Arnuad Causse Bourbon

by Flower Child

Variety: 100% Bourbon Farm: Terrazas del Pisque Region: Pichincha, Ecuador Elevation: 1900-2000 meters Harvest: July 2024 Notes: Dried berry, currant, balanced.  Arnaud's coffees are back this year with a refined touch.  Causse's Bourbon production is an annual joy to experience, clean and simple. This a solid brew with notes of currant, raisin and dates. Arnaud executes the baseline characteristics of a well maturated Bourbon, it's got a heavy-weighted viscosity. This profile has dark grape and elderberry tones. The cup is remniscient of a classic Bourbon from Latin America, with tenuto tones of cacao with a glossy texture. Arnaud Causse is one of the most interesting coffee farmers we have come across over the years. He's an agricultural engineer that has been expirementing within the practice of forest-grown coffee. After decades of agricultural, lab and ecological trials all over the planet, he's landed in Saraguro. His farm Terrazas del Pisque is a project that he is improving upo