Colombia Inmaculada Eugenioides
About This Coffee
Just one cup of this coffee was enough to inspire a journey to South America to discover this species for ourselves. Legends and speculation buzz about this coffee. For starters, this is not even the same species as most of the coffee encountered on the market today. Coffea Eugenioides is considered to be one of the parents of modern Arabica coffee. Eugenioides is a very difficult coffee to grow, yielding only 150 grams per tree of unmilled coffee. It contains about half the caffeine of Arabica coffee, which causes the coffee to have almost no perceived bitterness. The defining characteristic of this coffee is its wild, almost unbelievable sweetness. It has a compelling lack of citric acidity that we are so used to in a coffee, presenting a whole new perspective on what coffee can be. Interestingly specialty coffee has honed in on just one species, Coffea Arabica, as the species that has become synonymous with specialty coffee. Over 100 species of Coffea have been described, and Eugenioides is hailed as a progenitor of modern-day Arabica.
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- Description
- This rare and once thought extinct Colombia variety has been resurrected only by our friends at Inmaculada farms. This is our second year to offer this one of a kind “coffee,” and the same coffee Andrea used in taking first place at the United States Barista Championships. It has been cultivated naturally, producing the most intense complex sweetness we’ve ever experienced in coffee. We contracted a majority of the farm this year and hope the yield will last longer than before. Enjoy this one, it really will change the way you look at coffee.