COFFEE | Mzllah

Brazil

mzllah1 — Tue, 28 May 2024 17:33:46 +0000

Brazil is renowned for its mild, nutty-flavored coffee, thanks to its ideal climate and rich soil. With a history dating back to the 18th century, Brazil remains a global coffee giant, supplying a significant share of the world’s coffee beans. Region: Alta Mogiana Altitude: 1200 masl Process: Natural Varietal: Yellow Catuai. CUPPING NOTES: Dried fruit, raw cashew nuts, and milk chocolate. Mild acidity, velvety mouthfeel, and medium body.

Costa Rica

mzllah1 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:36:09 +0000

On January 2013, The Facusse Family (Honduras), teamed up with CAMILO MERIZALDE to develop TRES MILAGROS FARM in the Dota-Tarrazu region in Costa Rica.
All the technology and experience from Santuario Colombia was applied, to develop a unique specialty coffee farm in Costa Rica. During the first years Bourbon coffee trees were planted, the following years they started with several new varietals. In 2020 they finished the construction on the new processing facility, it’s helping them to control the quality of the coffees even better.
Region: Dota , Tarrazu

Process: Natural Slow Dry
Altitude: 1700 MASL
Varietal: Yellow
Bourbon: Dota , Tarrazu Costa rica
Attributes: Strength 3, Acidity 3, Sweetness 4
Best as: v60
Good for: All brewing methods

Indonesia Gayo New

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:03:29 +0000

Named for the endangered Indonesian pangolin, this coffee displays a classic Indonesian cup profile: – Full bodied, vanilla , spicy, with flavour of dark chocolate . This unique flavour profile is rarely achieved from other origins and owes to the combination of geography, soil, climate, varieties, and the wet-hulled processing method.

Region: Sumatra , Gayo
Process: Wet hulled
Altitude: 1750 MASL
varietal: Typica Sumatra , Gayo Indonesia
Attributes: Strength 4, Acidity 2, Sweetness 3
Best as: Cappuccino
Good for: Milk basea

El Salvador

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:54:57 +0000

This yellow Caturra Anaerobic Natural from Finca La Providencia is the natural product of knowledge – and the drive to innovate – has been passed down to owners Fernando Alfaro and Jose Enrique Gutierrez, who both come from long lines of coffee producers.

Region: Apaneca ilamatepec mountain
process: Anaerobic natural
Altitude: 1200 MASL
varietal: Caturrra
Apaneca ilamatepec mountain: El Salvador
Attributes: Strength 3, acidity 3 sweetness 4
Best as: Chemex
good for: Brew bar

Colombia Yellow Geisha

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:50:29 +0000

This GEISHA is one of the most demanding coffees to be produced at EL VERGEL, located at the highest part of the estate, this varietal was planted based on the soil and climate conditions specifically to promote an extended growth of the cherries to promote higher brix content. Planted in 2016 with a quantity of 12.300 plants, this micro-lot has been managed to find specific genetic branches of the Gesha to develop specific processes based on these genetic branches, and for this specific coffee, at El Vergel, they used only the coffee trees with yellow geisha (approximately 500 plants), which gives more complexity to the profile.This gesha was processed with a +95% of optimum mature cherry, and it was developed with an extended anaerobic fermentation for 52 hours, followed by a slow intermittent drying at the sun.

region
Fresno, Tolima
process
Carbonic Maceration
altitude
1460 MASL
varietal
Yellow Geisha
Colombia Geisha
Fresno, Tolima
notes
Black currant, toffee, jasmine, orange blossom, honeydew, vanilla, peach yoghurt, and guava
attributes
Strength 3, acidity 4, sweetness 5

best as
V60
good for
Brew Bar

ETHIOPIA GUJI

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:46:02 +0000

This exceptional unwashed coffee was dry milled and exported by Primrose, PLC. The coffee was grown by smallholder farmers living around the town of Guji Hambela Deri, in Oromia county. Most contributing farmers own less than a hectare of land, and they grow coffee simply as a backyard cash crop. Coffee will usually be interspersed with other subsistence crops, such as sweet potato, mangos and avocados, but there are no other primary cash crops grown in the region.

region
Guji Hambela
process
Natural
altitude
2200 MASL
varietal
Heirloom
Ethiopia
Guji Hambela
notes
Fruity and floral lavender aroma. Brown sugar, orange, and berry notes with a tealike body and a mild tart acidity .
attributes
Strength 3, acidity 3, sweetness 4

best as
V60
good for
Brew Bar

COLOMBIA PINK BUBBLEGUM for

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:42:40 +0000

At farm El Diluvio, located in the slopes going to the Nevado del Ruiz, in the town Herveo, where the mountains are almost touching the clouds, is one of the most intriguing and exciting coffee farmers, with over 9 different varieties in micro-lots ranging from 1.000 plants up to 3.000 the most, Don Ronald, the person in charge of El Diluvio, has been in coffee for his entire life, and as he says, he has been always intrigued in the why behind the flavour differences of each coffee, and that is how he began to involve different varieties to his farm, just to find different flavours through his washed process. In 2021 the two brothers who own El Vergel Estate decided to make a process at their own facilities and make the first-ever naturals with Don Ronald’s coffees

region
Tolima
process
Natural Anaerobic
altitude
1780 MASL
varietal
Heirloom Primitivo
Colombia Bubblegum
Tolima
notes
Grape bubblegum, raspberry, kiwis, caramel, pomegranate, and Honey. Smooth mouthfeel with heavy sweetness
attributes
Strength 4, acidity 4, sweetness 5

best as
Chemex
good for
Brew Bar

Colombia Hacienda Mallorca

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:38:25 +0000

250Hacienda Mallorca is located high up in the Valle Del Cauca (“Cauca’s Valley”) region of Columbia – a stunningly beautiful region in the south-west of the country that is also its most fertile. A lush valley cut through the central and western ranges of the Andean mountains and hosting the eponymous Cauca river at its base; the land is ecologically diverse, green and resplendent. Santiago Londono is the 4th generation farmer from the Londono family. His great-grandfather planted their family’s first Typical varietal in 1932. Mallorca is a farm that produces micro-lots ranging from Typica, Caturra to more prized varieties such as Wush Wush and Geisha. With over 51 hectares of land, Santiago and his father are devoted to producing the highest quality coffees from the Valle region.

region
Hacienda Mallorca
process
Double fermentation anaerobic
altitude
1750 MASL
varietal
Caturra
Colombia
Hacienda Mallorca
notes
Sugar cane, peaches, rose tea, orange acidity, juicy mouthfeel
attributes
Strength 2, acidity 3, sweetness 4

best as
All Round
good for
Espresso

COLOMBIA DECAF

mzllah1 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:33:30 +0000

Colombia Royal Select Decaf comes from small family-owned farms in the Colombian “coffee triangle.” Small coffee producers pick and process their coffee at their own micro-wet mills and then dry their own coffee, typically on elevated tables inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain.Signature Colombian decaf is SWISS WATER® Processed using pure water to gently remove the caffeine from the beans. The process is 100% chemical free, environmentally friendly and the coffee becomes 99.9% caffeine free as a result.

region
colombia
process
Swiss water process
altitude
1500 MASL
varietal
Caturra
Colombia
colombia
notes
almond,peach and tamarind notes with a lively acidity and a full, rich body.
attributes
Strength 4, acidity 2, sweetness 3

best as
All Round
good for
Espresso