ENSEMBLE #2: Ecuador Finca Le Grand + Bolivia Gesha Marcial Huanca

Coffee Information

The difficulty of a blend depends largely on what the goal is. For us, the goal is simple: to come up with a blend that is more interesting or better than each of the coffees on their own.

This blend was born from some of the lessons learned from the 3-CYCLE SLAM BLEND , combining two Colombian coffees of completely different varieties and processes.

On the one hand, Finca la Cinta's Wush Wush Washed is characterized by being a friendly, clean, balanced and delicately floral coffee. On the other hand, La Roca State's Caturra Carbonic Maceration is a coffee with intense red fruits and a juicy and pronounced acidity.

Together, they make for a sweet and fruity cup, but at the same time complex and intriguing.

Special 50 gram release.

Producers: La Roca State , Jorge Elias Rojas and La Cinta Farm , Jeferson Olaya.
Country: Colombia.
Region: Tolima.
Altitude: 1850 meters (La Roca) and 2200 meters (La Cinta).
Variety: Caturra (The Rock) and Wush Wush (The Ribbon).
Post-harvest process: Controlled fermentation in an anaerobic environment with carbon dioxide injection, cherry drying (La Roca) and Wet fermentation in mucilage in an anaerobic environment (La Cinta)
Harvest: 2022-2023 (La Roca) and 2021 (La Cinta).

Sensory Description

Grape gum, guava juice, raspberry hard candy, tangerine peel, clear milk caramel, glazed donuts and sugared corn flakes.

High juicy acidity, medium-high honeyed sweetness and delicate low bitterness.

Light body, silky texture and floral and persistent finish.

Import

The La Roca State coffee was imported to Chile by Alto Bonito , who exchanged the last kilo they had of this green coffee for a personalized extraction workshop and manual methods ; valued at CLP 38,000 per kilo. For its part, the coffee from Finca La Cinta was purchased directly from Manantial Coffee , who imported the coffee to Chile. The kilo of green coffee cost CLP $26,400 —8.2 times the C price at the time of purchase—. This does not include operating costs, design or packaging —developed in conjunction with Sangre Artificial— .

Roasting, Preparation and Extras

In the case of this coffee, it was decided to roast in a 5kg Atilla roaster, at 20% of the capacity; and this release is a unique batch (dated October 17, 2023). The coffee is thoroughly checked before and after to remove any type of defect before packaging. Complete roasting information is included.

To ensure your drink is as close to our results as possible, a water recipe is also included. This way, you can prepare concentrate and dilute according to the instructions and not waste a single gram of coffee. New water options will be available soon.

Finally, suggested recipes with different methods, grinding references, and a Spotify playlist are included to make your experience as complete as possible.