Manhattan Coffee Feliz Navidad Potosi

It's the holiday season!
And we have something special once again from the Café Granja La Esperanza group!

Five farms now make up Café Granja La Esperanza: Cerro Azul, Las Margaritas, La Esperanza, Potosi, and Hawaii. With a reputation for producing competition-winning coffees, processes are matched with varieties to produce unique flavor profiles.

This year, we are bringing you another Mandela, this time it is an anaerobic washed coming from Potosi! The anaerobic washed process starts with an initial sealed fermentation stage, typically for around 48-70 hours before pulping. This is followed by wet processing and mechanical drying. Once the coffee is dried it is transported to a climate-controlled warehouse in Caicedonia, where the cupping lab and QC facility can be found.

Mandela is a self-pollinated selection from Caturra x Caturra, choosing a bean that gave the best characteristics. This was then crossed with the Timor hybrid to provide some resistance to rust, before being crossed again with Ethiopian landrace varietals such as Sudan Rume, Daleco, and Villa Sarchi. The offspring from those were then selected for the best performing and the varietal stabilized, with the resultant trees exhibiting both bronze and green tips.

It's the perfect coffee for holiday flavors! Expect seasonal flavors like red apple, plumcake, and Grand Marnier. Have a great holiday!