Australia, Skybury
Notes: Caramel sweetness, with a buttery sweet chocolate body and finish
Origin: Australia
Location: Cairns, Queensland
Process: Washed
Variety: Bourbon & Katuai
Altitude: 550 - 600 Masl
Story:
At Skybury Plantation, Bourbon and Katuai varieties of Arabica Coffee are grown.
Skybury is a pioneer coffee plantation having transitioned from experimental to commercial, tackling the difficult issues of synchronized flowering, harvesting, plant rejuvenation and nutrition for the Australian conditions.
In the process, they have created a unique coffee wet processing, which successfully highlights the great taste of Skybury Coffee. Having one of the world's most sophisticated processing facilities, they are able to 'shape' the flavour of their coffee.
The system combines speed and control to create the perfect cup and they are able to process coffees from field to dry and stabilized in one hour (this typically takes three days.) They do, however, extend by choice certain aspects of the process to highlight different tastes.
By leaving a small amount of the mucilage on the beans by interrupting the fermentation process, followed by a high-speed wash, Skybury has been able to lock in flavor, while still allowing the bean to absorb the remaining mucilage.
When Skybury Coffee is roasted, the mucilage 'caramelizes' and releases a sweet, chocolate flavor.