BRAZIL Rancho Grande (Natural - Static Box)
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About this coffee
Sweet Milk Chocolate, Caramelised Roasted Hazelnut, Red Cherry
What is this Static Box, I hear you ask? I’m glad you did, because it represents another step in the evolution of alternative coffee processing methods being pioneered by new world coffee farmers.
The Static Box method is a variation on the “Anaerobic Fermentation” methods that we have been seeing so much of from countries like Brazil and Honduras in particular over the past few seasons - but in reality, variations on this style of processing have always been practiced, but never really achieved separate recognition previously. Briefly, the method involves slowly fermenting the harvested cherry in an oxygen free environment for a certain length of time to help enhance its natural flavour profile with longer-lasting “ascetic” acidity, which is heavily prized amongst coffee tasters. The coffee from Cachoeira, our Brazilian choice last year, was processed along similar lines, but involved resting the coffee in sealed sacks in two separate fermentation stages to deliver really exceptional qualities from a lower grown Brazilian natural.
