• Red Brick
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Red Brick

Red Brick

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Espresso
PEAR / ALMOND / CHOCOLATE / CHERRY
Costa Rica / Colombia
Size
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50% Altamira de Chirripó / 50% Quebradón

As the crops change, so do the components of our Red Brick, highlighting harvest cycles and celebrating the seasonality of coffee. We've combined the great fruit qualities from each component, and allowed the sweetness to shine.

*Component percentages are subject to change.

  • RECIPE
      RECIPE

      This profile and recipe was developed on a Victoria Arduino VA388 Black Eagle with VST 20g baskets – so should be taken as a starting point, and not an absolute as different machines extract in different ways.

      The recommended baskets for this espresso recipe are the VST 20g.

      RECIPE DETAILS

      We recommend the following recipe as a starting point:

      • Dose: 19 grams

      • Brew temperature: 201ºF-202ºF/94ºC-94.5ºC

      • Brew time: 28-32 sec

      • Brew Ratio: 1:2

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  • Coffee information
      Coffee

      Altamira de Chirripó

      Roast Level

      Medium

      Country

      Costa Rica

      Process

      White Honey

      Variety

      Catuaí

      Producer

      MICEPA Micromill

      Coffee

      Quebradón

      Roast Level

      Medium

      Country

      Colombia

      Process

      Washed

      Variety

      Caturra, Colombia, Castillo, Typica

      Producer

      36 contributing smallholders

  • About
      ABOUT

      Central American coffee returns to Red Brick with Chirripó’s Altamira, joining southern Huila’s year-round harvest with Palestina’s Quebradón. Inviting with pear, almond and a deep cherry, chocolate sweetness, this is bound to make your morning cup dazzle. MICEPA micromill is back in Red Brick with their white honey Altamira de Chirripó. There’s been lots of development since we began our partnership in 2022. Rigoberto, a managing producer of the micromill, visited us in 2023. They’ve built a modern warehouse for coffee storage, crucial in the province’s wet climate. And a younger generation has come on board: producer Chepe Ureña’s daughter Isabel now manages all of MICEPA’s traceability, working with dry mill technician Steven to cup and calibrate with exporter Exclusive’s lab. This lot of Quebradón is another bespoke blend from Caravela Colombia’s QC team. Comprised of lots from Palestina in southern Huila, the traceability tells a descriptive story of the relationships with the buying station. For example, the largest contributing producer represents about 20% of the total lot. However, his portion was made of six smaller deliveries, over different days and from plots in different veredas (villages). Even within each farmer’s produce, the Caravela QC team is blending intentionally for these components.