Artist Reserve: Colombia Carmen Montoya - Multi-stage Washed Chiroso
Summary
Single-origin coffee from Carmen Montoya's Bella Vista farm in Urrao, Colombia, grown at 2,000 meters above sea level. Produced from the Chiroso variety, it undergoes a multi-stage washed process: 12-hour whole cherry fermentation, depulping, 72-hour fermentation in stainless steel tanks, washing, and 8-day patio drying. Roasted light, it offers a dense, layered cup with peach, mandarin, and caramel candy notes.
Espresso
- Time
- 25 s
- Temperature
- 93°C
Pour over
- Coffee in
- 21.5 g
Grind: medium-fine
- 1.Bloom with 2-3 times the coffee weight (45-60 g for a 21.5 g dose). (1:00)
- 2.Pour 2-3 controlled center-out pours.
- 3.Avoid heavy swirling or stirring.
- 4.Let it draw down naturally with a light rattle after the last pour.
Water: 30-80 ppm TDS, moderate alkalinity, balanced calcium/magnesium. Rest coffee 2-6 weeks off roast for filter.
Published by the roaster for this coffee. Treat it as a starting point — your grinder, water and machine will want their own tweaks.
Details
- Format
- Bean
- Roast profile
- Omniroast
- Decaffeinated
- No
- Producer
- Carmen Montoya
- Altitude
- 2000 m.a.s.l
- Variety
- Chiroso
- Notes
- Caramel, Mandarin, Peach
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