Mexico La Concordia #2
Price range: $23.00 through $107.00
caramel - apricot - cocoa
A few things about coffee from Mexico, generally. The flavor profiles that you find are not bombastic, as the varietals we’re dealing with here—heritage bourbon, along with the hybrids marsellesa and Costa Rica—are known more for brown-toned sweetness and structure than they are fruit. Sure, we like coffee that’s a little wild—or even weird—just as much as the next person. (Well, that might not be completely true. All things in moderation, I guess.) But what really gets our motors purring are coffees that are balanced and nuanced and complex in a quiet, understated, confident way. I mean, the doofus driving the jacked up coal roller with the frayed stars and bars is pretty easy to size up. You don’t really need to measure decibels or tire size to understand what he’s about (or what he’s compensating for). But the commuter going just over the speed limit in the nine year old Honda Civic? You’d have to have a conversation with her to figure her out, and you might end up coming to the conclusion that she’s one of the more interesting people you’ve talked to all year.
Mexico La Concordia is a conversational coffee, to be sure. The dry fragrance is sweet and toasty, with graham and blonde brownie–more demerara sugar than chocolate, I think. There’s also a little bit of stonefruit. Apricot? Add hot water, and the wet aromatics whisper a little more lift, with meyer lemon and milk chocolate expressing themselves through the toasty sweetness. In the brewed coffee itself, we find refined light caramel, and the apricot and meyer lemon becoming a little more prominent. The finish is beautiful and lasting, highlighted by cocoa powder.
- Location: , Chiapas, La Concordia, Nuevo Paraiso
- Elevation: 1400-1600 MASL
- Varietal: bourbon, marsellesa, costa rica
- Process: dry fermented, washed, dried on patios and tables
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A few things about coffee from Mexico, generally. The flavor profiles that you find are not bombastic, as the varietals we’re dealing with here—heritage bourbon, along with the hybrids marsellesa and Costa Rica—are known more for brown-toned sweetness and structure than they are fruit. Sure, we like coffee that’s a little wild—or even weird—just as much as the next person. (Well, that might not be completely true. All things in moderation, I guess.) But what really gets our motors purring are coffees that are balanced and nuanced and complex in a quiet, understated, confident way. I mean, the doofus driving the jacked up coal roller with the frayed stars and bars is pretty easy to size up. You don’t really need to measure decibels or tire size to understand what he’s about (or what he’s compensating for). But the commuter going just over the speed limit in the nine year old Honda Civic? You’d have to have a conversation with her to figure her out, and you might end up coming to the conclusion that she’s one of the more interesting people you’ve talked to all year.
Mexico La Concordia is a conversational coffee, to be sure. The dry fragrance is sweet and toasty, with graham and blonde brownie–more demerara sugar than chocolate, I think. There’s also a little bit of stonefruit. Apricot? Add hot water, and the wet aromatics whisper a little more lift, with meyer lemon and milk chocolate expressing themselves through the toasty sweetness. In the brewed coffee itself, we find refined light caramel, and the apricot and meyer lemon becoming a little more prominent. The finish is beautiful and lasting, highlighted by cocoa powder.
- Location: , Chiapas, La Concordia, Nuevo Paraiso
- Elevation: 1400-1600 MASL
- Varietal: bourbon, marsellesa, costa rica
- Process: dry fermented, washed, dried on patios and tables