Tastes like: |
Bright Citrus Fruits |
Farm: |
Hacienda Santa Gertrudis |
Farmers: |
Jose Luis Eguiguren |
Origin: |
Loja, Ecuador |
Altitude: |
1600m |
Variety: |
Typica Mejorado |
Process: |
Washed |
Roasted for: |
Filter/Espresso |
Processing Level: |
1/5 - The varietal and terroir is clearly tasted through the processing and is elevated to great effect. |
Hacienda Santa Gertrudis is relatively new to the specialty coffee game in Ecuador - having a strong history in coffee, but less focus on quality. This is something Jose Luis is changing in big leaps.
The farm is located just outside of Loja, near Vilcabamba, in the south east of Ecuador. The climate here is very helpful to growing great coffee, being quite warm in summer, and having predictable rainfalls, which helps both growing, and drying of the coffees.
Jose Luis is brilliant at the work he does at the farm - and started off by planting several different varieties, including Caturra, SL28, Bourbon, Sidra, and Geisha all over his land. He has spent a lot of effort in systematically improving his processing, and has it really under control.
This is his famous Typica Mejorado. It's a beautiful varietal, with great citrus, floral, and a real bright fruit character. It's a variety that's perfectly suited to the Ecuadorian terroir, and thrives in his farm in Loja.
Jose Luis has processed this lot of Typica Mejorado is depulped quickly after picking, then having a small fermentation before being spread out to dry on raised beds in a humidity controlled drying room, which is regularly turned and monitored, for a clean finish!
Shipping information
If you have any questions, please get in touch with us.Orders recieved before midnight Sunday, we guarantee will be shipped that week.
Otherwise late orders will be shipped the week after. If you have any urgent requirements, please get in touch by email and we will do our best to accomodate them!
Everything is shipped from Zurich, Switzerland. We use Swiss Post, UPS, Fedex, or DHL as our shipping options.
You have the option to select Local Pickup in Zurich, at the Lobby at ON Labs, or at the Collective Bakery.
For Swiss Post services:
The Postpac Economy option is the cheapest, but slowest, and doesn't have any tracking.
We would recommend the Postpac Priority option for a faster service, and detailed tracking information.