Tasting Notes: Chocolate Syrup, Orange Sherbert, Juicy
Producer: Carlos Alberto Cadena Pale
Score: 89.65
Region: Veracruz, Mexico
Growing Elevation: 1350 Meters
Process: Anaerobic Natural
Varietal: Geisha
This coffee placed #4 in this year's Cup of Excellence competition.
Finca Xilontla is located in the Veracruz municipality of Cosautlán de Carvajal. The farm covers 85 hectares with 40 hectares of coffee trees planted. It is situated at an altitude of 1350 meters, and features the ruins of an abandoned hacienda, which dates back to around 1850. The coffee cherries were harvested at a ripeness of 25 degrees brix, and processed using anaerobic fermentation for 38 hours. Drying was carried out on raised beds over a period of 25 days.
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