This is our first year purchasing coffee from Luis Caro, brother of Jose Arcadio Caro. This is also our first selection from the mountains slightly east of Urrao in Anzá. In the cup we find the tropical profile we associate with Chiroso: mango, lychee, and red tea.
Chiroso
Guintar, Anzá, Antioquia
2,100 masl
April, 2024
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Held in-cherry for 3 days. Floated. De-pulped. Fermented underwater for 6 days. Dried on raised beds until moisture content reaches ~10%.
ABOUT LUIS ARNULFO CARO
This is our first year buying coffee from Luis Caro. However, we have purchased coffee from his brother, Jose Arcadio Caro, several times, and it has been one of our favorite coffees from the region. Luis Caro also offers a unique opportunity to taste the Chiroso variety from a region we've never purchased coffee from before: Anzá. We have long been curious about the mountains to the east of Urrao, and we are happy to begin our exploration of them with this delightful lot.
ABOUT CHIROSO
Chiroso is a new variety being grown primarily in the region of Antioquia, Colombia. We only started hearing about its cultivation a couple of years ago, but because of its cup quality potential it is beginning to spread. The variety has been genetically identified as an Ethiopian Landrace, but we unfortunately cannot get any more specific than that at this time. We have been working very hard building a buying program in the region of Urrao specifically around the variety of Chiroso. We still don't know where or how this variety came to be cultivated in this particular region, but its cup quality is extraordinary. We will be working with our exporting partner The Coffee Quest to continue developing this project, and hope that we'll be able to bring you more of this special coffee from this special region year after year.
Pricing Details
Farm Gate (Local; PARCHMENT)
3.5MM COP/Carga
Farm Gate (USD; Green)
~$8.98/KG
FOB
$12.13/KG
FOT
$14.97/KG
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