Anaerobic Fermentation – BeanCurious https://beancurious.com Whole Bean Coffee, Subscriptions and Supply Sat, 18 May 2024 14:01:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/beancurious.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-BC-Favicon-552f65c2v1_site_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Anaerobic Fermentation – BeanCurious https://beancurious.com 32 32 162840667 #36 Brazil https://beancurious.com/shop/36-brazil/ https://beancurious.com/shop/36-brazil/#respond Sat, 18 May 2024 05:36:05 +0000 https://beancurious.com/?post_type=product&p=73420 Light Roast A lighter roast brings out very distinct aromas of walnut and honey Roaster's Choice Walnuts combine with caramel, toast and a sweet honey finish Dark Roast  If you love nothing but nuts, this is your roast]]>

Brazil Cerredo Pulped Natural

These beans come from Cerrado Mineiro, a region in the largest coffee producer in the world: Brazil. When you want to sell cheap, deliciously nutty coffees, this is where you source from.

Although nutty tastes have always been popular, we have avoided Brazillian beans due to the impact the coffee trade has had on the rainforests. Today, while deforestation persists, there has been progress. Enough so, that we think it is ok to start offering beans from the farms in this region. Politics and attitudes toward the environment change fast however, so watch this space.

So besides a minimized environmental impact, what else does this coffee offer? Well, if you love your coffee nutty then this is the holy grail. This pulped, natural coffee expresses the purest character that put Brazil on the map. Our Roaster's Choice offers a well balanced caramel / toasted walnut flavours, followed by a pure, sweet finish.

Roast Profiles

Light Roast

Pepper & Spices
Nuttiness
Walnut
Floral
Honey
Fruity
Fermented
Sweet
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Honey, walnut and toast

Roaster's Choice

Pepper & Spices
Nuttiness
Walnut & Toast
Floral
Honey
Fruity
Fermented
Sweet
Citrus
Lemon zest
Herbal
Herbal

Stronger walnut and toasty flavours balanced by a smooth, sweet honey aftertaste.

Dark Roast

Pepper & Spices
Spices
Nuttiness
Caramel & Toast
Floral
Honey
Fruity
Dried Fruit
Fermented
Aftertaste
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

If you want nothing but nuts and a sweet finish, this is your roast.

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 already 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.

Generally your coffee will be at it’s peak after:

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!

No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. We would love to make your experience as convenient as possible, and while grinding your own beans is firmly in the mildly to very annoying category, we simply can’t do this for you.

The reason being, the second you grind your beans, you expose every nook and cranny to delicious coffee’s nemesis: oxygen. Too much oxygen and your coffee can go stale before you receive it in the post.

As delicious tasting coffee is our most important product we can’t take the risk of sending you a convenient but bland ground beans. Our best advice would be for you to buy a grinder.

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#35 Yeast Fermentation Ethiopia https://beancurious.com/shop/35-yeast/ https://beancurious.com/shop/35-yeast/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:22:04 +0000 https://beancurious.com/?post_type=product&p=70923 Light Roast Floral, berry acidity, yoghurt with berries, honey sweet and a hint of vanilla Roaster's Choice Floral, berry acidity, yoghurt with berries, honey sweet and a hint of vanilla Dark Roast  Don't roast this one dark or angels will cry.]]>

Yeast Fermented, Ethiopia

A special, delicate coffee developed through experimentation.

This coffee process was a bet that paid off in flavor!

Let me introduce you to this very special, experimental batch of coffee. Here the beans were inoculated with yeast as part of the production process. There was a very high risk of failure here as introducing any living creature inherently comes with risk. If they had failed, the result would have been the total loss of their annual yield.

Instead this brave group of Ethiopian farmers successfully double ferment their beans (first with yeast, followed by a second lactic acid fermentation) resulting in a very unique taste. We begged them to tell us but we don't know what kind of yeast they used. Was it bread? beer? champagne? sake? a San Francisco sour dough starter??!? Such a missed marketing opportunity.

Anyway if you love fermented coffee, this is the one's for you!

Roast Profiles

Light Roast

yoghurt
Berries
Vanilla
Aroma
Sweetness
Honey & Floral
Fruity
Berries
Fermented
Sweet
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Floral, berry acidity, yoghurt with berries, honey sweet and a hint of vanilla

Roaster's Choice

yoghurt
Berries
vanilla
Aroma
Sweetness
Honey & Floral
Fruity
Berries
Fermented
Sweet
Citrus
Lemon zest
Herbal
Herbal

Floral, berry acidity, yoghurt with berries, honey sweet and a hint of vanilla

Dark Roast

Pepper & Spices
Spices
Caramel & Nuts
Amaretto, Chocolate
Floral
Honey
Fruity
Dried Fruit
Fermented
Aftertaste
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Not Applicable

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 already 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.

