Consuel Rubio Sidra

by Flower Child

Variety: Sidra Region: Cajamarca, Peru Elevation: 1,800 Meters Process: Washed Harvest: October 2024 Notes: Grape-medley, Apple and Honeydew. The great Consuelo Rubio has returned to us this year with yet another successful and diverse offering of cultivars. I am very excited about her Sidra. This cup is a light bodied and pillowy sweet. The forward-flavor of grape and dried berries hits upfront, then sweeps with floral tanins that clean up the finish. Other notes include a malic acidity, melon sweetness, botanical sweet-pea blossom aeromatics.  Mrs. Consuelo Rubio Peralta produces coffee with her family as a team effort. After the passing of her husband some years ago the family had to decide if they wanted to continue with the coffee business. The prossibility to work with specialty coffee motivated her children (all 24+ years old) to move back from the city to the farm boost the family operation. With the support of her children Richard, Roxana and Blanca Flor, she has developed