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Scenery Coffee

Colourful

Colourful

Sourcing coffees that are exceptionally vibrant, bright and intensely expressive, then blending them together for a raucous cacophony of flavour. This blend will be an exploration of modern processing and vibrancy, a year round staple of intense fruit-forward notes. Coffee in full Colour, not just black and white.

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Brew Guide:

Best Brewed with: Suitable for Filter and Espresso

Best Rested for: 2-3 weeks

Light Roaster Influence:
We roast this blend on the lighter side, with the view that it should still work as an all-rounder for both filter and espresso. Try a modern open recipe at 18g in, 45-50g out in 25-30s when brewing as espresso to really open up the flavour, or 60g/L when brewing on filter.

In combining the excellent agronomy and modern processing in these two lots, we’re tasting: Very fruity process forward aromatics of ripe passionfruit and bubblegum. In the cup purple fruit forward like vimto cordial, ripe persimmon & parma violets. As it cools becoming boozy with more berry notes like raspberry liqueur

Traceability (Blend Version: 11)

Country of Origin:
 Colombia Nicaragua
Blend Percentage:
 50% 50%
Region:
 Caldas Nueva Segovia
Producer Group/Washing Station:

30-50 Smallholder families

Villamaría, Jamaica Processing Station
 Ana and Martha Albir
Finca Bethania
Varieties:
 Variedad Colombia, Castillo Naranjal Java
Elevation:
 1800 MASL 1400 MASL
Process:
 Natural: Fresh cherry is delivered to Finca La Aurora where it is floated, sorted and left to rest in cherry for 24 hours. The cherries are transported to the Jamaica drying station the following day where they undergo a further 48 hours of fermentation in cherry.

Dried on raised beds in a parabolic dryer for 15 days finishing in a mechanical dryer for 3-4 days.		 Anoxic Natural: Ripe cherries are hand-picked and delivered to the Bethania wet mill, where the whole fruit is sealed in tanks for 48-72 hours of fermentation in an anoxic environment. 

Dried on patios in two stages: first under shade for 5-6 days, then in full sun for a total of 20-25 days. The coffee then has 30 days reposado in GrainPro before being hulled and sorted for export.
Import Partner:
 Raw Material Falcon
Harvest:
 Crop 25/26 Crop 24/25

 

The Story:

Colourful was born out of another concept we wanted to play with, something we felt almost criminally under-explored. There is such huge potential in combining deeply fruity and fun coffees into a blend, yet so often it’s almost seen as sacrilege, that they must be a single origin special release, or else some green coffee buyer secret police will break in and confiscate the sacks back. 

Yet who amongst us has not occasionally chucked the remnants of a special bag or two into the grinder, and found the result to be more than the sum of its parts? So in the full rebellious spirit of  resisting pretentious coffee traditions, we've sought out the most uniquely fruity and fun coffees to feature in Colourful . There's no denying that the funky, wild profile of an anaerobic or experimentally processed coffee might not be for everyone, or the sort of coffee you drink every single day. However, we believe in their ability to surprise and delight, with the objective to showcase the vibrancy and full dynamic range that coffee has to offer. Like a mug full of pick n’ mix sweets, coffee in full colour (not just black and white!).

So here we have it - Colourful. It's a year-round celebration of colour and flavour, giving us the freedom to source, blend, or even to spotlight single origins under its banner. Colourful isn't dictated by its components; instead, its essence is its flavour profile and the fun we have in creating and selecting for it.

Version 11:

We've often featured decaf from the Jamaica processing station & Villamaria smallholders - a stalwart coffee of the Raw Material Colombian lineup, but this year we've brought in some of the caff version for use in Colourful. This natural process field blend is excellently processed & full purple fruit - boozy, passionfruit, chunky

Matching it, we've got a lovely Nicaraguan anoxic natural Java from Finca Bethania. Super sweet & juicy, abounding with pink fruits - like fruitella - if this wasn't going into Colourful would be a mainline release in its own right.

Each lot is roasted separately with a unique profile to combine in the blend, to allow us maximum control over the final cup profile.

Credit for additional farm & producer photography: Raw Material/Falcon

Resting: If you can bear to wait, coffee stored in the bag (un-opened) for this period will improve immensely as it releases CO₂ created during the roasting process, and will be at peak flavour for several weeks following the "Best Rested for" indication.
You are of course welcome to open your coffee earlier and it should still be tasty!

Once opened, consume within 2 weeks 

We suggest that all of our coffees are best enjoyed within 3 months from the day it was roasted and indicate the "roasted on" date & "best before" date on the rear of the bag.