Colombia - La Palma Y El Tucán C046 (Special Reserve)

Reach for the top shelf and be rewarded with Blackboard's Special Reserve. This edition is a prized gesha from the famous La Palma Y El Tucán and it is absolutely Off. It's. Leash!! It's a sensory overload of floral aromatics and intense winey, fruity, chocolatey flavours. Make no mistake, this will be one of the most unique coffees you will have this year!

Tastes like: Indigo florals, red plum, pomegranate, rose wine, and cacao.

Intensity rating:

Sweetness: 4.5/5

Acidity: 3.5/5

Body: 2/5

ROASTING SCHEDULE:

Blackboard Coffee roasts its special reserve coffees once per month. This coffee is roasted on 12 May. All orders before the roast date will be placed on the pre-order list and shipped after roasting. All orders placed after the roast date will be shipped Monday-Thursday. Orders received after Thursday afternoon will be added to the following week's run. Any orders received after the allocation is exhausted will go onto the pre-order list for the next month's release.

For the geeks: La Palma Y El Tucán are world famous farms located in Cundinamarca, Colombia, by coffee farming rockstar, Felipe Sardi. La Palma Y El Tucán is famed for producing competition grade examples of the prized gesha (a.k.a geisha) varietal. This particular C046 lot was given a 'bioinnovation natural' process, which  begins with farm-sourced microorganisms kickstarting a precise fermentation (72-100 hours). Next, an extended drying phase (40-60 days) deepens the coffee’s complexity. As it interacts with its environment the coffee blossoms with vibrant fruity and tropical notes. The result is a fruit forward cup with floral aromatics, and a silken body. This is Geisha unchained, yet impeccably controlled.