Wake Up and Coffee
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@Cymro said in Wake Up and Coffee:
How do you like the new Paragon setup @Chap ?
Received it yesterday and did only two brews yet. Will have to make some adjustments and get used to it. I used the same coffee I had in my prior rotation. What I can say for the moment is that the result seemed to have a more precise taste, the brew is very clean and clear. Handling needs more attention.
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@Chap thank you, have fun experimenting!
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@ARNC sooo surprised to see bolivian coffee make it to fellow IH-forummites cups!
Caranavi is our TOP quality coffee region. If I ever make it to an IH meet where you show up I’ll take some local buys for you.
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@motojobobo thanks! I’ve never seen Bolivian coffee in the UK before, but the write up from my usual coffee merchant was intriguing. It sounds like the grower and his family are involved in supporting the wider industry in Bolivia and developed the coco natural process in house. In case you’re interested, here’s an extract:
“ Pedro Rodriguez runs his farms with his daughter Daniela, and son Pablo under their company ‘Agricafe’. Their business is committed to preserving Bolivia’s coffee production, which had been in decline for the last couple of decades. Yields were falling due to outdated farming practices, lack of government support, as well as a wave of Coffee Leaf Rust disease in 2008 which devastated much of Latin America’s coffee farms. Many farmers opted to stop growing coffee in favour of other crops. Concerned that Bolivian coffee production would cease altogether, Pedro started cultivating coffee on his own plantation in 2012. Later, the Rodriguez family created their ‘Sol de la Mañana’ programme, which helped other farms learn and adopt better farming techniques such as pruning, cherry picking and fertilizing. Their La Llama farm is their highest-altitude farm, named as a homage to a llama they encountered when they first looked to purchase the land.”