Generally your coffee will be at it’s peak after:

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!

No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. We would love to make your experience as convenient as possible, and while grinding your own beans is firmly in the mildly to very annoying category, we simply can’t do this for you.

The reason being, the second you grind your beans, you expose every nook and cranny to delicious coffee’s nemesis: oxygen. Too much oxygen and your coffee can go stale before you receive it in the post.

As delicious tasting coffee is our most important product we can’t take the risk of sending you a convenient but bland ground beans. Our best advice would be for you to buy a grinder.

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#807 Guji 2022 Wine Barrel Fermented Microlot https://beancurious.com/shop/807-guji-wine-barrel-fermentation/ https://beancurious.com/shop/807-guji-wine-barrel-fermentation/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2022 14:49:17 +0000 https://beancurious.com/?post_type=product&p=65941 Light Roast Floral, Grapes, Raspberry, Sweet Red Wine Roaster's Choice Black Grapes, Ripe Berries, Red Wine, Winey Body Dark Roast  Not available]]>

Guji, Ethiopia (Wine Barrel Fermented Microlot)

Are looking for something experimental? These beans are the results of a trial by some enterprising coffee producers in Oromia, Ethiopia. The wine yeast and barrel flavours carry over into the beans and you can really smell it in the resulting cup. My days usually start with coffee and end with wine. This is my first experience with combining my two rituals together! The result? Surprisingly delicious.

Roast Profiles

Light Roast

Pepper & Spices
Spices
Milk Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Grapes, Raspberry
Fruity
Sweet Red Wine
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

A light roast highlights the sweet fruitiness of a fruity red wine with plum and raspberry

Roaster's Choice

Pepper & Spices
Spices
Milk Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa
Floral
Floral
Black Grape and Berries
Fruity
Red Wine
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

The Roaster’s Choice really enhances the deep red wine taste in this coffee. Full bodied, with rich black grapes, plum. Reminds us of an Australian Cabernet.

Dark Roast

Pepper & Spices
Spices
Nutty, Cocoa
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Aftertaste
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Dark roast is not available.

All-or-Nothing – Microlot coffee production from small holders.

A special trial from the farmers of Guji, Ethiopia.

Every harvest is the result of a year’s worth of sweat and blood. At the end of the harvest is payday – your reward for 6+ months of caring for your coffee trees. Committing your annual harvest to an experiment is an astoundingly high-risk gamble. Like betting your entire annual salary on one hand of blackjack!
 
A community of very brave Ethiopian small-lot farmers have chosen to bear this risk and pulled off a win. We’re proud to include their efforts in our Curious Collection: the Guji Wine Barrel Fermented Microlot.
 
The farmers carefully selected, sorted and cleaned only fully ripe coffee cherries. These cherries were then placed in mature red wine barrels whole – no pulping. Air is sucked out of the barrels, creating an anaerobic environment. The cherries in this dark, oxygen-free environment were fermented by the dormant wine yeast inside the old barrels.
 
26 – 48 hours later, the whole cherries were placed on raised drying beds for 18-21 days to complete the fermentation process. Every few hours the cherries were turned to ensure even drying until the cherries were raisin-like. About 12.5% moisture content.
 
The result? Unmistakable smells of deep, red wine and berry tastes. The wine smells are very new-world, red plums, cherries, currants. If you have a taste for fruity coffees, this is one you can’t miss.
 
As this is an experimental batch, we’re very limited in quantity. Hopefully there will be more in the future!

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 already 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.

Generally your coffee will be at it’s peak after:

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!

No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. We would love to make your experience as convenient as possible, and while grinding your own beans is firmly in the mildly to very annoying category, we simply can’t do this for you.

The reason being, the second you grind your beans, you expose every nook and cranny to delicious coffee’s nemesis: oxygen. Too much oxygen and your coffee can go stale before you receive it in the post.

As delicious tasting coffee is our most important product we can’t take the risk of sending you a convenient but bland ground beans. Our best advice would be for you to buy a grinder.

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#22 Indonesia, Sulawesi https://beancurious.com/shop/22-indonesia-sulawesi/ https://beancurious.com/shop/22-indonesia-sulawesi/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 10:21:16 +0000 https://beancurious.com/?post_type=product&p=56810 Light Roast Cinnamon Spice, Chocolate, Berries Roaster's Choice  Milk Chocolate, Cinnamon Dark Roast  Dark Chocolate, Cardamom, Cinnamon Spice]]>

Indonesia, Sulawesi

Love it or hate it, Indonesians have a very distinctive approach to coffee. This Sulawesi is no exception with the characteristic Indonesian spice ringing loud and clear.

