Coffee Description
The Bolivia Taipiplaya coffee is a smooth and flavorful brew with notes of date, cherry, and truffle, rounded out by a touch of maple sweetness. It’s a rich and satisfying cup that perfectly blends fruity and decadent flavors for a truly enjoyable experience.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light/Medium
Variety
Typica
Process
Washed
Region
Cusco
About Various Smallholder Producers of Bolivia
This community lot comes from coffee grown by 40 smallholder farmers around Taipiplaya, most of which utilize traditional shade-grown methods for coffee production. The average farm is 2 or 3 hectares (approx. 5-8 acres) and has diverse crops that include coffee, pineapple, citrus, and a small amount of coca allowed by the government. Coffee cherries are harvested during the day, sometimes by the producer’s family, but most often by hired “cosechadores.” Most producers do not have the capacity to mill their own coffee so it is sold in cherry form. The cherries are trucked into the town collection sites by Toyota vans, heavily reinforced to handle the weight. Cherry is collected from 5pm into the night. After a dry fermentation period in steel tanks lasting 12-14 hours, the coffee is depulped, fully washed, and left to dry on raised beds for 15-20 days.
Cusco, Bolivia
Ruby Coffee Roasters
After years of leading the roasting and coffee sourcing programs of other notable roasters, Jared and Deanna Linzmeier moved back to Jared's hometown of Nelsonville, Wisconsin to build their own roastery. Because doing something great doesn't always mean doing something large, Ruby has opted to partner with small farms, small exporters and create small coffee bars, allowing them to have a much greater impact on the economic, environmental, social sustainability of specialty coffee.
This perspective has propelled a roasting operation, which began in a spare workshop room at Jared's childhood home, to being named Best Coffee in Wisconsin by Food and Wine two years in a row. Accolade aside, Ruby's real goal is a simple one: to source phenomenal quality coffee and make it approachable to everyone.
