Philippines Sultan Kudarat Dark Roast

About This Coffee

Roast: Medium-Dark. Country: Philippines. Region: Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao. Producer: Kalsada Sitio San Roque mill. Processing: Washed. Variety: Costa Rica 95. Altitude: 800-900m. Tasting Notes: Cocoa nibs, Tobacco and caramel. Buttery mouthfeel with sweet pistachio notes and hints of oregano and lime in the finish. Those who are fans of Sumatran coffees are apt to enjoy this coffee. Sitio San Roque. In the Philippines 90% of the country's production is Robusta, and most of it is locally consumed. Nearly all of this coffees is locally consumed and goes to the instant coffee market. Specialty Arabica is hard to come buy here. Luckily our friends at Kalsada in the Philippines have been working alongside growers to refine their coffees and bring them to the world stage. Our founder and green buyer Miguel first met the team from the then nascant Kalsada Coffee in Manila in 2013. Shortly there after, due to a successful Kickstarter campaign, the social entrepreneurs at Kalsada Coffee were were able to raise $15,000 to set up a small wet-mill at Sitio Belis in Benguet, on the Philippines northern most island -Luzon. There a group of 50 families bring their coffee cherry for centralized processing. Kalsada has since set up mills in other communities around Benguet, along with a new one called Sitio San Roque in Pigtauranan, Bukidon on the Philippines southern most island of Mindanao. where they process both Arabica and Robusta. While most of the coffee they process at this mill comes from the neighboring community this lot they sourced from a large farm near the town of Esperanza in Sultan Kudarat, 6+ hours drive south. This farm is planted with the Costa Rica 95 variety, a Catimor selection Costa Rica. This lot was produced as a washed coffee. Harvested between October 2023 and January 2024. The cherries are pulped and fermented overnight before being sun dried on raised beds.