It’s a pleasure to have Danish roaster CleverCoffee in the box. We hope you will enjoy their crisp and elegant coffees. Let’s get brewing!
SUKE QUTO
Origin: Ethiopia
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1800 - 2000 masl
Producer: Suke Quto
Varieties: Kurume & Welicho
Tasting notes: Bergamot and peach
This is the third year in a row that we buy coffee from the Suke Quto washing station in Guji, Ethiopia. Just as high a quality as we are used to. It testifies to the amazing work that Tesfaye and Trabocca are doing. This alone was reason enough that we should of course have this coffee again, but Tesfaye and Trabocca have taken it even further. They have chosen to document everything about the trade in this coffee and have made everything available to all of us via Blockchain and FairFood. It is an important and fantastic step, which is completely in line with our other work of buying coffee.
EL CRISTOBAL
Origin: Costa Rica
Process: Black honey
Altitude: 1700 masl
Producer: Café Rivense
Varieties: Villa Sarchi
Tasting notes: Transparent and sweet with notes of toffee and pears
El Cristobal returns to our selection of Costa Rican coffees. This coffee has a light anaerobic fermentation, but the taste of the fermentation is very subtle with this particular harvest. What is more obvious in the flavour profile is the fantastic sweetness and balance. You will taste notes of dulce de leche, hazelnuts, and the acidity of green apples. El Cristobal is also the name of the steep area where this coffee grows. It is one of the first areas, where the Ureña family started growing coffee. The area has limited shade and tons of sun, which is what contributes to the characteristic sweetness of the coffee.
BALLADAREZ
Origin: Nicaragua
Process: Natural
Altitude: 1350 - 1700 masl
Producer: Un Regalo de Dios
Varieties: Pacamara
Tasting notes: Blood orange, vanilla and strawberries
The farm is located in La Providencia in the Dipilto-Jalapa mountains in the northeast part of Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. The farm is placed in a cloud-covered forest microclimate at 1100-1300 masl and the temperature average at around 18 degrees Celcius. The coffees are shade grown in surroundings of e.g. Guaba trees. We love shade-grown coffees, this tends to give the plants optimal conditions for the coffee flowers and cherries to mature slowly and thereby have an even higher quality. At the same time, this is a great way of ensuring a more optimal biodiversity to the benefit of both the plants and wildlife.