Las Alasitas
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description: TASTING NOTE This complex, elegant but juicy cup starts with cherry cordial before a burst of white grape and then a squeeze of tangerine. FARM INFO Named after the annual festival celebrating wishes and abundance, Bolivia Las Alasitas is a coffee built on vision and possibility. "Las Alasitas" translates to "buy me" in Aymara, and during the festival – which kicks off each year on 24th January in La Paz – locals purchase miniature figurines representing their hopes for the coming year. Everything from tiny cars to miniature coffee sacks are blessed by yatiris (traditional healers) and Catholic priests alike, then given to friends and family in the belief that recipients will receive the real thing before the year is out. At the heart of it all sits Ekeko, the Aymara god of abundance – a chubby, moustachioed figure laden with baskets and bags, who watches over Bolivian households and rewards generosity. It's a fitting name for a farm where the Rodríguez family continue to plant seeds – both literally and figuratively – for the future of Bolivian coffee. This full-bodied washed coffee delivers a beautifully rich texture that carries flavours of marzipan and brown sugar, with a gentle hint of milk chocolate that deepens into dark chocolate on the aftertaste. The Yellow Caturra variety – a compact, golden-fruited mutation of Bourbon first selected in Brazil – tends toward tropical fruit sweetness at altitude. Here, though, the family's anaerobic washed processing tempers that brightness into something rounder and more confectionery. Grown at 1,642 metres above sea level in Bolinda – a steep, green valley whose name is a contraction of "Bolivia Linda" (Beautiful Bolivia) – Las Alasitas benefits from cool nights and mild days that slow the ripening of cherries. This extended maturation allows sugars to concentrate and complexity to build, resulting in a cup that rewards those who appreciate the finer details of speciality coffee. After selective hand-picking, cherries ar…
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