Cuban Altura Lavado (Cuban Alpine Crystal) Coffee Bean Flavor introduction Baking suggestion

Cuban (Cuba) Altura Lavado (Cuban Alpine Crystal) coffee beans

The best coffee production place in Cuba is the Central Mountains region (Escambray). Besides coffee, the Central Mountains region also produces precious minerals such as quartz crystals, so the Central Mountains area (Escambray) is also known as Crystal Mountain.

Lavado is generally translated literally as "Lavado", Altura Lavado (small Crystal)

This bean is generally sold in the market as "Cuban mountain beans" or "Cuba Blue Mountains", because Cuba is adjacent to Jamaica, which produces the famous blue mountain coffee beans, and because of the economic sanctions coffee embargo on the United States, many businesses sell as high-priced Jamaican blue mountain beans for 2 to 3,000 yuan a pound. Due to the scarcity of production and the difficulty of export, it is only sold in a few countries in Asia. The original tree species was introduced from Haiti by the French in the 18 th century.

Crystal Mountain, the highest grade of coffee in Cuba's official coffee association rating system, is one of the favorites of beans, one of the top Caribbean islands.

Cuban coffee to rank the crystal mountain, in addition to the sea degree and flavor must be in line with the standard, size is also an important factor, this batch of raw beans from Escambaray mountain state-run manor, most of the Cuban crystal mountain are derived from this, because the particles are small, so this batch can only rank Altura Lavado, but the flavor is very sweet and clean, Japanese buyers praise the quality after the cup test, but also because small beans can not be classified as crystal mountain. So she was nicknamed Cuba [Little Crystal]!

Baking suggestion

Shallow roasting (fragrance) ~ when the water is roasted, the coffee powder and hot water produce the sweetness of honey, soft with the aroma of refreshing wheat, and the aftertaste is as refreshing as sugar in the middle of the tongue.

Re-baked ~ similar to the scorched sweetness of the wheat tea class, the blueberry-like acidity is subtle, and the aftertaste is like a long-lasting sweetness in the mouth.