Colombia

Los Tres Mosqueteros

Very Special Set

Washed process Gesha, Chiroso, Pink bourbon

All for one, one for all! A unique way to experience 3 outstanding lots of high-quality varietals, all at once.


VERY SPECIAL

This set showcases 3 different washed lots of Geisha, Chiroso and Pink Bourbon—all produced by award-winner Felipe Henao Triana from Los Tres Mosqueteros (Colombia).

The beauty of having these side-to-side is that you’ll be able to taste and notice the difference between varietals—the other factors (location, conditions, harvest, processing) are the same.


THE VARIETALS

100g of washed Geisha (VS)
The most revered varietal within the specialty coffee world. Felipe explains that the seedlings for his Geisha plantation were given to him by friends Carlos Belalcázar, from La Bohemia, and Abdias Muñoz of El Porvenir in Nariño, who were respectively placed 1st and 2nd in the 2022 Cup of Excellence.

100g of washed Chiroso (VS)
Los Tres Mosqueteros won 1st place in the 2020 Cup of Excellence with a washed lot of Chiroso—just like this!

100g of washed Pink Bourbon
Pink Bourbon is rarely grown in the Urrao region. It’s a hybrid of Red and Yellow Bourbon, which apparently is quite resistant to the coffee rust disease. The downside? Harvest consistency can be tricky.



ABOUT LOS TRES MOSQUETEROS AND FELIPE

Felipe is originally from the Tolima region of Colombia and is his family’s 1st generation of coffee growers alongside his brother.

His first contact with the industry was when he was 16. Felipe shadowed his brother in visiting coffee producers around the region—he worked with a coffee exporter. A few years later, he left to study Agro-Industrial Engineering in Cauca while his brother bought some land in Antioquia, where he planned to start his own production. When Felipe finished his degree, he decided to join the family business.

Los Tres Mosqueteros

The area of Urrao, where the estate is located, is very special for the production of specialty coffee. It is a valley at 1950 MASL, with a very stable temperature of 19 degrees Celsius that makes the cherries develop slower and denser than in other areas. Surprisingly though, Urrao is not famous as a coffee-producing region: its main activity is the production of avocado.

For Felipe and his brother, kickstarting the coffee production felt extremely difficult. The main reason? They tried to grow 80,000 coffee plants completely organic and from scratch, later losing 80% of those initial trees. Today, however, things look a bit better, and they have 25,000 coffee trees—50% currently organically grown and slowly transitioning to a fully organic coffee plantation.


ABOUT THE WASHED PROCESS

Daily cherry collections are fermented in bags for 24 hours as whole cherry, then pulped and left to dry ferment in tanks. This process is repeated for 5 daily cherry pickings. The accumulated coffee is then washed clean on the 6th day and commingle fermented on the 7th day. Finally, the coffee is left to dry on parabolic raised beds to control temperature and humidity to export requirements.


ENJOY!

We look forward to hearing about how you found this experience!


Los Tres Mosqueteros - Felipe wearing a Chiroso t-shirt!




Shipping details and low-down for pre-orders

This set will be our next Brew Crew VS subscription feature, due on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. So, if you’re an active subscriber, this is what you’ll get!

If you hold a subscription other than VS (Brew Crew, Pacemaker, Sweet Tooth, Decaf) and want to receive this one-off item, you can bundle it, and we’ll ship it with your next delivery, due on Wednesday, 16th of August or later (but no later than mid-September, as the coffee will be too old, so if the subscription is on pause it will be automatically brought to a date within that range).

If you’re not a subscriber, complete an online purchase before the end of Sunday, 13th of August. It’ll be shipped and/or ready for collection from our Pro Shop on the following day. (Collection from Surry Hills or Old Gold will be ready from Tuesday, 22nd or August.)

Retail orders that include this item will be dispatched on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.

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Ethical, traceable sourcing

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The transparency helps us talk confidently about the quality and background of our product, and it helps you know exactly what you’re buying.


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Our coffee philosophy
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Fresh harvest coffee

We only source and roast coffee from each country’s latest harvest season (so the green coffee is never older than 1 year from the time of picking, processing and packing). This ensures the sensory qualities are always at their peak and unaffected by excessive ageing.

Roasted for espresso and filter (best enjoyed black)

Roast style: omni. Omni roasts are designed to brew and taste great both as espresso and filter. Our omni single origins generally sit on Agtron values in the ~70-60 value range. So, technically, they are somewhere in the lighter side of the medium spectrum.

Designed for espresso and filter brewing. Best enjoyed black.


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Our roasting style and approach

Best brewed within days 15-49 post-roast

The ‘fresh is best’ saying doesn’t apply to coffee (contrary to popular belief). Waiting before opening and brewing your bag of whole coffee beans helps develop peak flavour and acidity.

But heads up: if you buy pre-ground coffee, brew it as soon as possible.


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Try our custom brewing recipes

Our recipes and ratios are tailored to our coffee sourcing and roasting styles, bringing the best flavour and feel out of each coffee.

For pour over, immersion, and other filter brewing styles, check our brew guides.
For our espresso single origins, we recommend a coffee:yield ratio of 1:3:

  • Dose: 20g ground coffee
  • Yield: 60g espresso
  • Total brew time: ~24-28 seconds

This is just a starting point! We encourage you to experiment, taste, and adjust to find the recipe that you enjoy the most.


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Packaging and sustainability
  • Bags: ABA-certified home compostable (AS 5810-2010)
  • Labels: recyclable
  • Valves (only on +250g bags): general waste
  • Box and tape (online orders): recyclable

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Varieties

Chiroso variety

Chiroso is most likely a mutation of the Caturra variety, which historically has been planted around Urrao in Colombia.

Gesha variety

An exceptionally high quality variety that has grown in popularity, Gesha is named after the town of Gesha in Ethiopia where the seeds originated.

The location

Coffee from Colombia

Colombia is one of the largest coffee producers in the world and benefits greatly from having one of the most unique and complex set of micro-climates of all coffee producing nations.

The Antioquia region of Colombia

The region where coffee was first introduced to Colombia and where the FNC originated. It has the largest growing area by hectare of all Colombian growing regions

Farm processes

Washed process

Machines are used to remove the flesh from the coffee cherry before being fermented in water, washed again, and finally sun dried. This process tends to result in more distinct, cleaner flavours.

Coffee delivery: coffee in resealable bag and farm information card

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