This Balanced cold brew blend is a combination of coffees from three different areas of the world: Nyeri, Kenya; the highlands region of Papua New Guinea, & Loja, Ecuador.

The first component of the blend is the Kenya Gatomboya. The Gatomboya Factory is actually famous for producing some of the best coffees in Kenya. As I said, the coffee SEEDS are removed from the fruit, and washed. They use the Kenyan-style washing method, sometimes referred to as the 72 hour process: it involves a triple ferment process where the third stage utilizes fresh water to remove any lingering fruit. This is what gives the coffee its sparkling acidity and intense fruit flavors, and this coffee is definitely shining through in this cold brew blend with an orange-like acidity. 

Next, we have the coffee from the AAK cooperative in Papua New Guinea. Indonesian coffee tends to have wild flavors which range to the extremes of what coffee can taste like. Papua New Guinea, however, has unique processing methods that seem to allow for a rounded balance to its intense flavors.  This coffee definitely gives this blend some bass notes, adding to the complexity and body. 

Last, we have a delicious coffee from Ecuador, called Altos de Marfil. This coffee was collected from 44 different small-scale farmers in the highlands of the El Limo mountain range. Altos de Marfil has been on Driftaway's menu of offerings for 3 harvests. We always look forward to roasting this coffee. It’s such a sweet and dense flavored coffee with perfumey aromas - as I said, this coffee combines with the Gatomboya to bump up the acidity of this blend, adding to its juicy body.