[Premium]Ecuador La Marquesa Sidra[Light roast]

Sweet aroma, taste of nectarine, orange and banana, red wine-like sweetness and accompanying aftertaste.

Country: Ecuador
Process: Anaerobic Washed with Most
Variety: Sidra
Owner/ Farm: Ximena Leon Toledo/ Finca La Marquesa
Region: Vilcabamba, Loja
Altitude: 1,700m
Flavor note: Nectarine, Orange, Aloe, Banana

Roaster's Note

This coffee from Ecuador is our very first purchase from its importer, Rurukuna inc.

“Rurukuna” means fruits or seeds- it’s a plural form of “ruru”, a word from Quechuan language, an indigenous language of the people of the Andes, spoken mainly in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Rurukuna started as a project to connect specialty coffee farms and Japanese roasters, and it is run by Mochizuki-san, the owner of Coffee etomoiri in Okinawa.

We learned about the project when we attended a cupping event in Osaka back in October 2024, which led to this partnership.

At the event, this coffee left a strong impression on us, standing out and unique among the many cups on the table.

This is not a classic kind of coffee, but we can tell from the cup that the fermentation process was well controlled and executed based on the good understanding of the variety and the terroir.

It has a tropical fruits and probiotics drink like flavors while maintaining a great cup balance.

At Kurasu, we usually prefer more delicate and mild coffee, but when such well-fermented, well-controlled coffee comes up, we simply cannot ignore the challenge to make something beautiful out of it.

A special coffee for special occasion.