CHORORA "RED WASHED" MEJORADO [25/26] - MEJORADO, YEAST INOCULATED ANOXIC WASHED - ECUADOR

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CHORORA "RED WASHED" MEJORADO [25/26] - MEJORADO, YEAST INOCULATED ANOXIC WASHED

CLEMENTINE
BAKEWELL TART
CHAMOMILE

PRODUCER: OLINKA VELEZ, RENÉ BUITRON
ORIGIN: ECUADOR
REGION: SOZORANGA, LOJA
FARM: CHORORA
VARIETAL: MEJORADO
ALTITUDE: 1600 MASL
PROCESS: YEAST INOCULATED ANOXIC WASHED
IMPORT PARTNER: MAKICUNA VIA ALGRANO

ROAST DATE: JUNE 29, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

OUR SECOND SEASON SOURCING FROM CHORORA, WHICH IS ONE OF TWO FARMS OWNED AND RUN BY SISTERS OLINKA AND DIANA VELEZ. CHORORA GROWS MULTIPLE VARIETIES INCLUDING MEJORADO, WUSH WUSH, LUPE MARIA, AND ROSADO, WHEREAS YAMBAMINE GROWS NOTHING BUT SIDRA. THE SISTERS ARE PIONEERS IN HIGH INTERVENTION PROCESSING IN ECUADOR, INCLUDING CARBONIC MACERATION, ANOXIC FERMENTATION, AND NATURALLY ISOLATED LACTOBACILLUS AND YEAST CULTURES. A RESEARCH LABORATORY ON-SITE DEVELOPS NEW PROCESSING METHODS, AND CROSSES DIFFERENT CULTIVARS.

WE'RE TASTING SWEET AND STICKY AROMATICS - STEWED APPLE, CHAMOMILE AND DRIED APRICOTS. IN THE CUP IT'S PLUSH AND ELEGANT WITH CLEMENTINE AND NECTARINE NOTES HOT, ALONGSIDE CAKE-LIKE BAKEWELL TART (RASPBERRY, FRANGIPANE, BROWN BUTTER SHORTCRUST PASTRY) AND CHAMOMILE TEA. THE TOUCH OF EXTRA DEVELOPMENT TIPS THE MEJORADO PROFILE FROM WHITE SUGAR TO MORE BUTTERSCOTCH, AND WE FIND A SOFT FLORALITY THROUGHOUT - APPLE BLOSSOM HOT, DRIED JASMINE COLD.

PROCESS

YEAST INOCULATED ANOXIC WASHED: CHERRIES ARE GIVEN AN INITIAL 24 HOURS OF OXIDATION, THEN 72 HOURS OF ANOXIC FERMENTATION IN SEALED TANKS INOCULATED WITH LAB-ISOLATED YEAST CULTURES TO STEER THE FERMENTATION. THE CHERRIES ARE THEN DEPULPED AND REINOCULATED WITH THE SAME ISOLATED YEASTS FOR A FURTHER 72 HOURS OF FERMENTATION, BEFORE THE MUCILAGE IS WASHED OFF, TAKING THE LOT TO 8 DAYS OF TOTAL FERMENTATION. THE PARCHMENT EMERGES WITH A REDDISH TINT, WHICH GIVES THE LOT ITS RED WASHED NAME, AND THE COFFEE IS FINALLY DRIED ON RAISED BEDS UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS TO A FINAL 10% MOISTURE.

HARVEST

CROP 25/26 - ARRIVED UK: APRIL 2026. SECOND SEASON BUYING FROM CHORORA