MELIPONAS, Ecuador

About This Coffee

This coffee is named after the native stingless Meliponas bees that help it flourish in the Puyango region of Ecuador. Produced by the Meliponas Cooperative at altitudes of 900-1,350 meters above sea level. The coffee is cultivated using natural compost rather than harsh chemicals, creating an ecosystem where coffee bushes and beehives live side-by-side. The Typica and Caturra varieties are washed processed. Tasting notes include berry, citrus, and orange blossom. This coffee scores 86 on the SCA scale.

Origin

Puyango (Ecuador)

Flavor Notes

Berry, Citrus Fruit, Orange Blossom

Roast Level

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Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Typica, Caturra

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Coffee Gems

Ricardo Peña founded Coffee Gems in Chippenham, Wiltshire, drawing on a childhood spent on his grandparents' coffee estate in the Huila region of Colombia. He remembers the plantations blooming with white flowers and his grandmother roasting beans in a copper pot. After more than 15 years in the UK specialty coffee industry, Ricardo built a roastery focused exclusively on coffees scoring 86 or higher on the SCA scale, placing the entire range well above the specialty threshold. Sourcing is hands on, with visits to farmers in Peru and El Salvador, including Cup of Excellence winner Ever Diaz in the Chalatenango region. The roasting approach aims to enhance what the producer has already achieved rather than imposing a house style, and full pricing transparency traces each coffee from farmer to warehouse.

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