Golden Hour

Summary

Golden Hour is a blend combining three washed coffees from Ecuador and Rwanda. The Ecuador components feature Sidra from Finca La Josefina (Leopoldo Andrade & Ligia Merizalde) in Cascabel and Typica Mejorado from Finca Arashi (Abel Salinas) in Saraguro, Loja. The Rwanda component is a Red Bourbon lot from 260 smallholder farmers of the Vunga cooperative in Nyabihu, led by Daphrose Uwimana. Flavour notes include honey, apricot, and golden apple. Light roast with an average cupping score of 86.5.

Details

Format

Bean

Decaffeinated

No

Cupping score

86.5

Producer

Leopoldo Andrade & Ligia Merizalde, Vunga Cooperative, Abel Salinas

Altitude

1650 - 2000 m.a.s.l

Variety

Red Bourbon, Typica Mejorado, Sidra

Notes

Apricot, Honey, Apple

The roaster

Driftaway Coffee

Brooklyn-based Driftaway Coffee is a BIPOC woman-led small-batch specialty roastery, roasting everything from bright, fruit-forward light roasts to deeper comf…