Big Wick Energy • Peru Chiniros • Single Origin

Cocktail Cherry | Orange | Hazelnuts

Big Wick Energy showcases outstanding microlot beans from smallholder farms all over the world. We only buy a small amount of these beans so get them while you can! 

Origin: Peru, Chirinos
Varietal: Caturra, Catimor and Bourbon
Altitude: 1750-1950 above sea level
Process: Pulped Natural

This season we've opted for a sweet and flavoursome bean from the Chirinos region of Peru. It's process is a pulped natural. Most farmers in this region have hand pulpers which they use to pulp the coffee cherries, then they are placed into fermentation tanks, before being patio dried. This infuses the coffee with the sweet flavour of the fruit. This makes for an intense aroma and fruity cup of coffee reminiscent of a cherry in the bottom of an old fashioned, with blood orange acidity. 

The beans arrive as green with a sugary sweet aroma, we roast the coffee delicately smelling the beans as it enters realm of a light roast, waiting for it to reach that sweet spot - just before it turns into a medium roast. This allows the sugars in the coffee to develop, removing some of the more intese acidity and leaving a nice balance between sweetness, acidity and bitterness. We drop the coffee once the aroma becomes mouth watering. 

The Producer

This lot is a blend of coffees from various smallholder producers across the Chirinos region. The average farm size amongst these producers is 1.5 hectares, with the main varieties grown being caturra, catimor and bourbon. 

Coffees were purposefully selected and blended together based on tasting notes typical of the region. All component lots come from high altitude areas and the early harvest, processed and dried by the producers on their farms. 

The Name

This one kind of speaks for itself. A homage to our home in Hackney Wick.