/020 Colombia — Christian Reyes
Washed Gesha€19,90 – €66,20 inc. VAT
Colombia — Geisha
We knew there was going to be a moment where number /020 was going to happen.
Fun fact: 020 is the area code of Amsterdam and we’re based in Rotterdam. This presented the ideal moment for an amazing collaboration: between A.M.O.C. and -one of- the best specialty cafes in 020, The Coffee District.
In this limited collaboration there had to be an equally special coffee. The coffee we chose is a Gesha Microlot from producer Cristian Reyes.
The Reyes family has being involved in the agricultural business for many generations. Nowadays, Cristian is the processing, quality and sales representative, while his partner Alfonso is the agronomic leader and head manager. They purchased Hacienda El Rodeo and have been designing this project aiming for new trends and international markets.
This hand picked Gesha variety is grown at 2100 MASL on the El Rodeo farm based in Curiti, Santanter, Colombia. After picking, selection is done by using the ‘floating method’ after which the cherries are pulped and fermented in tanks of fresh spring water for 24 hours. After fermentation the parchment is dried and hulled.
This coffee is a direct collaboration between us and our partner Carlos who works directly with Christian and imported this coffee himself.
You’ll find that this coffee is beautifully delicate, has pronounced floral notes and tones of red fruit such as cherry and berries. Exactly what you can expect of a Gesha.
ABOUT THE COFFEE
Details |
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Origin |
Curití, Santander, Colombia |
Farmer |
Cristian Reyes |
Variety |
Gesha |
Processing |
Washed |
Altitude |
2100 MASL |
Profile |
Citric, clean, floral |
ABOUT OUR PACKAGING
We love packaging design, but we hate waste and single-use packaging.
Therefore we try to find a well thought-out balance between aesthetics and sustainability. The hardest part here is having a food-grade solution that fits not just local waste processing, but also national and international.
The over-exploited words ‘reuse, reduce, recycle’ are more than a hollow message like having a green leaf on the label, and we try to live by them as much as possible. For this reason you can pick 1 of 3 types of packaging when you order coffee with us:
– AMOC Jar: our AMOC jars are made from fully recyclable PET. They’re light-weight, which means not many resources are necessary for production. And most important: they are reusable for (almost) an eternity.
– Refill: if you agree with us that opening a new bag and throwing it out as soon as you’ve finished the coffee is bullsh*it: it’s very hard to find a solution for this. Due to rules and regulations your standard coffee pouch can’t be used twice, which is why we can’t refill them. Compostable and recyclable certifications are often vague, only apply under certain conditions or nothing more than a sham.
This is why we decided to offer a different kind of bag for our refills, without the valve or zipper, but simply a thin layer of food grade PP material vacuum packed. These weight about 40% less than conventional coffee bags (meaning less resources are needed to make them), are easy to recycle in most recycling plants and take the minimum amount of volume to ship.
– Kilo: after a long journey trying to find the best packaging for our bigger bags we came to the conclusion that it’s very hard to find a decent, sustainable packaging that also protects the contents well. We’d hate to see the quality of the contents go to waste, because so much energy, water and other resources are put into making the coffee taste as good as possible. Therefore we ended up picking our Kilo bags on recyclability and barrier properties. This bag is (under certain circumstances) recyclable and has amazing barrier properties to keep those beans fresh and tasty for as long as possible.
Reuse. Reduce. Recycle.
| Weight | 0,3 kg |
|---|---|
| ROAST | Filter, Espresso |
| CONTENTS | 300 GR., 1000 GR. |
| PACKED | AMOC JAR, REFILL, KILO BAG |
| Profile | Pink rose florality, Plum, Werther's Original |
| processing | washed |
| variety | Sidra |
