Cruz Loma Ecuador

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We cannot say enough good things about this intriguing washed Sidra lot from the award-winning farm Finca Cruz Loma. This lot boasts bright fruit notes coupled with a sparkling acidity and a refined sweetness that truly creates an immaculate cup of coffee. The list of fruit and floral notes we found in this coffee was immense: white grape, orange blossom, jasmine, lemon basil, pink lady apple, Apple Jacks, strawberry creamsicle, pineapple, and cardamom.

This special coffee is a washed coffee from Pichincha, Ecuador, produced by wife and husband team Maria Alexandra Rivera and Galo Morales, along with their extended family. They grow coffee on their 350-hectare plot in San José de Minas, a small town in northwestern Pichincha. Everyone in the family plays a critical role in coffee production and together the family is constantly pushing boundaries and striving for better results. The family describes their farm as a sort of paradise, if you will, where the temperate, tropical climate allows for a large variety of flora to thrive. The family intercrops with guanagana (soursop), corn, beans, and a wide variety of citrus plants. Finca Cruz Loma took first place in 2021 in the prestigious Taza Dorada, a coffee competition in Ecuador focused on rewarding the best coffees in the country. They took 3^rd place in the 2020 Taza Dorada and have been represented in multiple regional and national barista competitions.