Sisters Coffee: April 2020
Rutas del Inca, Peru
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With glaciated peaks, lava fields, rivers, abundant wildlife and more, Central Oregon provides a unique adventuring experience that captures the imagination. In this landscape, adjacent to the Three Sisters Wilderness, Winfield and Joy Durham founded Sisters Coffee in 1989. Their aim was to create a rare craft coffee experience in Sisters, Oregon, while raising a family and building community. Still family-owned, and now run by the three Durham siblings, Sisters Coffee continues to evolve with the coffee industry, growing and thriving in Central Oregon and beyond. The roastery and flagship cafe are still on the same ground where the company started, roasting and serving both innovative coffee offerings and longtime customer favorites alike.
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About the Coffee
Cooperativa Agraria Rutas del Inca was founded in 2013 with just over thirty members. Since then the cooperative has grown to over three hundred smallholder farmer members throughout northwestern Cajamarca. The extraordinarily high growing elevations slow the maturation of the coffee cherries, developing sugars within the beans that burst from the cup. The first time we cupped this coffee we knew it was something special. Sustainable Harvest had already identified the cooperative’s excellence and partnered with them, helping the cooperative run in a functional manner while growing quickly. The member farmers grow coffee in family owned plots averaging around three hectares in area. Once harvested, they wash and dry their coffee before delivering it to the cooperative to be blended into the larger lot.
Origin: Querocoto, Cajamarca, Peru
Farm/Farmer/Producer: Cooperativa Agraria Rutas del Inca
Elevation: 1800-2400 MASL
Process: Washed
Varietals: Typica, Caturra, Paches, Bourbon
Tasting Notes: Red Apple, Molasses, Almond
Other Notes: Fig, Chocolate, Allspice, Soft Cantaloupe
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Recipe
In: 21 grams
Out: 52 grams
Time: 27 seconds
Pressure: 9 bars
Temperature: 200 degrees fahrenheit
Optional Pre-Infusion: 3 seconds at 9 bars with a 3 second hold after pre infusion
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