Colombian Anaerobic Honey Processed Castillo – Jardines Del Eden – Orange Velvet – Fruit Fermentation

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Wow, we did not know coffee could taste like this. Some will absolutely love this coffee, others, will think it interesting but too different. Any which way, this cup will astonish any coffee fan and for many, it will be an incredibly tasty treat. Coffee that tastes and smells like orange. I know we have used “orange or orange peel” descriptors for coffee before, but that was before we tried this coffee.

How do they do this? Basically the coffee is fermented with orange and orange juice, with some wine yeast to help it take in the beans. Similar to an anaerobic honey processed coffee, but instead of water, they use orange juice and crushed oranges.

This innovative lot is created with cherry grown at Jardines del Eden farm near Pijao village in the Quindio department. The pulped seeds underwent a dry anaerobic fermentation period of 72 hours with the pulp on.

During this fermentation stage, fresh oranges and wine yeast were added. The cherries were then pulped and placed to dry on raised beds with oranges placed amongst the coffee until the ideal moisture content was achieved.

Tasting Notes: Orange, orange and more orange! The green smells like orange, the roasted beans smell like oranges, and the first taste to hit the tongue, will be orange (okay, some said peach.. but that is very close!). The cup does have some stronger citric acidity and brighter characteristics, a little lemongrass up front, a hint of red fruit if you can get past the stronger grape tones, will finish a bit of classic Colombian nuttiness, a little more chocolaty if you push the roast a little, but careful, too dark and one starts to lose the orange tones that this cup is all about.

“Peach tropical tea, sour candy, orange sherbet, sweet and tangy”

In the blind tasting, everyone picked this one as orange, no misidentifying this cup.

Roasting Notes:
Keep this on the lighter side and expect something unique and different. Nobody has tasted coffee like this before. Higher chaff, pretty even roasting, lovely screen of coffee. The trick here is to keep it on the lighter roast side. Not a cup for you dark roast fans. Fruity, floral, sweet and orange like. Definitely new wave lighter roast crazy coffee. 24-48 hour setup recommended, some may even want to wait 3-5 days, a little sharper still after 24 hours. Make sure you get through first crack! The orange will be there no matter what but if you do not hit 1st crack, it will be balanced with more grassy and vegetal tones instead of classic Colombian nutty and chocolaty.