Colombia Aguacate - Wholesale Grocery

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

We Taste: caramel apple - brown sugar - blackberry - kiwi Medium-Light RoastLight roastRoasted just past first crack to preserve origin character: higher acidity, florals, and fruit, lighter body. The signature of Nordic-style roasting. DOWNLOAD info sheets DOWNLOAD shelf tags Please submit orders by 3:00 p.m. central time on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday for roast and ship on the following business day. Thank you! EXCELLENCE IN EXTREME CONDITIONS: INVESTING IN QUALITY AND STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS Coffees from the Aguacate collective first gained attention when a coffee labeled Aguacate won the 2005 Colombia Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums.. The 30 farmer collective strived to continue producing a high level of quality and quantity but was hit with coffee leaf rust and organizational struggles for a number of years. Latin American exporter Caravela put up a cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. lab and warehouse in nearby Santa Barbara. They worked with the collective to improve leadership and quality and put the members' ideas into practice. Finally, in 2013, the first Aguacate coffees made it to the US: right in time for a brand new roastery in Ruby to receive those samples. We fell in love instantly. Coffees from Aguacate have a special deep fruit sweetness, sparkling 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., and supreme balance. The quality is the direct result of the member farmers, now 50, being attuned to the fine details of picking, processing, and drying. Aguacate is an almost magical project: tucked into a valley at extreme elevations, each farmer’s plot is managed on steep hills, and surrounded by forest. All the coffees are 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. at micro wet-mills at each farm, and the only way in and out is through a steep rocky gravel trail to the main road that leads to the dry mill even further up the mountain. In 2016, Jared was able to finally visit the farms and see the process in person. Aguacate was the first coffee Ruby ever purchased, and being able to connect with the producers in person was a major step towards strengthening our relationship. This is the twelfth year we’ve been able to feature this coffee, and it continues to stop us in our tracks with stunnin