Nicaragua "JavaNic" Cup of Excellence #2 - Lot 2
Roasted Mondays Only
Record-high price for 2008!
Fincas La Gloria & Limoncillo are sister farms, both literally and figuratively: they are neighboring farms and belong to two sisters. La Gloria belongs to Ethel McEwan, acquired in 1938 by their father Esteban McEwan, and Limoncillo to Maria Ligia Mierisch McEwan.
This coffee is a single varietal named Java-Nica, an Ethiopian Long-Berry. Much work went into this coffee. It was a risky venture to cultivate as this varietal came from a coffee research facility and was new to this region. Only a handful of growers produce this bean. Despite the odds, it has been an experiment that has paid off. Fincas La Gloria and Limoncillo combined their limited quantity of this cultivar for the competition. This has been seven years in the making, and the family is extremely pleased with the results.
Jury Descriptions: citric acidity (21), winey acidity (8), super clean and sweet (17), jasmine (15), tropical fruit (12), harmonious (11), exotic (11), luminous (10) lemon tea (10), honeydew melon (9), champagne (8) very delicate (7), honey (7), tea rose (6), ripe dark cherries (5), silky (11), creamy finish (11), sweet grape finish (9), complex (20)
