To be announced
Melquiades Vinalay Ríos
Finca La Providencia
- Altitude
- 1300–1620 MASL
- Variety
- Geisha, Bourbon Rosado, Typica
- Process
- Lavado, Anaeróbico, Natural
“I've been writing everything in a notebook for twelve years. That notebook is worth more than the depulper.”
La Providencia is the highest farm in this year's program and the farthest from everything: five hours from the coast, the last one on dirt road.
Melquiades has twelve years of handwritten fermentation logs — temperature, pH, hours. When a roaster asks why a lot came out different, the answer is on a page.
His Pink Bourbon is one of the very few plantings of that variety in the country.
Their coffees this week
- 009
La Providencia · Geisha lavado
WashedOrange blossom · Lychee · Honey
1,620 mGeishaRoaster: Contraluz Tostaduría
- 010
La Providencia · Bourbon Rosado
White honeyGuava · Hibiscus tea · Vanilla
1,540 mBourbon RosadoRoaster: Reverso