During post-harvest, this coffee was fermented out of water for 12 hours, then fermented underwater for 24 hours and then fully washed of its mucilage before being dried and prepared for export.
The result is a cup of intense sweetness, berry flavours and a weightier body than you’d usually expect of a fully washed coffee. A coffee to savour all day.
This coffee was brought to the market by the inaugural Best of Congo auction. Designed to spotlight the country’s most exceptional lots, the auction was a powerful statement of what’s possible when Congolese producers are given a global platform.
Recommended brewing
Best
Pour Over with
Great Filter
Very good Espresso
Grind Settings
Kinu M47 Classic
Set dial to zero
Turn two and three-quarter turns
Grind slightly coarser for naturally-processed coffees
After bloom, pour to 100g. Pause until the waterline hits the coffee bed and then repeat three more times to 250g. Again, pour quickly, carefully and in a circular motion.
Tip: Swirl brewer a few times during bloom to encourage saturation of coffee bed.
Featuring multi-step methods to help you make your coffee taste better, this guide is the helping hand that will help you to efficiently unlock the full flavour potential of your beans.
Sopade was formed in 2017 by a group of smallholder farmers with previous experience in larger cooperatives. Their aim was to build a new model for Congolose coffee cooperatives rooted in equity, transparency, and community ownership. Today they have 818 members, 207 of whom are women, and their network spans over half a million individual trees.
This specific lot was selected as one of the winning coffees at this year’s inaugural Best of Congo competition – an initiative created by Assembly, Keynote Coffee and local Congolose coffee cooperative leaders (including Sopade’s Mike Mobali Kaboyi) to share their exceptionally high-quality coffees with a global audience.
Shipping & Returns
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