Valentine *Limited Release*
Limited Release For Valentine's Day
Launches February 2nd - 10am EST
Tasting Like: Strawberry + Cream, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Raspberry Bon Bons, Lavender, Lemongrass
Farm: El Vergel Estate
Producer: Collective
Variety: Bourbon
Process: Strawberry Co-Ferment, Natural
Origin: Huila, Colombia
Altitude: 1900masl
Valentine's Day is so special and brings out the best in couples but also individuals. Arguably it's one of the quietest days in global history, but especially in Raleigh. Everyone rushes through the work day to later pack into restaurants and movie theaters. A few years ago I got married and every valentines day my wife obsesses over chocolate covered strawberries, a valentine's day staple. Well around that same time we got married, Black & White Coffee Roasters, our local contemporaries, released Chocolate Covered Strawberries, their holiday release for that year. It was a smash hit, one both my wife and I adored, as well as our local enthusiast community. The coffee lingered in my mind ever since - and I always believed there was a bit of margin for giving that coffee a kiss further of dimension - which we have, I believe, done here. The holiday is so special and it mandates an equally special coffee.
This is of course El Vergel Estate's beloved strawberry coferment that we've blended with a super complex natural Colombian we've been saving from a coffee farm local to El Vergel, for a nuanced take on Chocolate Covered Strawberries, roasted to Promethium's increasingly beloved roasting style.
This coffee has complexity - not so much from it being two lots in one, but the the individual lots themselves. El Vergel's strawberry co-ferment is one of the industry's most complex takes, while this natural Colombian bourbon is a floral complexity bomb we've been saving for a rainy day. The marriage is a beautiful one, just like mine to my wife - something I'm incredible humbled and blessed to say - I don't deserve her - nor do I deserve you as a patron, thank you + happy valentines day.
With love,
B
200g
Pink silk ribbon box wrap included complimentary.
Includes QR code to applicable Tasting Guide™
How we're brewing this
Brewer- We love to use and experiment with an array of flat bottom and conical brewers, v60 is our go-to
Filter- One that fits your brewer nicely, We love to use sibarist fast cone filters
Gooseneck kettle- We reccomend a temperature controlled kettle, we love the fellow EKG Stagg
Scale and timer- To measure important variables, we love the TIMEMORE Basic 2.0
Water- Filtered water or remineralzed water, we love to use Third Wave Water and experiment with minerals like APAX
15 grams to dose in
250 grams of brew water
92 degrees celsius/198 degrees fahrenheit water
0:00 - Pour 50 grams of water
0:45 - Pour 50 grams of water
1:15 - Pour 50 grams of water
1:45 - Pour 100 grams of water
Total drawdown time around 2:15-2:45, some coffees are faster draining than others.
We're releasing this coffee + others soon. Members of our Ledger, the free coffee enthusiast membership, will get priority access to this release
Note: We roast weekly on Mondays, fulfill on Wednesday-Friday and work with concierge for order updates on Saturday - please place orders no later than 11:59p Sunday for Thursday dispatch, all orders placed after this point will be fulfilled the following Thursday
We recommend resting our coffees 3 weeks minimum, around 20-45 days we see most of our coffees begin to open up to the best depictions of their beauty.
