Bolivia Café Golondrina ~ Cup of Excellence #19 12oz

Café Golondrina is a special coffee farm. In fact, we think it is one of the very best coffee farms in the world. Cupping this coffee blind as a jury member at the 2009 Cup of Excellence, it proved to be one of our favorites. As the lots were revealed we were stunned that a coffee we bought in the 2008 Cup of Excellence was once again in our top favorites.

The farm Café Golondrina is owned by Celso David Mayta Quispe who grows Caturra and Typica on his 4 hectare plot. All the cherries are harvested by hand, by himself and his family. Only the ripest cherries are selected, which is one of the factors Celso expressed as the biggest advantage of his process at our meeting in Caranavi last October. Celso is quiet and reserved but became passionate when speaking about the Cup of Excellence program. “Bolivian coffee is the best in the world,” he said, “The people of Olympia have the opportunity to taste my coffee [thanks to] the Cup of Excellence program. We need USAID to keep supporting the Cup of Excellence program in the future; this program helps the people of Bolivia”.
 
Sweet orange acidity, with flavors of jasmine, grape, orange and praline in a plush creamy body.