LAS ETIOPES ETHIOPIAN "HEIRLOOM" FW LOT #33 – LANDRACES, WASHED – PERU

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SCENERY LONDON, ENGLAND LAS ETIOPES ETHIOPIAN "HEIRLOOM" FW LOT #33 – LANDRACES, WASHED PEACH ICED TEA LEMON BUN WILDFLOWERS PRODUCER: SIMON BROWN & MERLITH CRUZ ORIGIN: PERU REGION: EL PORVENIR, JAÉN, CAJAMARCA FARM: LAS ETIOPES VARIETAL: ETHIOPIAN LANDRACES & CULTIVARS SOURCED FROM JIMMA, SIDAMA, AND YIRGACHEFFE, INCLUDING 74110, 74112, 74140, AND KURUME ALTITUDE: 1950 - 2050 MASL PROCESS: TRADITIONAL WASHED2 ROAST DATE: MAY 28, 2026 FROM THE ROASTER LCF FEATURE RELEASE: SIMON WAS PREVIOUSLY HEAD OF SOURCING AT FALCON SPECIALTY, AND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF WORK SETTING UP THE FALCON OFFICE IN PERU INVOLVING LIVING IN COUNTRY, HE RECOGNISED THE POTENTIAL THIS AMAZING ORIGIN HAS. WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT FOR YEARS - PERU IS THE NEXT PANAMA. NOT IN THE SENSE OF OVER-CAPITALISED ROCKSTAR PRODUCERS BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREDIBLE QUALITY, ESPECIALLY WITH GESHA. SIMON RELOCATED TO PERU PERMANENTLY IN 2019 AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WORK WITH SMALLHOLDERS ACROSS THE REGION, AND THE FIRST TREES AT HIS & HIS WIFE'S FARM "LAS ETIOPES" WERE PLANTED IN EARLY 2020. THE FARM IS PLANTED WITH MULTIPLE ETHIOPIAN LANDRACE AND JARC LINES FROM SEEDSTOCK FROM JIMMA, SIDAMA & YIRGACHEFFE. THIS LOT IS MADE UP FROM THOSE TREES, AND IT IS UTTERLY UNCANNY HOW MUCH THIS COFFEE LOOKS, SMELLS AND TASTES LIKE A WASHED ETHIOPIAN - OUR FIRST IMPRESSION ON A BLIND TABLE WAS "IS THIS CHELBASA?". WHILE SINGLE VARIETY ETHIOPIAN ACCESSIONS ARE SOMEWHAT "COMMON" IN LATIN AMERICA, MOSTLY TRACING BACK TO INSTITUTES LIKE CATIE IN COSTA RICA - IT IS SUPREMELY RARE TO SEE A MIXTURE OF CULTIVARS AND LANDRACES LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IN THEIR NATIVE LAND. IF YOU SHOWED US THIS COFFEE WITH ZERO CONTEXT, BLIND, 10/10 TIMES WE WOULD SAY "THAT IS A WASHED ETHIOPIAN". WE LOVE A CURVEBALL AND WE ESPECIALLY LOVE VARIETIES GROWN IN UNUSUAL PLACES, SO THIS WAS AN INSTANT BUY FOR US AND IT'S WORKED OUT WELL TO BE A FEATURE COFFEE FOR LCF WE’RE TASTING SUPER BRIGHT AND SWEET AROMAS - LEMON CURD, FRESH WHITE FLORALS AND BUTTERSCOTCH. IN THE CUP THE FIRST IMPRESSION IS OF PEACH ICED TEA, WITH A BUTTERY BODY, LAYERED FLORALS AND SUPPORTING NOTES OF DRIED APRICOTS, CHAMOMILE AND LEMONGRASS. AS IT COOLS THAT BUTTERY CARAMEL NOTE BECOMES QUITE BRIOCHE-Y, WITH THE LEMON CURD IT GIVE THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION OF LEMON ICED BUNS. PROCESS TRADITIONAL WASHED: SELECTIVELY PICKED CHERRIES ARE FLOATED BEFORE DEPULPING ON THE SAME DAY. PARCHMENT HAS A LONGER COOL FERMENT BEFORE THOROUGH WASHING AND DENSITY SEPARATION, BEFORE MOVING TO RAISED BEDS TO FOR 12 HOURS PRE-DRY, AND FINISHED ON COVERED PATIOS OVER 15 - 18 DAYS, WEATHER DEPENDENT, WITH FREQUENT TURNING. HARVEST CROP 25/26, ARRIVED UK: JANUARY 2026; FIRST HARVEST PURCHASING LAS ETIOPES