Espresso
60% Santa Alina, Brazil
30% Daterra Sweet Collection, Brazil
10% Finca Vista Hermosa
Syrupy sweetness and creamy mouthfeel. Caramel, french nougat and praliné in the aroma. Round and smooth finish.
The three components of this espresso blend have each been grown with meticulous carefulness resulting in a very clean cup. The two Brazilian coffees are pulped natural processed resulting in a very celan cup but with low acidity and heavy body and sweetness. Combined with our light roast profiles for each component we achieve a very low bitterness. In a properly made cappuccino we find that it taste a lot like milk chocolate.
Santa Alina
Brazil - Direct Trade
Low acidity and buttery mouthfeel. Cane sugar, caramel and raisins. Slightly spicy aftertaste combined with dried fruits.Lucia Maria da Silva Dias manages the Santa Alina farm, which has belonged to her family for the past 100 years. The past few years the farm has seen big improvements under her management. This microlot of the Arabica variety Yellow Bourbon owas hand picked in August 2011. It is Pulped Natural processed and sun dried on patio before finishing with a mechanial drier. We have roasted this coffee both in a very light version for filter, aeropress and french press and in an epsresso version.
HaCienda La Esmeralda
Panama - Direct Trade
A sweet and clean cup. Fresh with a elegant aromas af abricot, bergamot, heather honey and jasmine.At Hacienda La Esmeralda the Petersons grow a small lot of the Arabica variety Geisha. The Geisha originates from Ethiopia and is characterised by an astonishing fruity and floral aroma. The coffee is selectively hand picked and then mechanically demucilaged, washed and then dried with sun or a combination of sun a machine drying.
For the past couple of years the Esmeralda Special has only been sold on an auction held by the Petersons, where roasters from all over the world are bidding against each other. We are very happy that we got a lot and are able to present this coffee for the first time in Denmark. We have roasted this coffee quite light with a bit more heat towards the end, so the freshness and the natural aromas are brought out the most.
Finca Vista Hermosa
Guatemala - Direct Trade
Deep chocolate tones, sweet, heavy body and berrylike acidity. Exceptionally clean and balanced.On a visit to the States we met a young, passionate guy from Guatemala called Edwin D. Martinez. He is the third generation on the coffee farm Finca Vista Hermosa. Edwin is deeply interested in all the aspects of coffee from the farm to the cup. We decided that Edwin should send some samples of his next harvest to Denmark. Half a year later we cupped his coffees and we were astonished! Huge mouth feel and heavy body, complex flavours, caramel sweetness and heaps of chocolate in the aftertaste. We were not in doubt: We’d just purchased out first lot of coffee!
Edwin: ”This particular lot is the Vista Hermosa Lot. It is grown between 1700 and 2000 meters elevation. We have about 70% bourbon 15% caturra and 15% catuai. This lot was the second parcel my grandfather Felipe Martinez purchased. It was bought in 1970.” We have taken this coffee to a medium roast with a steady heat, which yields an exceptional balance between sweetness, acidity and bitterness.
Kieni
Nyeri, Kenya - Direct Trade
Full bodied with a fruity acidity. Notes of gooseberries, black currant and muscovado sugar.The Kieni wet mill is part of the Mugaga society and managed by Geofrey Wanjau. Compared to the Gatina this coffee is more berry-like and with a heavier mouthfeel. To bring forward these natural qualities of the terroir we roast this coffee with a little less heat towards the end, bringing out the sweetness and body even more.
Daterra Sweet Collection
Brazil - Direct Trade
Full bodied, very low acidity, syrupy sweetness, smooth, pecan nuts and muscovado sugar.Luis Pascoal’s continuing scientific research has established Daterra as one of Brazil most innovative and respected farms. Every bag of coffee can be tracked back to the specific lot. Daterra’s unique Penta® sorting and packaging system sorts out defects and under- or overripe coffee over several steps.
The Sweet Collection is a pulped-natural coffee. The cherry-pulp is removed in a machine, pulpier, and the parchment beans covered by the mucilage are then dried. This develops more body and sweetness than washed coffee with the advantage of having an extra sorting method in the pulpier. The green coffee from Daterra is not packed in traditional jute sacks but in vacuumed and nitrogen-flushed aluminium foil bags which prolongs the life of the green coffee significantly.