Bolivia Illimani

This is our first Bolivian offering at Rose Park. Our friends at Red Fox have been offering hidden gems from this part of the world for years now and so when the opportunity to grab a lot came up, we jumped at the chance. Rather than a show-stopping acid bomb, or some treatise on anerobic processing, this washed coffee chooses a more subtle approach; firmly placing itself in the comforting area of our offerings with milk chocolate, prune, dried cherry and a bit of hazelnut flavor notes  being the predominate characteristics in the cup. There are more bombastic coffees out there (some of them exist in our own lineup) but for those seeking sweet sweet comfort, you have found it here.From our friends at Red Fox: “Illimani is a community of approximately 65 families in the province of Caranavi, the largest coffee producing region in Bolivia. Caranavi became known for coffee production in the 1960’s, following Bolivia’s agricultural reform, and coffee exporting peaked in the 1990’s with hea