Rosarios Bajo - Peru

About Rosarios Bajo Nestled on the border of Ecuador and Peru, Rosarios Bajo is part of a private conservation area that protects the forests, páramos (highland plateaus), and several endangered species. This area has a nice altitude, rich soils, and ideal microclimate for growing coffee. The producers in the area contributing to this lot deliver their coffee to the town of Rosarios Bajo via horses or mules because transportation is pretty limited. The coffee is delivered in parchment state meaning they depulp, ferment, and wash the coffee on or near their farm and dry the coffee, typically on the second floor of their home. Because of the limited transport, Red Fox (the green coffee importer we purchased this coffee from) hires a truck to go to Rosarios Bajo two or three times a month to pick up the coffee and bring it to a warehouse in Nambelle, the closest larger town, so that it can be packaged and exported to roasters like us! Peruvian coffees are typically milder in acidity, leaning into deeply sweet and nutty notes. This coffee expresses those qualities in the delicate acidity of dried apples, the complex sweetness of date sugar, and almonds. It’s a well-balanced and approachable coffee, one you’ll be liable to keep sipping on cup after cup. REGION: Piura, Peru FARM/MILL: Rosarios Bajo Community VARIETAL: Caturra, Pache, Catimor ALTITUDE: 1,600 meters PRODUCER: Various Smallholder Producers PROCESS: Washed Sourced through our partners at Red Fox Coffee Merchants. Tastes like Dried Apple, Date Sugar, Almond Brewing Recommendation While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try this coffee on Kalita or Drip. Kalita Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water] Drip Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 40g coffee and 640g water]