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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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We've made an update to our "Roast Style" section on the labels to better differentiate Light & Lightest roasts. For the next two weeks, there may be some crossover in the old & new designs
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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: 

Port wine, fudge cake, lacto-fermented blueberries, winegums, classic cola, macerated morello cherry, tamarind, 60% Madagascan chocolate, baking spices. 

5/5 on the funk scale

Absolutely outrageous as a FW in Milk

Traceability (Blend Version: 12)

Country of Origin:
 Indonesia Guatemala
Blend Percentage:
 64% 36%
Region:
 Bebesen, Sumatra Las Lajas, el Pajal, Huehuetenango
Producer Group/Washing Station:

Aulia Kahfi & 15 outgrowers

Rakyat Farm

José Alberto López Armas,

Finca El Mirador
Varieties:
 Abyssinia, Ateng, Caturra, Gayo, Timtim, Typica Bourbon
Elevation:
 1300 - 1600 MASL 1500 - 1710 MASL
Process:
 Extended Fermentation Anoxic Natural ("Winey" Process):
Selectively picked ripe cherry is picked both on Rakyat farm alongside neighbouring farms, then taken to a central processing point. Cherries washed to lower initial microbial load and reduce temperature, before being sealed into fermentation vessels and fermented for 20-25 days. Post ferment, cherries washed again before slow drying.
 Traditional Washed: 
Ripe cherries picked and delivered to the wet mill at El Mirador. Cherries floated, skimmed, before pulping. Parchment wet fermented under shade for 24 hrs, before patio drying over 15 days
Import Partner:
 Sucafina Primavera
Harvest:
 Crop 24/25. Second harvest purchasing from Aulia Crop 24/25. Second harvest purchasing from Jose

 

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 12:

This is the funkiest Colourful we've ever dropped. Without exception, this is 5/5 Funk. All the fermented & macerated boozy berries, Madagascan 60% chocolate, the definition of winey itself. With two returning producers, this one is PEAK Colourful

We've got a 25 day in-cherry anoxic ferment from Aulia Kahfi in Indonesia. That's not a typo - 25 days held in cherry in an anoxic environment. This lot has more bassy low-end notes than a Carnival Soundsystem. Not for the faint of heart

Adding a bit of top note classy acidity, we've got Jose Lopez's El Mirador returning from Guatemala - as Nadine's head of quality in Huehuetenango, Jose produces an exemplar classic washed Bourbon, and it's a treat. We've had the pleasure of visiting El Mirador in 2019 and it's an excellently run operation.

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: Own photography/Sucafina

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.