
La Cristalina
Summary
La Cristalina is a natural processed coffee from Quimbaya, Quindío, Colombia, produced by Maria Mercedes Grajales, Alberto Grajales and German Grajales. Grown at 1450m, this Castillo variety underwent 36 hours of anaerobic fermentation. The light filter roast offers a lively, wine-like acidity and a fruity, sweet cup with cranberry, cherry, peach, dried plums, blueberry and wine gum, finishing with light caramel and almond. Medium body. Cupping score 87.5.
V60
Ratio 1:16- Coffee in
- 20 g
- Water
- 320 g
- Time
- 2:25
- Temperature
- 94°C
Grind: 20 clicks
- 0:00Pour 60 ml (10 s)
- 0:10Bloom (25 s)
- 0:35Pour 140 ml (25 s)
- 1:10Pour 60 ml (15 s)
- 1:35Pour 60 ml (15 s)
- 6.Give a short spin
Also works with Origami using V60 paper.
Chemex
- Coffee in
- 20 g
- Water
- 330 g
- Time
- 3:30
- Temperature
- 96°C
3 Cup Chemex. 3 pours. Extraction time including blooming.
Kalita
Ratio 1:17- Coffee in
- 20 g
- Water
- 340 g
- Time
- 2:45
- Temperature
- 94°C
Grind: 22 clicks
- 0:00Pour 60 ml (10 s)
- 0:10Bloom (25 s)
- 0:35Pour 160 ml (35 s)
- 1:15Pour 120 ml, followed by a short spin (30 s)
Also works with Fellow X and Origami using Kalita paper.
AeroPress
- Coffee in
- 17 g
- Water
- 220 g
- Time
- 1:45
- Temperature
- 87°C
Grind: 18 clicks
- 0:00Pour in 65 ml water at 87°C
- 2.Stir briefly and fill up to 220 ml, stir again
- 1:10Start pressing slowly
- 1:45Finish pressing
Inverted method.
Hario Switch
- Coffee in
- 25 g
- Water
- 400 g
- Temperature
- 94°C
Grind: 27 clicks
- 1.Fill water completely
- 2.Let it brew for 2:30 minutes
- 3.Stir a few times at the top with a spoon
- 4.Let water run through for 3:00 minutes
No bloom. Run through time should be a maximum of 1 minute (adjust the grinding level if necessary).
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
- Filter
- Decaffeinated
- No
- Cupping score
- 87.5
- Producer
- Maria Mercedes Grajales, Alberto Grajales, German Grajales
- Altitude
- 1450 m.a.s.l
- Variety
- Castillo
- Notes
- Cranberry, Plum, Peach, Candy, Cherry, Blueberry
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