Ecuador Las Afiladeras

  Region Cariamanga, Loja, Ecuador Grown By Alberto Jumbo Elevation 1700-1900 MASL Varieties Typica, Caturra, Bourbon Processing Fully Washed Taste Notes Taffy, Tangerine, True Blue Sensory Orange and Blue Skies, Boardwalk, Crispy Business, It Will All Work Out in the End, Bluets, Sharp as a Tack, New York Knicks Importer The Coffee Quest FUN FACT — Las Afiladeras translates to “the sharpeners,” a nickname coined thanks to the prevalence of knife-caliber grindstones in this region. EVEN MORE FUN FACT — this is our SIXTH year featuring coffee from this farm! THAT’S ALL THE YEARS WE’VE EXISTED! THE MOST FUN FACT — Las Afiladeras is run by a dude named ALBERTO JUMBO! WHO WE LOVE! Alright now that we’ve gotten the FUN out of the way, let’s get to business: Ecuador is an amazing coffee-producing country, and yet one that’s still not totally ubiquitous among specialty roasters. For most of our collective coffee careers, it simply wasn’t a country you could take for