Each year, Nespresso coffee experts seek out Limited Edition coffees to surprise and delight coffee aficionados from around the globe. For its latest launch, Nespresso looked to the unique coffee growing communities of Lake Kivu, Rwanda and Chiapas, Mexico to develop two exceptional new Limited Edition coffees, born in very different communities but united by devotion and expertise. Celebrating the dedication to coffee cultivation in each community, the Limited Editions both have names meaning ‘heart’ in their respective native languages – ‘UMUTIMA wa Lake Kivu’ and ‘TANIM de Chiapas’. Synonymous with quality and coffee expertise, Nespresso has opted to pay tribute to these two small but highly knowledgeable and motivated coffee growing communities, one utilising contemporary post, harvest techniques, and the other using traditional methods passed down through the generations. Nespresso has paired the dedication that the farmers have for growing high quality coffee with their own firmly established expertise in roasting and grinding technology to create ‘UMUTIMA wa Lake Kivu’ and ‘TANIM de Chiapas’. Groups of small but highly modernised coffee growing communities can be found on the densely populated and highly cultivated shores of Lake Kivu in Rwanda. Here, the growers have experienced a renaissance of the coffee growing industry and use the latest contemporary post-harvest practices to deliver coffee of the finest quality and aromatics that complement the Arabica.
The growers select only the ripe cherries for harvesting which is done by hand as is the rigorous post-harvest sorting, which ensures that only the best beans are selected. Today, coffees from Rwanda are considered amongst some of the sweetest and most flavourful of East African coffees. The Nespresso coffee experts are able to enhance these intrinsic flavourful qualities by split roasting the green coffee beans. One half of the green coffee beans undergoes a lighter roasting which highlights its juicy fruit notes while the other half gets a darker roast for delightful strength and texture. By thoughtful selection, the Nespresso experts ensure that all the brightness and complexity of the beans’ flavour is delivered into your cup. In contrast, the coffee in Chiapas, Mexico is grown on high, volcanic land side by side with other crops such as avocados and oranges. Chiapas, is considered one of the main origins for obtaining quality coffee in Mexico, producing exceptional coffee with stone-fruit flavours and cocoa notes. Farmers in the region favour traditional practices which have been passed down through the generations for years and tend to the crops in their own back yards. For generations the farmers have chosen to grow their coffee under the shade of the lush, tropical rainforest, which prolongs the ripening and therefore provides beans of a consistent high quality with fine aromas. Using their expertise to refine the beans from Chiapas, the Nespresso experts apply a similar split roasting technique. However, in this instance one part of the green coffee is roasted at a low temperature for a long time to protect the specific nutty and bready notes whilst the second part has a shorter, darker roasting to develop a silky smooth texture.
Credits: Nespresso
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