COLOMBIA •PREMIUM•CHIROSO•WASHED•12OZ

Description

PERSONAL NOTES/FARM INFORMATION

Process Method-Washed

Altitude-1850 masl 

THIS COFFEE PACKS A LOT OF FLAVOR! Absolutely delicious as a light or medium roast. It has a juicy acidity to it that reminds me of hibiscus or cherries and a light sweetness reminiscent of honey. In the darker range you’ll receive a darker chocolate along with the cherry notes and the tea like body will thicken up into a nice silky smooth mouthfeel  

FARM INFORMATION

Edward Sandoval, in Tolima. The variety “Chiroso” is prized for aromatic flavors of fruit, tea, and even florals. Chiroso’s coming out was a sort of rediscovery at the Colombia COE in 2012, when a farmer from Urrao won 1st place with it. Initially thought to be regressions of Bourbon and Caturra, a scientific journal article recently presented the findings of new research that linked its origin to Ethiopian landraces. This would certainly explain their flavor profile! here are two types known at this time, what they call locally “Bourbon” Chiroso, and “Caturra” Chiroso, the former being much taller in stature. The farmer who produced this lot, Edward Sandoval, worked for many years as a field technician for the Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros (“FNC”). When he broke away from the FNC and set out to start his own farm, Finca Canta Ranas, he decided to plant varieties that were not promoted by his previous employer due to their need for a higher degree of management, but that are capable of producing a higher value cup, like Chiroso, Wush Wush, and Gesha. Edward’s farm is small, just 3 hectares, and stretches up to about 1850 meters above sea level.