BRAZIL | São Luiz Estate | Arara | Natural

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: 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. red apple, stewed peaches, & honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. Producer: Ana Cecilia Velloso Varietal: Arara Process: 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. Relationship Since: 2018 Recipes: Espresso: 1:2.5 | Filter: 1:17 About: This is our third harvest working with Ana Cecilia, and we wanted to do something a little different this time around. Grown on the farm managed by her brother, Lúcio Gondim, we were blown away by a fascinating 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. called Arara. A natural mutation, this dwarf variety has two unique attributes; it's naturally resistant to coffee leaf rust (a disease that attacks the leaves of coffee plants), as well as having a longer maturation time. This extended maturation leads to the fruit accumulating more compounds, so it’s more complex and exotic. Roasting days: Proud Mary roast Monday-Friday during normal business hours. To ensure freshness of coffee, best to order early in the week as postal services and couriers do not operate on weekends. Orders: placed by 8.00am PST will be roasted and dispatched the same day. If you are ordering on a Friday, and order after 8.00am then your coffee will be roasted the following business day - Monday.