
ecuador coffee
by colonna & small's · bath, uk
this is 018 - cgle hybrid 17 washed '22, a washed ecuador from colonna & small's.
specific tasting notes weren't provided, but the gesha and caturra hybrid combined with washed processing typically points toward a clean, structured cup where floral and fruit-forward traits from the gesha side are kept precise and transparent. expect clarity rather than heaviness.
it's grown in ecuador from a hybrid of gesha and caturra varietals, then processed using the washed method, meaning the fruit is removed before drying, which produces a cleaner, more defined cup with less fermentation influence.
no specific brew method was listed, but washed coffees from specialty roasters like colonna & small's generally perform well as filter, where the clean processing and varietal detail can be appreciated. if pulling as espresso, dial in carefully to avoid masking the lighter characteristics.
you can feel the seriousness the moment you walk in. colonna & small's opened in bath in 2009 after maxwell colonna-dashwood and lesley came back from melbourne with a very specific idea of what coffee could be. maxwell went on to win the uk barista championship three times, in 2012, 2014 and 2015, and the place was named best coffee shop in europe in 2016. he also co-authored actual water-science research with chemist christopher hendon. a second spot opened on london's leather lane in 2023. this is not background noise coffee.
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