product background

Ecuador

Chito Yeast Typica

Chito Yeast Typica

A wild yeast-innoculated Typica, produced in the hills surrounding the town of Chito in Southern Ecuador

$23.00 USD
$23.00 USD

About

Coffee Expression LalCafé’s ‘Intenso’ yeast leads to a fruity richness in the cup. This creates a character reminiscent of dried fruit.

Producer This lot is the work of 55 farmers in the hills surrounding the town of Chito, in the far south of Ecuador

Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso

Technical Data

Producer Chito Farmers

Region Zamora Chinchipe

Altitude 1600 masl

Varietal Typica

Process Yeast Natural

Harvest July 2024

Brewing Advice

Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm. 

Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.  

We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.

Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.

Shipping & Delivery

· Free shipping above $79 and on all subscription orders

· Ships within 1-3 days from Brooklyn, New York

· Coffee is roasted to order

· More info

View full details

The Chito Community

CafExporto have expanded their operation to include coffees from talented producers across Ecuador, those who have great potential to produce high-end speciality lots, but haven’t had access to the market for them. During their travels in Ecuador, the CafExporto team were surprised by the incredible quality of lots they found being sold into the national market, losing transparency and denying the producer any chance of adding value to their work. 

The coffees they tasted in the Chito community were one such revelation. Clean and floral cups, with character formed by their healthy soils, careful processing, and mainly Typica varietal stock. The farmers of Chito also grow other varietals, mainly Catucai and Caturra, but CafExporto are assisting each producer with seedlings of Typica Mejorado, Sidra and Geisha, alongside agronomic advice. This is a very rural part of the country; with a majority of the population stemming from native Ecuadoreans, one hears a mix of Spanish and native dialects here.

The Chito sub-region lies in the far south of Ecuador, bordered by Peru in the East, and the Mayo River in the West. The town itself sits in the bottom of a valley, surrounded by fertile farming lands in the hills. The farms are very small, averaging less than a hectare, so individual lots would be too small to export alone. For this reason, CafExporto selected 55 producers from across the Chito sub-region that had the most potential, and begun the quest of supporting them to improve their quality even further. That work is now beginning to bear fruit in these small traceable lots.

Yeast Typica

This year, following on from our experimentation together last year, a small lot of 100% Typica cherries from the Chito community was fermented with yeast from Canadian LalCafé. This has resulted in a similar profile to the experimental lot we purchased last year from Hacienda La Papaya, with LalCafé’s ‘Intenso’ yeast combined with the drying in cherry leading to a fruity richness in the cup. This creates a character reminiscent of dried fruit, in a way that brings to mind Juan’s oak barrel process coffees.

You might also like

  • Jorge Andrade Geisha

    Jorge Andrade Geisha

    Jorge Andrade Geisha 100g (3.53oz)

    $23.00 USD
    $23.00 USD
  • Musumba

    Musumba

    Sold out

    Musumba 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $25.00 USD
    From $25.00 USD
    Sold out
  • Munyinya

    Munyinya

    Munyinya 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $24.00 USD
    From $24.00 USD
  • Chito Washed Sidra

    Chito Washed Sidra

    Sold out

    Chito Washed Sidra 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $23.00 USD
    From $23.00 USD
    Sold out
  • Antonio Medina

    Antonio Medina

    Antonio Medina 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $21.00 USD
    From $21.00 USD
  • Paraguai

    Paraguai

    Paraguai 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $19.00 USD
    From $19.00 USD
  • Durley Sánchez

    Durley Sánchez

    Durley Sánchez 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $23.00 USD
    From $23.00 USD
  • José Romão

    José Romão

    José Romão 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $26.00 USD
    From $26.00 USD
  • Ninga

    Ninga

    Ninga 250g (8.8oz), 1kg (2.2lb)

    $25.00 USD
    From $25.00 USD

Complete your setup