

CINDER CONE BLEND: 02/14/2019 Mexico Loxicha & Guatemala San Martín Jilotepeque


"These coffees were destined to become Cinder Cone together with their classic origin profiles. There's an emphasis on maximizing sweetness and softening the acidity for Cinder Cone, and the Loxica/San Martín play that tune perfectly." - Marty Lopes, Roaster
MEXICO LOXICHA
Producer: smallholder independent farms unaffiliated with a co-op (since the Roya outbreak in 2015, coffee yields have decreased by 80% and many farms have gone out of business; those who have managed to carry on have had to do so as true entrepreneurs, forging their own paths without the support of co-ops)
Region: Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico
Prepartion: washed
Tasting notes: brown sugar smoothness with a hint of bittersweet chocolate
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GUATEMALA SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE
Producer: the smallholder farms of the Asproguate NGO
Region: San Martín Jilotepeque, in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala
Preparation: Asproguate collects cherries from the farms; the cherries are depulped and fermented them at Asproguate's wet mills. Their partner, Dinamica, handles dry milling and exporting.
Tasting notes: almond and hazelnut mingle with a crisp apple acidity and caramel sweetness