Bolivia: Trapiche, Mosto Washed

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In the roaster’s words

Bolivia: Trapiche, Bourbon, Mosto Washed You'll find juicy blackcurrant cordial and a spoonful of brown sugar in this cup which finishes with chunky bourbon biscuits for a truly chuggable mug. Trapiche's name was inspired by a vineyard of the same name in Argentina that Pedro visited before setting up this new farm in 2016. He and his family love good wine and have drawn on this when developing the design for this land. The word “Trapiche” originally refers to a type of mill made of wooden rollers used to extract juice from fruit such as grapes or olives. The coffee we have from Trapiche this season is a Mosto Washed Bourbon. A Lesson in Good Coffee All of the Bolivian coffees that we have at Ozone come to us via the Rodriguez family at Agricafe. The coffee that they export to us originates either from smallholder farms participating in their sustainability program, Sol de la Mañana, or from their own Fincas Los Rodriguez farms. The Trapiche farm is located in the Samaipata region of Bolivia. Pedro Rodriguez and his family also own a handful of other farms in the area: Floripondio, El Fuerte and Samaichacha and a whole host of other farms further afield in Bolivia, such as La Linda and Alasitas, that a lot of you will also be familiar with. Daniela and Pedro bought land here to showcase modern practices and educate other producers in sustainable coffee farming, as well as increasing the overall volume at their mills. The Fincas Los Rodriguez farms are used to teach other local producers as a good example of modern agronomy, pruning techniques, layout etc. It's essentially a place to say "Hey, come look at what we're doing" and show off all of the modern work that gets you better production and more efficient systems. The Rodriguez family are continuously looking for inspiration from other coffee-producing countries and from other industries such as winemaking - Trapiche is an example of this winery inspiration in action. The farm is a truly amazing place and the team have designed it to look and function like a vineyard, using those methodologies to refine their coffee production process. This is particularly fitting as Samaipata is an up-and-coming wine region within Bolivia, with several small vineyards located only a short distance from Trapiche. Samaipata The farm has been operational since 2016 so it's still relatively young (coffee trees take around 4 years to mature enough to begin producing cherries) but the results from the first few harvests are

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Trapiche is a Fincas Los Rodriguez farm established in 2016 and inspired by winery practices.