SUGAR MOUNTAIN (ETA AUG)
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OH TO LIVE ON:
Sugar Mountain is our dedicated home to coffees that use experimental and innovative processing methods. Rather than simply being washed or natural, producers and washing stations are using new techniques. For example, low oxygen or anerobic, in which fresh cherries ferment in sealed barrels. By using a one-way valve, oxygen exits and cultivates an environment rich in yeast and sugar interactions. The resulting cups are often wildly tropical and will emphasis fruit-forward and deep funky notes.
Sugar Mountain sometimes too features co-ferments, in which cherries are selectively mixed with other fruit or flavour elements, changing the sensory profile. Or it could be carbonic maceration! Or even lactic washed processing? These are the types of preparations that have you asking: what is this drink? And as Neil Young says in Sugar Mountain, "ain't it funny how you feel, when you're finding' out it's real?"
Sugar Mountain is our dedicated home to coffees that use experimental and innovative processing methods. Rather than simply being washed or natural, producers and washing stations are using new techniques. For example, low oxygen or anerobic, in which fresh cherries ferment in sealed barrels. By using a one-way valve, oxygen exits and cultivates an environment rich in yeast and sugar interactions. The resulting cups are often wildly tropical and will emphasis fruit-forward and deep funky notes.
Sugar Mountain sometimes too features co-ferments, in which cherries are selectively mixed with other fruit or flavour elements, changing the sensory profile. Or it could be carbonic maceration! Or even lactic washed processing? These are the types of preparations that have you asking: what is this drink? And as Neil Young says in Sugar Mountain, "ain't it funny how you feel, when you're finding' out it's real?"
ORIGIN:
Managed by Kate (Nguyễn Mỹ Duyên) and Leo (Nguyen Thanh Long), Lộc Rừng is a small and highly dedicated a processing operation in Đưng K’nớ. They work with a small collection of local farms that grow coffee between two immense forests. Kate and Leo do traditional washed processing but their real focus is on experimental approaches. This is a unique low oxygen "Ferveo" process built around gentle gas fermentation in water, allowing for dramatically extended fermentation times at stable temperatures.
Lộc Rừng translates to "Nature's Gift" which is at the heart of the station. For Kate,
coffee requires a "resounding commitment to sustainability" given it has been "foundational to her generation of Vietnamese coffee professionals".
FLAVOUR:
Sourcing green for Sugar Mountain is equal parts exciting and challenging. There is a certain level of frustration that comes with low oxygen or anaerobic lots that all have the same boozy flavours, which makes finding gems like Lộc Rừng all the more rewarding. It is tropical with notes of papaya and pineapple that go with a zesty hit of tangerine and golden berry. The finish moves from stone fruit to a light haze of creamy chocolate flavours.
Sourcing green for Sugar Mountain is equal parts exciting and challenging. There is a certain level of frustration that comes with low oxygen or anaerobic lots that all have the same boozy flavours, which makes finding gems like Lộc Rừng all the more rewarding. It is tropical with notes of papaya and pineapple that go with a zesty hit of tangerine and golden berry. The finish moves from stone fruit to a light haze of creamy chocolate flavours.
ROAST DEGREE:
Light-Medium.
Light-Medium.
TASTE:
Pineapple, Golden Berry & Chocolate Shake.
REGION:
Lam Dong Province, Dung K’No Region.
FARM:
Lộc Rừng.
VARIETAL:
Catimor.
ELEVATION:
1400-1600m.
PROCESS:
Anaerobic Washed.
IMPORTER:
Maya at Crop to Cup.
FOB PRICING:
$17.90 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from Lộc Rừng.
Pineapple, Golden Berry & Chocolate Shake.
REGION:
Lam Dong Province, Dung K’No Region.
FARM:
Lộc Rừng.
VARIETAL:
Catimor.
ELEVATION:
1400-1600m.
PROCESS:
Anaerobic Washed.
IMPORTER:
Maya at Crop to Cup.
FOB PRICING:
$17.90 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from Lộc Rừng.