Island Blend

We're grateful to 2 farmer/owners for the beans that make up HICS Island Blend:

Cocatrel Cooperative, Caixa De Fruta - Brazil

Inza Asorcafe - Colombia

900 - 1100MASL Brazil

1500 - 2100 MASL Colombia

(MASL = metre above sea-level)

Caixa De Fruta, Tres Pontas, Sul de Minas - Brazil

Caixa De Fruta which translates as "Box of Fruits" is a blend of made from mainly from one particular area called Carmo De Cachoeira. The coffee is selected for its red fruit and creamy milk chocolate profile by the cupping team in the Cocatrel Direct Lab who assign it to this profile blend. The coffee must have a clean profile and be scoring 83 + on evaluation.

Asorcafe, Cauca, Inza- Colombia

Asorcafe was founded on July 11, 2003 in the town of Pedegral in Inza and currently there are 290 members who are part of the association. The association was set up to help these producers become organised to sell their coffees as specialty but also provide a framework and structure to further their education and progression to improve the economic and social conditions for themselves, their families and their community.

These small producers work on plots of land between 1.8 – 2 ha in size and farm coffee up to altitudes of 2100 masl. The farms are planted with caturra, typica, bourbon, tabi, castillo and some pink bourbon. Traditionally the coffee is fully washed and once harvested the coffee is then pulped and fermented for between 20-40 hours depending on the local environment. After this the coffee is washed and any immatures removed and then it is dried for between 8 – 15 days weather depending in parabolic driers.