Prune, Lime, Vanilla, Cacao
After 30 years of growing coffee, Duberli Jimenez Cruz and his family jumped into speciality-grade green coffees 5 years ago. Duberli lost his left hand while crushing sugar cane when he was just 15, but that didn’t stop him from striving to produce top-quality coffee. His 22-year old son Frank spent much time developing his tasting skills, allowing him to become a coffee Q-grader and help with quality control of the coffees.
The washed-processed coffee beans are fermented twice – first in plastic bags for 48 hours with the mucilage still intact, and second in tanks for 48-72 hours after the mucilage has been depulped. Our roast profile for this coffee is between a medium and light roast, making it a wonderful coffee primarily for espresso – or as a creamy, fruity filter, if that’s to your taste! Expect a smooth vanilla/cacao-like body and heaps of dried fruit lingering in the aftertaste.
Region: La Chirimaya, Cajamarca
Variety: Caturra, Bourbon
Processing method: Washed, Fermented
Growing altitude: 1750m
Direct Trade via Balance 51