Ecuador | Lugmapata
ilse coffeeAbout This Coffee
Lugmapata is a lot from the Merino family farm in Pallatanga, Ecuador, grown at 1,700–1,900 MASL. This Sidra lot is washed: cherries are hand-picked, floated three times, fermented in sealed bags for 12 hours prior to depulping, followed by a 48-hour wet fermentation in tiled tanks, rinsing, and drying on raised beds for 19–25 days. Tasting notes include raspberry, lemon-lime, ginger-ale, honeydew melon, green apple, and strawberry jam.
Origin
Pallatanga (Ecuador)
Flavor Notes
Raspberry, Lemon-Lime, Ginger Ale, Honeydew Melon, Green Apple, Strawberry Jam
Roast Level
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Processing
Washed
Typology
ArabicaBourbon Sidra
IC
ilse coffee
Rebecca Grossman and Lucas Smith founded Ilse in 2019, starting with a thousand dollars and a rented roaster in Stamford before building out their own facility in a converted mechanic's garage in North Canaan. The approach is quality-driven: light roasts, single-producer microlots, and a commitment to buying entire harvests from the same farms year after year, some relationships now stretch back to the beginning. Pricing is transparent; each bag lists what the producer was paid, the FOB price, and Ilse's cost. Sourcing focuses on Central and South America and East Africa, with Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ethiopia appearing regularly.
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