Pirates of Coffee - Smoothie Espresso, Colombia Anaerobic Honey

Tasting Notes: Banana Milkshake, Jackfruit, Blueberry, Toffee, Vanilla Ice Cream

Cup score:  88.25 ☕   

Smoothie one of our most popular filter coffees, is now available in a special espresso roast.

Smoothie Espresso has a unique mouthfeel that we have not experienced before. It's velvety smooth and creamy - delicious whether you have it straight black or with milk/alternative milks. It's also the first coffee we ever released as part of our Loco Series, which celebrates the crazy coffees coming out of Colombia.

All eyes are on this origin, as Colombian coffee producers user in a renaissance in coffee processing and production. 

Smoothie Espresso is a honey-cultured anaerobic castillo variety produced by Julio Madrid and Andrés Quiceno from La Riviera in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda in Colombia.

This coffee is intended for espresso and can be enjoyed with milk and alt-milks.

ABOUT LA RIVIERA

La Riviera farm is located in Colombia, in the region of the coffee cultural landscape in the central foothills of the Andes Mountain range with a high influence of the Santa Isabel snow capped mountains.

They are third generation coffee growers who are dedicated to producing and perfecting high quality coffees, They produce differentiated coffees with high quality standards backed by responsible production techniques, focused on origin traceability innovation and tradition.

ABOUT SMOOTHIE

Smoothie is another one of the extremely unique coffees we have come across, due to the unique Honey Culturing, Anaerobic processing method utilized by Andrés Quiceno at La Riviera.

The Honey Culturing, Anaerobic process involves using fermentation starters and the unique natural flavors that come from fruits and aromatic plants.

New sensory profiles have been developed by mixed fermentations between the starters and traditional coffee fermentation processes.

TRANSPARENCY REPORT

☠️ Single Origin from Colombia

☠️ Region: Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda

☠️ Producer: Julio Madrid and Andrés Quiceno

☠️ Farm: La Riviera

☠️ Roast: Light/medium

☠️ Brew: Espresso

☠️ Varietal: Castillo

☠️ Process: Honey Culturing, Anaerobic

☠️ Tasting notes:

• Banana Milkshake
• Jackfruit
• Blueberry
• Toffee
• Vanilla Ice Cream

☠️ Altitude: 1700 masl

☠️ Harvest: January 2022

☠️ Whole bean