Juan Peña - Ecuador Sidra
This is our second season featuring award winning producer Juan Peña. This Sidra is floral with a distinct mandarin sweetness. We also taste pleasant baking spice that we often attribute to the Sidra variety. In the cup we get black tea, mandarin, sesame and citrus.
250G
- Variety: Sidra
- Country: Ecuador
- Region: Saraguro
- Process: Washed
- Altitude: 1900-2100 MASL
- Harvest: Late 2024
- Producer: Juan Peña
- Farm: Finca La Papaya
- Roast Level: Light
In the cup
In the cup we get a delicate profile of beautiful florals that remind us of black tea, citric acidity like mandarin, and a finish reminiscent of sesame. The body is light with a medium finish.
About The Producer
Hacienda La Papaya is the Pioneer of coffee cultivation in the Saraguro region. Located 20km away from Saraguro toward the Andes, the project started in 2009 and the planting in 2010. The farm planted exclusive varieties and constructed the best agricultural technology, such as drip irrigation. The vision has always been very clear about producing only high-quality plants and processes where everything is managed by agronomists. The entire farm at Hacienda la Papaya uses a drip irrigation system for the 35,000 plants. Hacienda la Papaya exported their first harvest in 2014 to markets in the United States, and from 2015, the coffee has been recognized in the United States and in the Asian market, often placing in the top three of the most important international coffee competitions. Juan Peña is the founder, director and partner of Hacienda la Papaya. Juan won three consecutive Sprudge Notable Producer awards, recognizing Hacienda la Papaya as a top quality coffee producer.
Processing
The cherries are harvested and then sorted to remove immature cherries or defects. The pulp/honey is then removed from the cherry, and the parchment coffee beans are fermented between 18 to 24 hours. The coffee is then dried in a controlled environment to ensure the end result of the cup is the clean, floral, and consistent profile that Juan aims for. The harvest of each of the farms arrives each year in the months of September, October and November from different parts of Ecuador to the Cafexporto laboratory and warehouse. Each one of the bags when entering the warehouses are coded with a name and reference number. During admission, small quantities are taken as samples of each of the references to analyze them in the Cafexporto laboratory before starting the dry processing process. Each of the parchment coffees references goes through the machine production line (threshing, size classification, cleaning and visual classification). After going through the visual classification, the physical quality of the beans is analyzed before starting to pack in the boxes of Cafexporto. During the packaging of boxes, a small amount of sample is taken for a new sensory quality control analysis in the Cafexporto laboratory prior to shipment.
Variety
A cross mutation between Bourbon and Typica, said to have originated in Ecuador. The flavour profile generally falls into high sweetness, crisp acidity and velvety body. World Coffee Research says it's possible that Sidra does not have a clear genetic identity. Instead, Sidra could be a few different varieties that farmers refer to under the same name-something the organization says is a lack of a formal seed sector. Juan's Sidra is resistant to rust, has high nutritional requirements, and does not need shade as long as it receives suitable humidity and nutritional levels.
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