Peru — Andres Torre Ore Finca Muruhuay Caturra & Bourbon (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍊 Grapefruit • 🍫 Milk Chocolate • 🌿 Allspice • 🫐 Red Currant

DETAILS

• Producer: Andres Torre Ore
• Farm: Finca Muruhuay
• Region: Peru (Andes-Amazon transition zone)
• Varietal: Caturra & Bourbon
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 1,540 MASL
• Harvest: September
• Roast: Moderate

INTRO

From Andres Torre Ore at Finca Muruhuay — a farm situated where the Andes meet the Amazon, in one of Peru's most distinctive and transitional growing environments. A balanced, beautifully drinkable washed Caturra and Bourbon that Onyx love precisely for what it is: honest, expressive, and deeply satisfying. In the cup: grapefruit, milk chocolate, allspice, and red currant.

THE PRODUCER

Andres Torre Ore grows coffee at Finca Muruhuay in a growing environment that is genuinely unlike most of Peru's established specialty regions — the transition zone where Andean altitude gives way to the Amazonian lowlands, creating a microclimate of unusual warmth, humidity, and biodiversity. Through thoughtful farm management and years of accumulated experience, Andres has developed the knowledge and craft to produce coffees that showcase the unique character of this remarkable and underrepresented growing area.

Caturra, a natural Bourbon mutation first identified in Brazil, and Bourbon, one of the oldest and most historically significant Arabica varieties in the world, have been grown in Peru's highland regions for decades. In Andres's hands at 1,540 MASL, where the Andes and Amazon converge, they deliver the balanced, juicy, and structured profile that Onyx specifically prize from Finca Muruhuay.

THE PROCESS

The Washed process at Finca Muruhuay involves:

🍒 Hand-picking — Caturra and Bourbon cherries selectively harvested at peak ripeness 🔧 Depulping — Outer skin removed before fermentation 🧪 Fermentation — Beans fermented to break down remaining mucilage 💧 Washing — Thoroughly washed to remove all fermentation residue ☀️ Raised-bed drying — Dried on raised beds to optimal moisture content

The meticulous washed processing is the defining step — stripping back all fruit influence to allow the inherent grapefruit brightness, milk chocolate warmth, allspice spice, and red currant acidity of the Caturra and Bourbon to express themselves with balance, clarity, and the quiet confidence that defines this cup.

THE CUP

A balanced, beautifully drinkable, and quietly expressive washed Caturra and Bourbon from the Andean-Amazonian transition zone — grapefruit brightness, milk chocolate warmth, a distinctive allspice note, and a red currant acidity in a moderate-roast cup that is honest, expressive, and deeply satisfying from first sip to last.

Flavour Notes

🍊 Grapefruit 🍫 Milk Chocolate 🌿 Allspice 🫐 Red Currant