CD Sudan Rume

We have another incredible coffee from Gonzalo Hernandez at Coffea Diversa!

Gonzalo is well known here at MCR and we are big fans of his work at the Coffea Diversa project in Costa Rica. Gonzalo has amassed possibly the largest private collection of botanical coffee varieties on the planet, all with full genetic traceability. After years of collecting and transporting samples from across the world, Gonzalo began a new project by seeding these rare and unique varieties.

One of those is Sudan Rume (sometimes called Rume Sudan). This variety has gained popularity in recent years for its very unique cup profile, often showing menthol notes like mint, lemon verbena and even eucalytpus. It is an ancient landrace variety that was first cultivated in South Sudan’s Boma plateau. It is a very low-yielding plant and a genetic parent of many well known varieties, including SL28.

This season we asked Gonzalo to implement special processing at both locations (Guatemala and Costa Rica) specifically with us in mind. The process is quite simple; the cherries are fermented in aerobic tanks for 24 to 48 hours or until the cherry is 'soft'. The coffee is pulped and then dried in stages to achieve an extremely stable end product.

Expect notes of verbena, manuka honey and ceylon tea.