Ecuador, Finca Soledad, Tasos XTD, 100 g

Origin

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  55
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] This is a unique and computational lot produced by a collaboration between our Founder Tasos Delichristos and Finca Soledad’s stunning farm owner Jose Ignacio Jijón, also known as Pepe. It is located 50 km north-west of Quito on the Andean slopes that form the Intag valley and is surrounded by high mountains, dense biodiversity and the strong river Intag. Pepe has been producing coffee here since 2010 and the farm offers varieties like TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. mejorado, Sidra and GeshaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction.. The climate in the area is warm and humid and has a high rainfall in rainy season. Most of the plantation grows partially shaded by tall trees, these keep the plants cool in the dry season and in the wet season allow plenty of air flow for the humidity not to damage the plants. Before becoming a coffee farmer, Pepe was an experienced mountaineer and was the first Latin American to complete the ‘7 Summits Challenge’, which entails in climbing the highest peak in every continent. He also went on treacherous expeditions to Greenland, the north pole and south pole, and climbed several times the highest peaks in Ecuador as a mountain guide. He then decided to settle in Intag where he was introduced to coffee farming by the local coffee Cooperative. Since then his main focus has been producing high quality coffee. Pepe transmits his adventurous character through coffee, he loves experimenting with different processes and every time he does it, he puts in all his passion. A personal note from Pepe to you … “We want to thank you for your interest in our craft. In your hands are our pearls, Our finest expression of the TerroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. and careful family dedication. We believe that nature speaks a silent language through coffee and it is our responsibility to convey it properly …. “ His wife Monique (Florcita ) , their offspring , José (16 ) and Kassandra (22) and Pepe are directly involved in all post-harvest, from hand selection, disinfection, to controlled fermentation and