July 2022

Mystery Coffee

Kawa was our second French roaster this year. Mystery Coffee was definitely rare and unique treat! Beans are coming from one of the best farms in Ecuador! Here are the full details of our Parisian Mystery beans:

🇪🇨 Ecuador Hacienda La Papaya
Variety: Typica (Mejorado)
Processing: Anaerobic Washed
Altitude: +2000 m.a.s.l.
Tasting notes: grape, peach, pineapple
Harvest: Winter 2021/2022
Score: +88

The Story of the Coffee from Kawa

Hacienda La Papaya farm and estate is owned and operated by Juan Peña, Ecuador's most famous specialty coffee producer. He and his coffee have won the Sprudge, the Best Producer Award and several American Barista Championships.

Juan grows several varieties on his land, including Typica, Sidra, B7 and Gesha. He mainly grows Typica ‘Mejorado’, the enhanced version of the varietal, first grown on Nestle’s experimental farms in the north of Ecuador. Juan puts much of his success down to the combination of high yield and incredible cup quality that these Mejorado plants provide. The Hacienda is also home to plots of Mejorado’s Nestle sibling Sidra, and a very limited amount of Geisha, while a small plot of Pacamara near the top of the farm is awaiting its first big harvest.

Most people wasn't expecting new origin in MCL! Only four people correctly identified origin of our first mystery from Ecuador. The first place goes to thunder with 20 points. Followed by Julian with the DE1 (18 points) and KafCafQaf (18 points). Congrats!

TOP3 of July 2022 round
1. thunder - 20 points
2. Julian with the DE1 - 18 points
3. KafCafQaf - 18 points

Here's how our 2022 season TOP3 looks like after the July round:

TOP3 of 2022
1. Dawid - 112 points
2. McBreezy - 111 points
3. Chris - 107 points

Coffee of the Month

Filter and Espresso of the Month

The coffee winning the voting is

🇰🇪 Kenya AA Riakiberu Washed

Variety: Ruiru 11, SL 28, Batian
Processing: Washed
Tasting notes: rhubarb, blackcurrant