Finca La Bolaina | Peru | Espresso

TL;DR: Balanced and beautiful, this coffee is a no-brainer. No matter how you brew it, you are going to have something silky smooth, rich and extremely enjoyable.

 

Odar Valazco owns Finca La Bolaina, a two hectare farm in the Chrinos region of Cajamarca, Peru, with roughly 7000 coffee trees, that is organic and Fair Trade certified. Odar produces between 800 and 1150 kgs of coffee annually.

 

The vast majority of coffee in Perú is Washed, and many producers own their own wet-milling equipment, though smallholders may also deliver cherry to a central processing unit or cooperative for processing. The coffees are usually depulped the same day they are harvested and given a 12 to 18-hour open-air fermentation before being washed clean of mucilage. (The fermentation time may be longer in cooler areas at higher elevations). Odar uses a 30 hour wet fermentation process. Drying styles vary in Perú, and coffee may be dried on patios, raised beds, in parabolic dryers, or mechanically. This specific coffee is patio dried for twelve days. 

 

Cajamarca is a semi-dry, semi-cold, tropical highland of Peru with very fertile soil at high Andean mountain elevations. All of these factors contribute to the potential of specialty coffee production in the area, which is growing. Smallholder producers farm on two to three hectares of land, many of which practice organic farming. Most farmers in the area work independently, but the recent increase in cooperatives has been effective in increasing the quality of coffees produced in the area.  .

 

We roasted this coffee to really highlight some of the underlying flavours you can expect from the varieties present, growing conditions, and processing. We've extended the roast just a little longer than usual to make it syrupy smooth, warm and balanced.

We start with the same recipe for all of our espresso coffees:
 

• 20g dose
• 45g yield
• 30 seconds

 

From here we will tweak things to get the flavours to highlight things we like. Use this as your starting point and go wild!

 

Note: some domestic espresso machines can’t use a 20g dose. Please always follow your manufacturers instructions to avoid damaging your equipment.