Description
Coffee Flavour Blackberry jam, fig, molasses
We offer coffee roasted in different forms that suit your favourite way of making coffee. If you would like your beans ground, please order and add a note at checkout stating which form you would like from the following.
Delivery Times: To ensure all coffee is as fresh as possible, we do not hold stock ourselves. Ozone is based on the same estate as us; when you order, we collect it from Ozone. This may delay shipping by one day, depending on when you order.
Beans - Roasted and ready to be freshly ground by you, for those who like to take their time.
French Press / Cafetiere - Fill and sit down, ready when you are.
Medium Filter - For coffee-machine enthusiasts who need coffee ready to go.
Espresso - Roasted and ground for those who want or need a good punch of coffee.
Coarse Filter / Jug - The classic coffee drinker who likes to brew on the stove.
Fine Filter - The finest grind possible.
Coffee Information
Peru: Einer Saldivar, El Cedro #3 (Organic) This sweet, clean and refined cup begins with blackberry jam and a darker, molasses edge, which comes through as the coffee cools. It finishes on a soft fig note for a delicate and elegant aftertaste. We visited Einer for the first time in 2022 and every year since we’ve been lucky to buy coffee from his farm. This year we cupped a few different lots grown at El Cedro and chose two from the table because the end flavour profiles stand out so beautifully from one another. The coffee we have here was grown on the main plot of Einer’s main farm and harvested slightly later in the season. We’ve also got the contrasting lots from El Cedro available for purchase here and here - we highly recommend tasting all 3 coffees for an exploration of how even the tiniest differences at origin can impact the flavour profile in your mug. Worth The Journey Einer Salvidar’s coffee farm El Cedro is located in one of the remotest areas we've ever visited. Roland (our Green Buyer) has popped by to visit Einer and his wife a few times now and it is quite the trek even for someone used to journeying to coffee farms regularly - but very worth it! Getting to El Cedro takes… 8 hours by car from the nearest working airport to the town of Jaen, roughly 1.5 hours by car from Jaen to the local receiving village, then another 30 minutes by car to his house, and finally a 45-minute steep climb up a hill to find Einer out on his farm. Having inherited his farm from his parents, nearly all his neighbours are cousins or extended family - his connection to the land is significant and it’s an important factor to Einer. At around 2,000 m.a.s.l. and growing traditional Bourbon coffee, he has everything that might be expected to produce great quality coffee, but with a lack of access to a good buyer and to agronomic information he still had a lot more potential to achieve from the farm. It is through the work of Origin Coffee Lab, and their receiving station in Einer's local village, that this coffee is possible. Without them, we would never have known about Einer’s delicious coffee and he would never have received the support needed to begin to improve his agronomic practices and work towards a more sustainable future. Investments At Origin In August 2023, during his visit, Roland discussed with Einer the issues they were facing with their coffee processing equipment. The depulper, fermentation tank, and processing station (essential equipment for preparing the harvested coffee before it's sent to the dry mill) were in need of some maintenance. The fermentation tank was cracked and hard to clean, the depulper was misaligned, and the overall equipment was in disrepair. As a result, a large portion of the harvest failed to meet the high specialty coffee grade that Einer’s farm is capable of producing and ended up as commercial coffee, which fetches a much lower market price. In partnership with Origin Coffee Lab, who helped coordinate the work using local suppliers for materials and labour, Ozone covered the costs for the necessary repairs. Tasting notes: Blackberry jam, fig, molasses Varietal: Bourbon Process: Washed Producer: Einer Saldivar Region: Colasay Flavour Profile: Fruity Roast: Medium to medium dark. Cup of Excellence Cupping Scores Clean Cup: 6.5/8 Sweetness: 6.5/8 Acidity: 6.5/8 Mouthfeel: 6/8 Flavour: 6.5/8 Aftertaste: 6/8 Balance: 6.5/8 Overall: 6.5/8 Correction: (+36): +36 Total: 87/100
