Urrao, Colombia

Description

Region: Urrao, Colombia

Producer: Fray David Moreno

Varietal: Chiroso

Process: Washed

Tasting notes: Blue-raspberry, mandarin orange, orange blossom

Producer info and cup notes:

Fray's farm "Rosal" sits at 1,900masl in the small rural town of Pabón in Urrao. Rosal sits right beside the Penderisco River, an area known for its cool breezes and stable climate, setting it up with the perfect elevation and weather for growing coffee. Fray has been in coffee for over 25 years, and after seeing the success of his neighbors' Chiroso plots back in 2011, he decided to grow his own. Now after 15 years of experience growing the varietal and honing his techniques, Fray's chiroso stood out very clearly amongst our samples from Unblended as having a remarkably loud and juicy fruited profile, with a very interesting fermentation character and a lasting floral finish. In the cup we find a delightfully process-forward juicy blue-raspberry note with an intense candied sweetness. As intense as it is, this coffee is not without nuance and we wouldn't call it overtly funky either, offering really nice mandarin orange and orange blossom tones as it cools, with a lasting florality that lingers on the finish.

Source: Unblended Coffee

Text from Shoebox Coffee's listing.