2025 March Box

March Roastery Select

With spring on the horizon, we can look forward to warmer days soon! The return of a sligthly polarizing coffee, Deri Kidame CM was very popular for those who liked it and it may challenge some others. We recommend approaching such a coffee with a slightly longer ratio as it tends to offer a more delicate touch at a lower strength with higher extraction. The second coffee is a subscription exclusive Yellow Pacamara, a variety which was a natural mutation noticed by the Mierisch Family back in 2004. It is a bit more of a delicate and demanding variety to cultivate but the Mierisch family found it worthwhile for the excellent cup quality it presents.

Deri Kidame CM Natural

From La Baia Coffee Supply:

"Tracon’s reputation is well regarded and are no strangers among COE members globally. In 2021, Tracon chose to participate in Ethiopia’s second ever Cup of Excellence Auction and had 2 different coffees score an impressive placement in the top 20 of all the coffees submitted in the Ethiopia COE Auction. In 2021, a record-breaking number of entries 1,849 for any countrywide Cup of Excellence competition entered the competition to compete that particular year. Placing in the best of top 20 coffees produced in Ethiopia should speak volumes for itself."

Cherries are floated in water to sort and clean the skin before being placed in sealed tanks with a one-way valve. The coffee is undergoes a 72 hour fermentation before it is transferred to raised beds to dry for 21 days. The resulting cup showcases the high intensity flavour profile the carbonic maceration can produce. Intensely sweet with some funk, this coffee should do well with slightly longer brew ratios.

300g

Sourced with La Baia Coffee

Origin:

Guji Hambela, Ethiopia

Recommended Brew:

Filter, Modern Espresso

Reminds us of:

Berries, Mango, Chocolate

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We recommend Recipe A in our brew guide

Santa Lucia Yellow Pacamara Washed

The Mierisch family first started producing coffee in Nicaragua since 1908 and have been involved as head judges in the Cup of Excellence in Honduras since 2011. Their Santa Lucia farm won 1st place Cup Of Excellence Honduras 2019 with a Gesha washed. Their wet mill is located on Santa Lucia with the cupping lab, warehouse and drying patios on Cerro Azul. This is our second year working with the Mierisch family and we continue to be honoured to share their beautiful hard work with you.

From Fincas Mierisch:

“Our Yellow Pacamara seed stock comes from our farms in Nicaragua. We first discovered the Yellow Pacamara, a natural mutation of the Red Pacamara, on our farm Limoncillo around 2004. It is a really low yield varietal, and it is susceptible to all major diseases, nevertheless the amazing cup profile it produces more than makes up for these downsides. We first planted the Yellow Pacamara in Santa Lucia in 2016. This variety is very rare with not many producers growing it, and it has been awarded and used in various barista competitions such as World Barista Championship and Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. In 2021, this variety was blended with Gesha from the same farm and earned 2nd place in Cup of Excellence Honduras.”

300g

Direct trade with Fincas Mierisch