Description
About the Roast
This Nicaragua bean was originally added as a rotational bean to keep in stock during the winter/spring months and it quickly became a bean that we really enjoyed. It has been featured in a few of our blends, since it pairs so well with other coffees. By itself, it is roasted to a medium-dark level (Vienna Roast) and has your standard South American Chocolate and Nutty notes but has a great, well rounded flavor.
- FLAVOR: Milk Chocolate, Roasted Peanuts, Citrus
- BODY: Light
- ACIDITY: Bright
- PROCESS: Washed
About the Region
The marimba is Nicaragua’s national instrument. It’s particularly popular in the central and western parts of the country, like in the department of Jinotega, where this coffee was sourced from. The area is Nicaragua’s largest coffee region, and altitudes here range from 1,300-1,700masl. The soil is rich with clay and volcanic ash, with plenty of natural canopy to provide shade over the coffee trees.
A Strictly High Grown (SHG) coffee is grown at an altitude of 1,200 meters above sea level or higher. When coffee cherries grow at high altitudes, they tend to mature more slowly. This allows the fruit to take in more nutrients, resulting in denser, sweeter green coffee beans that are considered higher quality. Due to the longer maturation, harvesting, and production of SHG coffees generally occurs later in the season. During dry milling, this lot was further sorted to European Preparation (EP) specifications with a minimum screen size of 15 and above and a maximum of eight defects within 300 grams.
