Do you remember the first time you saw a rainbow? The smell of the rain still in the air, the sky reflected in puddles, then the slowly unfolding colors... and suddenly a second arc appears. Familiar, yet different - a double rainbow, a small miracle of nature. Double Rainbow delivers the same miracle, with two very similar, yet completely different Ethiopian coffees!
Have you always wondered what "natural" and "washed" processing means? Try it! We've made this Ethiopian box, in which we put 5-5 pieces of both types of coffee so you can feel the difference! Can you recognize it? Can you find it? (The brown capsule is the natural one, the pink one is the washed one!)
In the Double Rainbow box you will find two types of differently processed Ethiopian coffee capsules: the brown one is natural-processed Sidamo, and the pink one is washed Andaracha. We want you to taste how different flavors the processing method gives you, so you can taste what you have always heard in a cafe as "washed" or "natural".
What does processing mean? After harvesting, the coffee cherry is a fruit that looks like a cross between a hibiscus fruit and a cherry. The flesh of the fruit has to be removed, then the seeds are dried (the seeds are the green coffee, ie we actually make our favorite morning drink from the seeds of the coffee cherry), and these seeds (the green coffee beans) reach us.
When tasted side by side, the difference between the two coffees is perfectly felt: an experience that is rarely experienced so clearly.
Of course, both coffees are light roasted Ethiopian, with the typical taste and aroma of such coffees. We think this box is a worthy member of the "Curiosity" product line, as there hasn't been much opportunity to show (beyond telling) the differences in processing.
Sidamo (brown capsule)
Place of origin: Ethiopia
Region: Bensa
Height: 2000 m
Species: Heirloom
Processing: natural: After harvest, the coffee cherries are spread out on a raised bed semi-shaded by trees and, by constantly raking them, the skin is practically dried on the seeds. This allows the sugars and other flavors in the skin to "get" into the seeds, thus producing a much more vibrant, sweet drink after the pulp is removed and roasted. The process is called "dry" or "natural" because it does not require water, and it is the original, ancient way of processing coffee beans.
Andaracha (pink capsule)
Place of origin: Ethiopia
Region: Keffa (Andaracha washing station)
Height: 1800 m
Species: Heirloom
Processing: washed: the coffee cherries are soaked in a tank full of water for 72 hours after harvest, which starts a fermentation in the fruit skin, and it begins to ripen. Before the process goes wrong, the beans are removed from the tank, dried, and then the pulp is removed from the seeds. Washed coffees are typically sweet, with a fuller flavor. The seeds (green coffee beans) are delivered to us, we roast them, grind them, and fill them into capsules.
Packed in a Nespresso* Original compatible, 100% recyclable aluminum capsule.
