March marks the return of one of our favourite Nariño producers, Frank Torres. This month we're featuring Frank's honey processed caturra in both our espresso and filter packs. Frank has been instrumental as both a producer and hired agronomist setting the bar for quality production in Nariño for two of our importers: shared source and Apex.
For our second offering, our first Peru release of the season and a new relationship through Apex: Jhony Saavedra. Jhony's coffee stood out for us on the cupping table for striking that great balance between deeper notes like rootbeer and nougat, and brighter fruit and florals. We've been anticipating better coffee every year from Peru amidst increasing infrastructure and deeper relationships: we think Jhony's coffee is a good example of what's to come.
The last coffee this month is a special one. We had bought Ricaurte's coffee before Jamal and Giuliano set off to Colombia with our importing partner the Coffee Quest, and they had no idea they were on their way to Ricaurte's farm; incredibly fortunate considering it was one of the most exciting cups we had tasted in a while. This is one of the few coffees we've carried that has been inoculated with commercial yeast. Standing in opposition to the funk and ferment associated with advertised fermentation experiments, Ricaurte's coffee is super clean and expressive.
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