Bolivia: Wilfredo Calisaya
Wilfredo Calisaya
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The coffee for this lot came from a small Sol De La Mañana producer from the Taypiplaya region named Wilfredo Calisaya.
To ensure only the very ripest coffee cherries are picked, it's not uncommon for producers in the SDLM program to do 7 or 8 harvesting passes across their plants, many more than producers in other parts of the world do. This is very labour-intensive and yields smaller amounts each pass, but ensures great quality. The downside is that for each delivery of cherries from the SLDM producers in Bolinda, the lots are often too tiny to process separately and so instead, deliveries from all the producers are combined and processed together.
This unique flavour profile is the result of a careful process. The coffee cherries are depulped and then fermented in water for over 48 hours, a method that helps strip away the mucilage before the beans are gently dried.
This juicy but crisp and clean cup opens with red apple. On the finish is white grape and raisin, with the white grape lingering into the aftertaste.
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- Country: Bolivia
- Department: La Paz
- Region: Taypiplaya
- Producer: Wilfredo Calisaya
- Altitude: 1500 m.a.s.l
- Processing method: Traditional Washed
- Varietals: Caturra & Catuai
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Tasting notes: Red apple, white grape, raisin.
Cup of Excellence Cupping Scores
- Clean cup: (1–8): 6.5
- Sweetness: (1–8): 6
- Acidity: (1–8): 6.5
- Mouthfeel: (1–8): 6
- Flavour: (1–8): 6.5
- Aftertaste: (1–8): 6.5
- Balance: (1–8): 6.5
- Overall: (1–8): 6
- Correction: (+36): +36
- Total: (max. 100): 86.5
Roast Information
Medium-dark: A nice steady roast, through first and looking for up to the first pops of second as you finish, no more. -
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Producer Stories
Learn more about coffee sourcingWilfredo Calisaya
Wilfredo is a small producer in the Sol de la Mañana program (see Martin Chirino, Pedro Flores, Gregorio and Brenda Palli)
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