Cruzado Vasquez, Peru

Origin

• 🇵🇪 Peru

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Best Suited for Espresso Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. of Blood Orange and Soft Serve Complex blood orange sweetness meets a velvety swirl of nostalgic soft serve in this beautifully balanced Peruvian espresso. Grown in the highlands of Tabaconas, Cajarmarca, this 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. lot is produced by members of the Asociación de Cafetaleros La Gran Reserva, a collection of producers dedicated to pushing quality with every harvest. This lot is made up of carefully selected traditional varieties, handpicked for ripeness before being blended into a regional lot that showcases the best of the area. Carefully selected cherries are handpicked at peak ripeness, dry-fermented for 16 hours, then gently washed and patio dried to create a cup that’s clean, vibrant, and beautifully structured. Roasted for espresso, expect 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. blood orange layered over melt-in-your-mouth vanilla soft serve. Sweet, silky, and a little bit nostalgic.