Ecuador Taza Dorada Robusta 1st Place -Calixto RiveraTasting notes Caramel, tamarind, cacao nibs, dried banana, Soft, tart acidity with a very creamy mouthfeel. Background Info 1st place winner of Ecuadors 2023 Taza Dorada Robusta. After over two decades of promoting Ecuadors Taza Dorada Arabica a competition akin to the Cup of Excellence ANECAFE initiated Ecuadors first specialty Taza Dorada Robusta competition in 2016. We have been involved since this first event as judges and buyers of the winning

cupping through hundreds of trials every year to continually push the boundaries of quality further forward

We featured an excellent robusta he processed a few months ago

(1) Since the cup increased in acidity

High above the town of Hōlualoa

Yellow bourbon exists there so it isn't surprising there is also orange bourbon

hailing from the district of Ka‘ū on the Big Island of Hawaii

One of the yeast strains included also produces lactic acid from sugars helping to create a bright cup with a clean

medium spacing between the branch nodes and the young leaves are green

These conditions contribute to the coffee's refined acidity

We wanted to continue to refine this process and apply it to Arakawa Estate coffee this season

This coffee undergoes one of the most controlled natural processing protocols we have worked with:

The approach prioritizes clarity and consistency