented for 48 hours. After thorough washing, the coffee dried in parabolic driers for 20-25 days. As usual, Prodigal rush shipped the coffee to us to preserve freshness! Process: Washed 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!