colombia coffee
by pirates of coffee · mississauga, canada
you'll taste blueberry before winey. this is slurpy espresso: colombia rodrigo sanchez co-ferment washed, a washed colombia from pirates of coffee.
the cup leads with blueberry and a winey character, both of which come from the co-fermentation applied during processing. the washed method keeps the overall profile cleaner than a natural would, so the fruit is present but not heavy.
it's grown in colombia by rodrigo sanchez using caturra and bourbon varietals, then processed as a co-ferment washed coffee. the co-fermentation stage is what drives the pronounced fruit and winey notes beyond what a standard washed colombian would produce.
this is named and intended as an espresso, so pulling it on an espresso machine is the most direct way to brew it. adjust your grind and extraction ratio to taste, a slightly longer ratio can soften the winey edge if you find it too forward.
the parking lot off davand drive doesn't look like much, but inside pirates of coffee, something special happens. beans crack in small batches while the espresso machine hisses through another cortado. this is what happens when someone actually cares about coffee instead of just selling it. you can taste the difference immediately. that first sip carries weight, complexity that chain stores gave up chasing years ago. regulars know this. they drive across mississauga because consistency here means something different than everywhere else. the 546 google reviews averaging 4.9 stars tell the real story. people don't rave about adequate coffee. they talk about the barista who remembers their order, beans roasted days not weeks ago, cups that make monday mornings bearable. independent roasters like this survive because they refuse to compromise. every shot pulled here matters. every bag sold represents hours of careful roasting, testing, adjusting. that's rare these days.
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