Roast Profile

Light Roast

Cinnamon, Cardamom
Spices
Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Red Berries
Fruity
Fermented
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Very clean, sweet cup with clear berry and spice notes.

Roaster's Choice

Cinnamon, Cardamom
Spices
Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Red Berries
Fruity
Fermented
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Very smooth and rich, with chocolate taking center stage blending with a cinnamon/cardamom finish.

Dark Roast

Cinnamon, Cardamom
Spices
Dark Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Herbal
Herbal

Dark chocolate sweetness dominates with notes of spice in the finish.

Unlike other the other Sumatran coffee we have (#3 Gayo Mountains and #17 Mandlheng), Sulawesi is much cleaner, sweeter, and somehow more pronounced. It has a thick body with pleasantly smooth cinnamon/cardamom spices in the finish. The darker we roast it the more chocolate character and the smoother the coffee becomes. However what you gain in chocolaty goodness loses some of the signature spice flavours that make this coffee so special. 

Works very well with French Press and other infusion methods. Makes for a mean espresso.

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 already 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.

Generally your coffee will be at it’s peak after:

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!

No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. We would love to make your experience as convenient as possible, and while grinding your own beans is firmly in the mildly to very annoying category, we simply can’t do this for you.

The reason being, the second you grind your beans, you expose every nook and cranny to delicious coffee’s nemesis: oxygen. Too much oxygen and your coffee can go stale before you receive it in the post.

As delicious tasting coffee is our most important product we can’t take the risk of sending you a convenient but bland ground beans. Our best advice would be for you to buy a grinder.

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#17 Sumatra, Mandlehing https://beancurious.com/shop/17-indonesia-sumatra-mandelhing/ https://beancurious.com/shop/17-indonesia-sumatra-mandelhing/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:16:55 +0000 https://beancurious.com/?post_type=product&p=48424 Light Roast Sugarcane, Fresh Herbal, Blueberry Roaster's Choice Black Pepper, Dark Chocolate, Pine Dark Roast Black Pepper, Dark Chocolate, Pine]]>

Sumantra, Mandelhing

If you like your roasts dark, this bean is for you. Mandelhing beans coat your senses in a thick layer of spicy black pepper, deep pine forest aromas, sweet chocolate and lingering liquorice. Mandelhing's heavy character doesn't diminish with milk, cream, or oat so feel free to pull a shot and make a rather charismatic cappuccino.

Roast Levels

Light Roast

Pepper & Spices
Spices
Sugarcane
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Blueberry
Fruity
Fermented
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Fresh Herbal
Herbal

Earthy sugarcane and a very subtle blueberry finish.

Roaster's Choice

Black pepper
Spices
Dark Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Pine Forest / Earth
Herbal

Earthy, spice and everything nice with very very low acidity. Reminds us of X’mas.

Dark Roast

Black Pepper
Spices
Dark Chocolate
Nutty, Cocoa​
Floral
Floral
Fruity
Fruity
Fermented
Fermented
Citrus
Citrus
Pine Forest / Earth
Herbal

This coffee has a body that will make you blush. Voluptuous, spicy, with a kick.

If you like your roasts dark, this bean is for you. Mandelhing (a tribe, not a place) live in a highly humid environment, making it almost impossible to dry coffee cherries thoroughly. As a result, when Mandelhing beans are hulled they still have a massive 22-40% moisture content as opposed to the standard 11~13%.  Because of the high-levels of moisture, Mandelhing coffees are very challenging to roast and the shelf-life is short. But this unique process called Giling Basah creates a coffee with flavor quite unlike anything else. 

Mandelhing beans coat your senses in a thick layer of spicy black pepper, deep pine forest aromas, sweet chocolate and a lingering liquorice aftertaste. Mandelhing’s heavy character doesn’t diminish with milk, cream, or oat so feel free to pull a shot and make a rather charismatic cappuccino.

Roasted light yields an interesting combination of blueberries, sugarcane and fresh herbal. Our roaster loves it but it’s an…. acquired taste? For the brave.

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 already 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.

Generally your coffee will be at it’s peak after:

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!

No Pre-Ground Beans?

Unfortunately no. We would love to make your experience as convenient as possible, and while grinding your own beans is firmly in the mildly to very annoying category, we simply can’t do this for you.

The reason being, the second you grind your beans, you expose every nook and cranny to delicious coffee’s nemesis: oxygen. Too much oxygen and your coffee can go stale before you receive it in the post.

As delicious tasting coffee is our most important product we can’t take the risk of sending you a convenient but bland ground beans. Our best advice would be for you to buy a grinder.

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