Peru - Cafe Canchaque - Natural Process - American Roast - LIMITED OFFERING

Origin

• 🇵🇪 Peru

Tasting notes

Character

• Comforting
  20
• Funky
  20

Fair Trade / Organic Flavor NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Milk Chocolate, Caramel, Vanilla, Medium BodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. The Canchaque region of northern Piura is one of the only producers of high-quality, unwashed (“natural processNatural 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.”) coffees in all of Peru. Natural processing is the oldest, simplest method, and requires little machinery. Essentially, the goal of the method is to dry the whole cherry, achieved in three steps: cleaning, drying and hulling. Founded in 1969, Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui is one of the oldest cooperatives in the Canchaque region of northern Piura, Peru. It is named after an indigenous hero, who in 1780, led a rebellion to improve the rights of indigenous Peruvians suffering under the Spanish BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. Reforms. Coop Condorcanqui is a member of Cooperativa Norandino. For the past several years, Cooperative Coffees has been working with Norandino to revive the traditional natural process coffees of the Canchaque region. This traditional natural processed coffee is characterized by its consistently sweet blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. of tropical fruit and caramel flavors, good body and bittersweet cocoa finish.