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buenos_aires_nicaragua_maracaturra_fy16_koWhen Luis Valladarez received his first seedlings as a gift, he put everything he had into nurturing them. Maracaturra is a fragile plant that’s very susceptible to changes in weather. Growing, harvesting and producing this lower-yield plant proved a time-consuming labour, but one that reaped golden rewards. The Buenos Aires farm coaxes complex, beautiful flavours of stone fruit and the sweetness of honey from this extremely rare coffee.
The maracaturra varietal is what is known as a hybrid varietal. It is thought to have appeared in the 1800s from a naturally occurring cross pollination between maragogype, giant coffee beans, and caturra, one of the original arabicas planted throughout Central America. The family-run Buenos Aires Estate has been producing this coffee variety for over 30 years. The family of coffee farmers is known for experimentation using different processing methods and bean varieties to increase and enhance the cup attributes of their coffees.

This coffee was the subscription coffee for January 2016 and was also sold at UK reserve stores.

Gravitas blend no3

March 31, 2017 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

Gravitas blend no3

The third installment of Gravitas is back at the Roastery. This legacy blend launched on March 20th 2017, and I just happened to be in town visiting. Perfect timing on my part! This years version of Gravitas is a blend of Sumatra Lake Toba, Nicaragua Maracaturra and Sun-dried Brazil Barinas. The result is layers of herbal and chocolate notes with a unique dried fruit sweetness…. 

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Nicaragua Maracaturra paired with coffee fruit cake

January 25, 2017 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

Nicaragua MaracaturraI had actually planned this recipe to go live on National fruitcake day.. which was three weeks ago. I am a little bit behind with posts and recipes, but better late than never, right? 😉

Nicaragua Maracaturra has become one of my favorite reserve coffees. First of all, I love the beans. They are enormous! Second the flavor profile has really captured me. Subtle floral sweetness with spice notes of clove and allspice woven together, and finished off with a creamy vanilla mouthfeel. This is a coffee that can go in so many different directions, from baking spices, to chocolate, to apples and nuts. It is one of those coffees you can almost pair with anything!

Even a fruitcake?!

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Nicaragua Maracaturra with spice mice

January 12, 2017 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

Nicaragua MaracaturraNicaragua Maracaturra is back! I am pretty excited every time this one comes around, not because it’s my favorite (it isn’t) but because of the beans. They are HUGE. This is always a great conversation starter about varietals, and what these words that we see on the tasting sheets are; bourbon, typica, and so on. I’ll get to that in a minute, but first let me talk about something very important.

Birthdays.

If you have ever worked with me, you know I love to celebrate birthdays. I don’t know how or why this started, but it is honestly my most favorite thing. On Saturday, one of my partners has a birthday, except neither of us work on Saturday, so we celebrated today. Lisa loves and collects mice, so I wanted to do something special, just for her on her day.

Meet the spice mice.

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Nicaragua Maracaturra with honey-apricot granola

January 20, 2016 by jocelyn Leave a Comment

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANicaragua Maracaturra is the first reserve subscription for 2016! What an epic way to kick off the year! This coffee has sweet herbal aromas, with notes of peach, apricot and honey. This is the second time Starbucks has offered this coffee, the first being in 2012.

Before I get into the pairing, let’s talk about this long name this coffee has…. maracaturra. What does that mean? Maracaturra is a varietal, a naturally occurring cross between Maragogype and Caturra. Maragogype beans are also known as ‘elephant beans’; these beans are huge! It should also be noted that mara translates to crowded in Spanish. Once you see how large these beans are, try to imagine the cherries all on a branch. Crowded,  indeed!

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