SUGAR MOUNTAIN
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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:
While Vietnam is the second largest coffee exporter globally, only a small portion of its production is Arabica. Most of which grows in the Lam Dong Province, including the wonderful crops grown by the Dung K’No commune. The cooperative of roughly 180 farms grow a wide diversity of crops that includes rice, maize, vegetables, persimmon, jackfruit, macadamia, avocado, bananas, peaches, and, of course, coffee! The average lot is small with fresh cherries being harvested daily and delivered to the Duc Trong Mill for processing. This catimor lot was fermented in sealed tanks for 72 hours before drying on raised beds at Doc Trong.
While Vietnam is the second largest coffee exporter globally, only a small portion of its production is Arabica. Most of which grows in the Lam Dong Province, including the wonderful crops grown by the Dung K’No commune. The cooperative of roughly 180 farms grow a wide diversity of crops that includes rice, maize, vegetables, persimmon, jackfruit, macadamia, avocado, bananas, peaches, and, of course, coffee! The average lot is small with fresh cherries being harvested daily and delivered to the Duc Trong Mill for processing. This catimor lot was fermented in sealed tanks for 72 hours before drying on raised beds at Doc Trong.
FLAVOUR:
This coffee is summer in a cup. It starts with the zing of fresh strawberry with some thyme aromatics before going quickly to cooked melon and papaya notes. These more tropical flavours come with a nice dense acidity that is equally winey and refreshing. As the cup rounds out, it presents more mild toffee flavours, like those generic caramel squares omnipresent at Halloween, before ending on a rich grounding in cream and chocolate. We went with chocolate milkshake as a taste note because it is far from the dry bite of cocoa and works in-step with so much of the funky melon flavours in the cup.
ROAST DEGREE:
Light-Medium.
Light-Medium.
TASTE:
Red Melon, Papaya & Chocolate Milkshake .
REGION:
Dung K'No Village, Lam Dong.
FARM:
Smallholder Farms at Dung K'No Commune.
VARIETAL:
Catimor.
ELEVATION:
1600m.
PROCESS:
72 hour Anaerobic Natural.
IMPORTER:
Sally at Cafe Imports.
FOB PRICING:
$10.91 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest Dung K'No.
Red Melon, Papaya & Chocolate Milkshake .
REGION:
Dung K'No Village, Lam Dong.
FARM:
Smallholder Farms at Dung K'No Commune.
VARIETAL:
Catimor.
ELEVATION:
1600m.
PROCESS:
72 hour Anaerobic Natural.
IMPORTER:
Sally at Cafe Imports.
FOB PRICING:
$10.91 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest Dung K'No.