AMOC Bernardina
What’s that over there? It’s a new coffee varietal!
This coffee comes with a story. It is not everyday you get to try a completely new coffee variety. This story goes back to 2012 when Ruperto Bernardino Merche, farm manager, noticed peculiar trees on the farm, ones that bore complex flavoured fruits. This discovery went unappreciated by the former owners of Finca Los Bellotos, but when the Pacas family took over they valued the discovery so much they named it after the farm manager and so we have Bernardina. This rare a remarkable coffee is unique and its genetic analysis shows relations of Geisha and Ethiopian Agaro. Already competition winning and being resistant to coffee leaf rust, the disease which devastated El Salvador’s coffee crop in 2013. So, how does it taste?
It tastes like an exceptional coffee, one which fulfils all of the above accolades. It is a light coffee with a delicate sweetness and hints of botanicals. You can tell there is something different about what you are drinking. I noticed that as it cooled, more of the core coffee flavour emerged through the lighter, top notes of the cup. This is no crazy cup, it is much closer the perfect Sweven coffees which I’ve recently included in the line up. I am truly glad I got hold of this coffee and was able to experience its offering.
The Pacas family have sought to perfect coffee production since 1927 and in this time pursued higher social responsibility. They employ 24 families and host workshops and fundraising campaigns. They continue to push the boundaries for quality and sustainability, bringing traditional practices and leading technologies together to achieve amazing results.
Once again A Matter Of Concrete, Rotterdam, brings the expert roasting to an incredible coffee that showcases it in the best possible format. Brewing AMOC coffee on an Orea setup feels as true to the cause as I can be. After all it was AMOC and Mow’s Coffee in Sheffield that got me hooked on Orea Brewers. Join me at a pop up to get an expertly produced, roasted and brewed cup of wonder.
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