The Future - Halloween Candy

Description

The Future has been a beloved staple on our year-round menu for quite awhile now. With it, we have been able to showcase excellence in processing techniques, particularly in regard to anaerobic and co-fermentation endeavors. Our goal with each of these unique blends is to elevate flavor as the guiding principle for each creation. HOW WE GOT HERE | This coffee asks a pivotal question during the spookiest season of the year: Which Halloween candy is the best?  As a lifelong apologist of the seasonal Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins, the writer of this description may not fall on the same side of this debate as our roasters, who clearly and loudly declare their love of fruity candy at every available opportunity. A quick glance at our menu confirms that their allegiance to it is undeniable, and this Future release is a love letter to all the treats they hope to find at the bottom of a plastic jack-o-lantern. HOW WE DID IT | To re-create all of those fruity, nostalgic flavors, we blended one washed Ethiopian coffee with three co-fermented lots: 40% Aricha - Washed (Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia) 25% Sebastian Ramirez - Watermelon (Quindio, Colombia) 20% Sebastian Ramirez - Red Fruits (Quindio, Colombia) 15% Huver Castillo - Aponte Florale (Buesaco, Nariño, Colombia) While the washed lot from Aricha contributes to that vibrant acidity we associate with all of the candies mentioned above, the three co-fermented coffees give us fruit flavors in spades.  HOW IT TASTES | Much like sorting your candy at the end of the night, sipping this coffee is a fun, fruity, and somewhat ridiculous experience. It is decidedly not subtle – which is kind of the point. Fruity and sweet, zippy and intense, this coffee reminds us of candy from some of our best trick-or-treating hauls: watermelon candy, lemon heads, blue raspberry Jolly Ranchers, and Caramel Apple Pops – just to name a few! Countries of Origin | Colombia & Ethiopia Producers | Sebastian Ramirez | Laurano Santa Cruz & Alirio Dominguez | smallholders in the Aricha community Processes | Co-ferment | Honey | Washed Varieties | Various