Candy me up
Country
Colombia
Region
Cauca
Farm
El Paraiso
Producer
Jose Adolfo Muse
Variety
Pink Bourbon
Anbauhöhe
1980 M.A.S.L.
Preparation
washed
Candied orange, golden raisins, molasses
Medium body
The acidity is very elegant, citric and malic.
The sweetness is candy-like.
The mouthfeel is syrupy and very smooth.
A firework at the end of the year: very unexciting at first, but the more you drink it, the more you realise the outstanding quality in the cup. Its pronounced sweetness and syrupy mouthfeel linger for a long time. It is a classic coffee that reflects the work of the coffee farmer and the growing region of the Colombian highlands. However you prepare it, it will bring joy and a smile to your face.
Medium coarsley ground coffee: 14g
Water: 220ml
Temperature: 96 °C
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First pour: Let coffee bloom with 50ml of water for 35sec
Second pour: Fill up gently wetting the entire coffee bed until 220ml
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Total extraction time: 2min 50sec
Fine ground coffee: 19g
Extraction volume for 2 espressi: 48g
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Extraction time: 27sec
Jose Adolfo Muse is a young coffee producer from Colombia who specialises in growing speciality coffees. The high altitude of his El Paraiso farm allows him to produce high quality coffees. To make this Pink Bourbon, the pulp is first removed from the freshly harvested coffee cherries. The beans then undergo a 36 hour dry fermentation process before being washed and dried.
The Finca El Paraiso is in the department of Cauca which lies in the southwestern part of the country. Many rivers traverse Cauca and the Central Range of the Andes Mountains runs through the department.
Coffee producers here are mainly smallholder farmers with less than 1.5 hectares of land
and 4000–6000 coffee trees in production on average. The soil in the region is fertile due to
volcanic ash, and the weather is filled with warm days and cool nights due to winds
blowing from the paramo, high plateaus in the area’s mountains. These factors all
contribute to the region's classic cup profile, delicate and balanced with hints of
confection-like sweetness.
