Producer: Luis Pascoal Varietals: Mundo Novo, Bourbon
Cupping notes:
Beguiling fruit sweetness opens for thick and sticky lava cake with almond brittle. Hints of marzipan layered with stone fruit marmalade in the middle. Deep bass power chords resound in the gooey, chocolatey, brownie and cream finish. The slightest kiss of dried strawberries and citrus tickles your palette. A world exclusive coffee created for Barefoot Coffee. Three lots, two varietals and two processing methods. Awesome sweet.
In July of 2009, Christian Rotsko was sent on an important mission for Barefoot Coffee. Barefoot was invited by Daterra to fly to Brazil and create our own custom single farm blend from their green bean offerings. Barefoot had been using two of Daterra’s trademark blends over the last few years, the Santa Colombia, and the Monte Cristo, and loved them each for their versatility and use as drip and espresso. The main goal for the Custom Blend was to create coffee that would astound and rock as espresso by taking what we loved from the Santa Colombia and Monte Cristo lots: Deep Chocolate, roasted hazelnuts, caramel, cream and marzipan, and adding a bit more sweet fruitiness and complexity. With the instructions clear and the plan drawn out, Christian was off to the region of Cehaddo in the state of Minas Gerias Brazil to Daterra Farms…
