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#802 Operation Cherry Red, Yirgacheffe

#802 Operation Cherry Red, Yirgacheffe

  • Natural Processing
  • Mixed Varietal
  • 1700m Altitude
Regular price HK$150.00
Regular price Sale price HK$150.00
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  • About this Coffee

    OCR Yirgracheffe

    Ripe berry sweetness, floral notes with a long, lemony finish

    This bean is part of the BeanCurious Specialty Range / A.K.A. The Curious Collection

    Our specialty coffees are of very limited supply and like a vintage champagne, only sold in the best years. Once out of stock we may never feature it again. Also as the flavours of these coffees may be delicate, we may omit certain roast levels.

    Our specialty coffees are of very limited supply and like a vintage champagne, only sold in the best years. Once out of stock we may never feature it again. Also as the flavours of these coffees may be delicate, we may omit certain roast levels.

    There’s Yirgacheffe: the highly prized Ethiopian coffee that coffee connoisseurs rave about for it’s delicate acidity and vibrant florals, and then there’s OCR Yirgacheffe. OCR stands for “Operation Cherry Red” which is the brainchild of Trabocca Coffee Importers.

    Trabocca coffee felt that Ethiopian coffee was good, but that with proper motivation it could be truly excellent. So they created an incentive program intended to propel coffee farmers of the region to the upper echelons of the coffee world. The OCR program asks each farm to submit micro-lots of 1,500 to 3,000kg of only their best, ripest, deepest “cherry red” coffee possible.

    These coffee cherries are hand-picked fully ripe cherries, carefully sorted and processed to bring out the best flavours each farmer is capable of. Each of these premium coffee lots are then sent to auction where enthusiastic roasters and drinkers taste and bid up the prices of the choicest lots. In return for their care and dedication to making top-quality coffee the prices fetched are auction are then returned directly to the farmers so that they can improve their quality of life, equipment and motivation to create even better coffee next year.

    From the OCR program comes this coffee from Misty Valley. A prime example of what happens when you put an enormous amount of care into your plants: crystal clear fruitiness, complexity, and unique character. Misty Valley Yirgacheffe is perfumed, light and has a lingering berry finish that will stay with you all day.

  • Tasting Notes

    Dark Roast
    Not Available

    Roaster's Choice
    A beautiful balance of berries, lemons and floral notes. Basically the coffee version of a good Burgundy.

    Light Roast
    A beautiful balance of berries, lemons and floral notes.

     

    Details

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How to Brew It

20g Coffee : 300ml of water

For easier math, we recommend a ratio of 20g of coffee per 300ml of water. If you are doing a drip method, aim for your grinds to be about the size of coarse salt.

Read our detailed process

Tips

Resting Your Coffee

Right after roasting, coffee needs some time to chill for a minimum of three days. Our roasting cycle ensures that when you receive the beans, it’ll have rested the minimum needed. However, the flavours will continue to improve over a time. How long? Well that depends on the roasting level you ordered.

Tips

Peak Flavor Time

Your coffee will taste best depending on the roast level:

Light: 7-9 days after roast date
Roaster’s Choice: 5-7 days after roast date
Dark: 3-5 days after roast date

But every bean and person is different so please experiment and find what works for you!

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No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. The second you grind, you expose your beans to the nemesis of delicious coffee: oxygen. Grinding introduces so much oxygen that your coffee may stale before you receive it.

To ensure you get the best tasting coffee possible, we recommend you to buy a grinder.

View our grinders