Releasing 3/31 10am EST

Tasting Like: Sencha Green Tea, Sweet Meyer Lemons, Clean, Matcha Latte, Green Welch's Grape Juice, Bubbly Body, Ginseng, Tropical Spice like Tropi-500 bitters

Farm: Finca Lugmapata
Producers: Hermanos Merino
Variety: Typica Mejorado
Process: Anaerobic Washed
Origin: Pallatanga, Ecuador
Altitude: 2000masl

I was gifted this green to play around with from a dear friend, still sealed in its original vacuum sealed bag from origin with a sticky note attached, scribbled on it saying "to the future of tomorrow, enjoy", whatever that may have meant ;)
The coffee ended up living in the rear corners of my deep freezer with solid peas and neglected ice creams for a couple months to which I just recently remembered I had it (I'm so sorry please understand I have a lot of green coffee in my freezer, something I picked up from Kyle Ramage at Black & White - it's easy to lose track). In all seriousness, I've been waiting for the right time to bring this coffee out of the freezer and with the temporary delays in our Pink Power and Citrus Sonic being released, it only felt right to deliver this to you all now as a thank you for your patience. 
It sort of comes at an interesting time where Ecuadorian coffees are at an all time high in demand. Importers are scrambling to import more and more of the origin to the States, driven by requests from roasters and enthusiasts like yourself. To see Ecuadorian crop score so high recently, sell for such high amounts and sell out as fast as they typically do-all from such a small producing country, is nothing short of insane. I was so stoked to receive this coffee, and am still equally excited as I share it finally with you all. 
Ecuadorian coffee culture is full of Western influence. There's a wealth of farmers in the country with American degrees, likely more than you know, (albeit this is becoming more common everywhere coffee is being grown) - flex that factoid at the next joint cupping, just make sure to give us credit. No seriously what makes this coffee in particular fascinating is the varietal itself. Despite its name, WcR (World Coffee Research) genetic testing has confirmed this variety contains zero actual Typica lineage and is actually a spliced F1 hybrid of Bourbon and Ethiopian landrace varieties, developed at Nestle's(yes, the American food company) breeding facility in the Pichincha province during the early 2000s. That's wild to ponder. What was a powder milk company doing in Ecuador in the 2000's? There's clearly levels to this. Here's another factoid for you: Don Rogel, a technician working at the lab, identified two exceptional seeds they discovered in Nestle's experimental program - one went on to become the famous Sidra variety, the other became this "Typica Mejorado", both now defining Ecuadorian specialty coffee. However, this is the coffee of tomorrow, meaning it's about the history, methodical + timeless crop growing and forward-thinking innovation. This well grown TM crop get's a careful and methodical hand harvest, thena  tasteful and light anaerobic fermentation to really highlight the natural characteristics of the crop. The coffee of tomorrow in a cup. What a beautiful thing. 

(To the friend who privately donated this coffee to us, and subsequently you the reader, and your generous note attached, thank you for your belief in Promethium, and the banging coffee, sending love - B)

Recommended Music to accompany brewing: Rivet Gun by Mother Soki
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