SUGAR MOUNTAIN
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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:
Finca Santa Sofia is a 4-hectare farm that works as a community garden project with a focus on experimental processes and techniques. They grow a number of unique and rare varietals, like Gesha, Java, and Purpuracea. To match the diversity of types of coffee growing, they also have unique approaches to fermentation and washing, including anaerobic processes, extended fermentations, and carbonic maceration. This particular lot is a 'Red Pacamara', which is a cross between Pacas and Maragogipe resulting in both a large sized bean and a fun profile, especially when combined with a low-oxygen washed processing!
FLAVOUR:
Given their ubiquity on specialty menus, low oxygen lots can tend towards a uniform flavour profile. We try to find those lots, which present a more interesting sensory profile, like this incredibly deep lot from Santa Sofia! There is a syrupy and boozy acidity that combines tart grape with sweeter apricot and tropical melon flavours. The cup has a big body with notes of amaretto and melted chocolate ice cream.
Given their ubiquity on specialty menus, low oxygen lots can tend towards a uniform flavour profile. We try to find those lots, which present a more interesting sensory profile, like this incredibly deep lot from Santa Sofia! There is a syrupy and boozy acidity that combines tart grape with sweeter apricot and tropical melon flavours. The cup has a big body with notes of amaretto and melted chocolate ice cream.
ROAST DEGREE:
Light-Medium.
Light-Medium.
TASTE:
Apricot, Concord Grape & Chocolate Milkshake.
REGION:
Mataquescuintla, Oriente.
FARM:
Santa Sofia Community Farm.
VARIETAL:
Red Pacamara.
ELEVATION:
1500m.
PROCESS:
Anaerobic Washed.
IMPORTER:
Sally at Cafe Imports.
FOB PRICING:
$22.00 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from Santa Sofia.
Apricot, Concord Grape & Chocolate Milkshake.
REGION:
Mataquescuintla, Oriente.
FARM:
Santa Sofia Community Farm.
VARIETAL:
Red Pacamara.
ELEVATION:
1500m.
PROCESS:
Anaerobic Washed.
IMPORTER:
Sally at Cafe Imports.
FOB PRICING:
$22.00 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from Santa Sofia.