FREAK & UNIQUE

Lock up your inhibitions and throw away the key. It's time to get weird.

Freak & Unique is our curated curiosity collection of the most off-the-wall coffees we can find.

Our selection is all about highlighting the outstanding and the abnormal. Each coffee is a sensory journey to be savoured and remembered.

All coffees in our Freak & Unique series are available with a limited edition artwork, with purchases from this range helping fund our non-profit Art & Industry work, fuelling independent artists and creatives.

JUICY MANGO, ALPINE STRAWBERRY, RED SKITTLES

YENNY ESPERANZA | EL PARAÍSO VILLA ESPERANZA

Yenny Esperanza Bermudez is a founding partner of Finca El Paraíso Villa Esperanza. Born in Bolívar Cauca, she trained in law and is the older sister of four brothers who all ventured on a new way of life, thanks to coffee.

Finca El Paraíso Villa Esperanza was acquired in 2009 with the purpose of generating a family business that involved the new generations. The plot has an extension of 27 hectares and is located in the municipality of Tambo, Corregimiento de las Piedras, El Marquez. The farm is 28 kilometres from the city of Popayan and 10 kilometres from the municipal seat of Tambo Cauca. Climate in this area is characterised as warm and temperate, with an average temperature of 18°C.

FARM: El Paraíso Villa Esperanza
REGION: Cauca, Tambo
ALTITUDE: 1870 MASL
VARIETAL: Castillo
PROCESS: Thermal Shock

This incredible micro lot of coffee was harvested when 95% of the cherries were matured, and was washed with ozonated water and ultraviolet light. It was then anaerobically fermented in steel tanks for 48 hours at 18°C before being pulped and anaerobically fermented for a further 48 hours at 21°C. The coffee was then thermal shocked to eliminate any micro-organisms and finally machine dried by air circulation for 24-28 hours at 34°C.