Cost per 250mL serving - $1.81
When Mirra first began, there weren’t any real plans to source from Brazil for our standard black coffee menu, having in essence written it off because of the generally-deserved poor reputation for quality and general complexity in Brazilian coffees. However, we love a challenge, so we set ourselves the task of tracking down—or at the very least trying our very best to track down—some stunning, surprisingly one-of-a-kind lots from Brazil. With this super clean and delicate honey acaia from Paulo Vicente de Morais of Sitio 5 Estrelas (1.020 masl) joining our other Brazilian lot of the season, from Matheus Avellar, we are so excited to share the first fruits of this project with the world. When enjoying this one, what first stands out to us is both the degree of cleanness of the cup, as well as the clarity with which the note of a more dark, tannic, roasted oolong comes through. To temper this more dark and heavy note, we find a lovely, bright hit of sweet goji berry, and the refined, powdery florality of white orchid.
Acaia is a specific selection of the mundo novo variety, which itself is a hybrid of the typica and bourbon varieties. It was developed and released in the 1940s by the Brazilian Instituto Agronomico de Campinas, and remains, by and large, an exclusively Brazilian-grown variety. Large bean size, yield consistency, and reliably good cup quality are characteristic of acaia, and it is well suited to Brazil’s lower altitude growing conditions.
All coffee is sold whole-bean to reduce oxidation, and increase the longevity of volatile organic compounds.
Cost per 250mL serving - $1.81
When Mirra first began, there weren’t any real plans to source from Brazil for our standard black coffee menu, having in essence written it off because of the generally-deserved poor reputation for quality and general complexity in Brazilian coffees. However, we love a challenge, so we set ourselves the task of tracking down—or at the very least trying our very best to track down—some stunning, surprisingly one-of-a-kind lots from Brazil. With this super clean and delicate honey acaia from Paulo Vicente de Morais of Sitio 5 Estrelas (1.020 masl) joining our other Brazilian lot of the season, from Matheus Avellar, we are so excited to share the first fruits of this project with the world. When enjoying this one, what first stands out to us is both the degree of cleanness of the cup, as well as the clarity with which the note of a more dark, tannic, roasted oolong comes through. To temper this more dark and heavy note, we find a lovely, bright hit of sweet goji berry, and the refined, powdery florality of white orchid.
Acaia is a specific selection of the mundo novo variety, which itself is a hybrid of the typica and bourbon varieties. It was developed and released in the 1940s by the Brazilian Instituto Agronomico de Campinas, and remains, by and large, an exclusively Brazilian-grown variety. Large bean size, yield consistency, and reliably good cup quality are characteristic of acaia, and it is well suited to Brazil’s lower altitude growing conditions.
All coffee is sold whole-bean to reduce oxidation, and increase the longevity of volatile organic compounds.
