| Farm | Ethiopia Bule Hora, Costa Rica Macho |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Arabica heirloom and catuaí |
| Processing | washed |
| Crop | January and March 2024 |
| Coffee type | whole bean |
| Flavour | Sweet & Creamy |
Flirt
This coffee is for everyone who enjoys flirting with filtered coffee, as well as for those who have a serious relationship with it. You'll never get bored with it; it's juicy yet sweet and beautifully aromatic. Every date with it is simply fun.
We always select coffees for Flirt to ensure that the resulting cup is sweet and fun, but never becomes tiresome. During the year, its composition slightly changes, but its taste remains similar. Flirt is the kind of coffee that, whenever you reach for it, your date will be a little different every time, but you'll always enjoy it.
Filter Coffee Family
How does it taste?
Ondřej, our wholesale manager, can easily drink this coffee every day. What he enjoys about it is that nothing loudly stands out, and it's well-balanced. You don't have to think too much about this coffee, you simply drink it with joy. It has a creamy body, sweetness of honey and chocolate, with subtle notes of dried apricots."
Current blend
Flirt currently consists of two coffees. Light and floral coffee from the Ethiopian Bule Hora station and sweet Costa Rican coffee from Finca Macho.
50% Ethiopian Bule Hora - fully washed
50% Costa Rica Macho - fully washed
Ethiopia Bule Hora
The processing plant is located in the Guji region, near the town of Bule Hora, formerly called Hagere Mariam. The station buys and processes cherries from small growers in the area, invests money back into the community and supports a local school. Producers supplying cherries are eligible for training on composting, pruning and mulching coffee trees to improve quality and yield on their farms. Due to the high altitude, it is quite cold here, so the ripening of the cherries, fermentation and drying takes place very slowly.
We buy coffee from the Bule Hora station through our long-time partner in Ethiopia, Ms. Heleana Georgalis, who also provides the final processing at her Moplaco dry mill in the capital city of Addis Ababa. This year's coffee export from Ethiopia was significantly hampered by the crisis in the Suez Canal, which caused a delay of several months for our container. We are all the more pleased that this Ethiopian coffee arrived in excellent condition.
Costa Rica Macho
We have been selecting coffees from Efraín “Macho” Naranjo and his son Kevin for over a decade. We have several different lots from them every year. This year, we selected a larger lot of the popular catuaí variety directly for Flirt. It was processed using fully washed method with the so-called "reposado" of cherries. After collection, cherries are left to "rest" in plastic crates in the shade for about 48 hours before pulping in Penagos Eco-pulpers. This kick-starting of fermentation helps the complexity of flavors and acidity in the cup.
Efraín and Kevin are among the producers who are constantly innovating. They recently boasted shaded two-tiered African beds and parchment storage in a double Grainpro bags. Slower drying has a huge effect on the rate of aging of the coffee, which is absolutely essential for the roaster. That is why we duly acknowledge all similar initiatives on the part of the producers and are happy to pay extra for such coffees.
