Roasted in Christchurch by Heron Coffee Roasters.
We are currently serving up the Balboa on the bar for milk coffees. Tasting notes of caramel, brown spice, jasmine and lime cut through the milk perfectly, however it is also great as a black coffee. Our suggested brew recipe is 20g beans in, 40g espresso out in 30 seconds.
Grown at 1500 - 1900m above sea level, this comes from a small cooperative called Balboa Café. This co-op has only 35 members and they are doing a fantastic job. Maurico is the groups QC and most of the time he is with the growers ensuring they are following the strict standards of the co-op.
Cherries are picked following a strict ripeness criteria, later cherries are pulled and exposed to a dry anaerobic fermentation of 20 hours, then placed on parabolic dryers until they reach 11% moisture content.
Balboa is located in Cauca, Colombia, 60km south of Popayan.