Red 5 de Diciembre

Origin

• 🇲🇽 Mexico

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  55
• Bright
  35
• Sweet
  25

Our newest offering, Red 5 de Diciembre, is the result of an incredible amount of effort and collaboration. The Red 5 de Diciembre network was founded out of a need to save coffee farming in the La Cañada region of Oaxaca. In 2014, La Roya, or coffee leaf rust, swept through La Cañada, creating instability in coffee production and international market interest. On December 5, 2014, a cooperative of 13 community groups came together to help unite 1,300 indigenous coffee farmers to help rebuild coffee production in the area. Over the following six years, producers of Red 5 worked through selective harvesting and specialty processing to bolster confidence in their region, even receiving organic certification along the way. And in 2020, Red 5 de Diciembre teamed up with Ensembles de Café, which has allowed for continued improvement in coffee quality through their cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. team and specialty experience. We are so fortunate to be able to share the labors of Red 5 de Diciembre’s hard work with you all. We always look forward to the new crop of Red 5, but this crop is something special. We are tasting the richness of Molasses Cookies, the sweet acidityAcidityThe 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. of Candied Orange Peel, and the warm, earthy spices of Garam Masala. This coffee is a real treat to enjoy as we head into the colder months! Origin: Oaxaca, Mexico 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. What we taste: Molasses Cookie, Candied Orange Peel, Garam Masala