Day 22: Bolivia Caranavi Matriarcas Project

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  Onyx Staff member

  11/16/23, 4:35 PM

  The Matriarcas project stands as a shining example of how sustainable and socially responsible practices can be integrated into the coffee industry to empower women and uplift communities. By visualizing women's work, empowering them through education and leadership development, and improving their quality of life, the project creates a positive cycle of progress and equality within Bolivia. This coffee, featured in our Doyenne subscription, was an easy offering to include within the Advent lineup, highlighting the hard work of these producers.

  Tasting Notes:
  Plum, Brown Sugar, Allspice, Silky

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  BREW GUIDE

  ORIGAMI W/ CONE FILTER

  COFFEE: 25G

  WATER: 400G AT 204°F

  GRIND

  10 EK43
  687 Microns
  18 Baratza Encore
  7p Baratza Vario+
  23 Comandante C40
  4.6 Fellow Ode Gen 2

  BREW

  Bloom to 50g
  0:30 - Heavy center pour to 200g
  1:30 - Spiral pour to 300g
  2:00 - Spiral pour to 400g
  ~3:25 drain

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  Steve Lambert

  12/22/23, 7:09 AM

  Coffee was a bit weak... a little fruity and I didn't get the hint of plums as described in the video... I'd give it a 83/100

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  sawyer burnett

  12/22/23, 10:12 AM

  Last couple brews I had a shorter than expected drain time, but I got this one back on point. The coffee was unfortunately a bit meh to me. I spent a few minutes tasting and mulling it over and I can only really detect some stone fruit flavor. Not even really plum, but more like a bit of peach pit or slight citrus flavor.

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  Chuck Benemerito

  12/22/23, 10:28 AM

  I hadn't had a Bolovian in a while, and I actually thoroughly enjoyed this one. Brewed on a Chemex. Really smooth cup. Brown sugar was the dominant note, with a linger of some kind of spice, like nutmeg. Body was more delicate than expected, but it coated the tongue nicely without feeling heavy. 

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  Matt Lee

  12/22/23, 10:28 AM

  A little tame compared to yesterdays coffee for me, but still a solid cup. Brewed on my kalita today and got all the plum, brown sugar, and baking spice notes. 

  Love the story behind this coffee and learning about the Matriarcas project. It's great knowing the coffee I drank today contributed positively to the lives of the communities around it.

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  Danny Lovell

  12/22/23, 3:43 PM

  Have to recapitulate the other reviews - Some good flavors made fleeting appearances, but "tame", "weak", "meh" were the predominant tasting notes. Being the only coffee from Bolivia on here, and part of the Doyenne series, I would have liked to have more available to try to dial in.

  I did do 3 brews:

  1) Posted recipe on V60 - This gave me the most sweetness of the bunch, with plum skin up front.

  2) Aeropress at posted temperature, 2 minute immersion, ground at 3 2/3 on Ode Gen 2 - This accentuated the stone fruit a lot more. It had more brightness, but I didn't care for the residual flavor as much.

  3) Posted recipe on another conical dripper, scaled back to 12.5g - This one suffered from underextraction, but generally the same as my V60 attempt.

  What was odd about this coffee to me was that none of the sweetness or present flavor notes really lingered, and further dissipated as the coffee cooled down. Overall, I think this is actually a decent specialty coffee. Whoever grew it should be proud of the work they are doing; If anything, it was just a little lackluster and (I think) stale compared to other Advent offerings.

   

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  Ricky Gundran

  12/27/23, 6:01 PM

  I brewed with the MK dripper and a Kalita 185 filter. There is more sweetness as the coffee cooled down. 

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  Mike Stewart

  1/13/24, 7:04 AM

  I had low expectations because of all the woke cliche virtue signalling, but happened to get the grind right for the first Decent espresso extraction.  It ran a little faster at 19 s but there was the sour plum-Allspice up front, almost sweet, with some dryness on the finish.  In case anywone else is still working through the Calendar, try under extracting some as over extraction will subdue or kill the flavors.

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  Alex Rodriges

  6/25/24, 10:54 AM

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