Colombia | Marlon Bolaños Yirgacheffe

Description

Tasting Notes: Blueberry, blue raspberry, lilac

Origin: Acevedo, Huila, Colombia

Farm: The Three Coffee Farmers

Producer: Marlon Bolaños

Altitude: 1670 masl

Varietal: Ethiopian Heirloom (Yirgacheffe)

Process: Anaerobic Natural

About: This coffee was sourced through Unblended Coffee from Marlon Bolaños, a 21 year old producer in Acevedo, Huila. He grew up on his family’s farm and took a barista course at 17, where he learned green coffee evaluation and sensory analysis. He now works the farm full time with his two brothers, Hemerson and Pedro, under the name Three Coffee Farmers. Marlon leads fermentation, sample prep, and cupping. The farm also has a natural spring, and he has won barista competitions using its water, which he calls "champion's water."

This lot is a departure from the coffee grown on Marlon’s own farm. He bought the cherries from his neighbors and decided to experiment with them. The variety is listed simply as Yirgacheffe, but the exact variety is unknown. The name points to Ethiopian lineage, but Marlon and Unblended don’t know which selection these trees are. That uncertainty is part of why Marlon treated this as an experiment.

The coffee is a natural. Cherries are selected and floated to remove unripe fruit and defects, then sealed whole in plastic tanks for five days. The slow fermentation builds fruit character and sweetness. The coffee then dries on raised sun beds for two to three weeks, until it reaches 11% moisture.

This coffee has a huge blueberry note, followed by blue raspberry and tons of lilac florals. Marlon's processing on this coffee managed to accentuate the fruit flavors and add almost no funk.

House recipe: https://brainwaveroasters.com/pages/brew-guide

Orea O1 - 202° water (~30ppm), 1:16.5 ratio, 5.5 ZP6.
0:30 bloom, then 3 pours to final volume, pouring once water is near the coffee bed, finishing around 2:30.

Rest: We're suggesting you rest this one for 2-3 weeks to maximize the flavor.

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Whole Bean Coffee | Net wt. 8 oz.

Text from Brainwave Coffee Roasters' listing.