Ecuador Mery Garcito
Ecuador Mery Garcito
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Ships directly from Mirra Coffee, roasted to order every Wednesday and shipped Thursday (order by Tuesday night NYC time for that week’s roast). US delivery is typically 2–6 business days. Orders with coffees from more than one roaster arrive as separate boxes. Shipping & freshness →
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Tasting Notes
Specific flavors and aromas the roaster (or our team) noticed when cupping this coffee. They describe the brewed cup, not flavorings added to the beans.
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Roast Level
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Roast Level
How dark the beans are roasted, on a 'specialty' scale where Light/Ultralight preserves the most origin character.
Read more in the glossary → - Specialty Light/Ultralight
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Flavor Profile
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Flavor Profile
High-level flavor families this coffee leans toward — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolate/nutty, spicy, tea/botanical, or fermented/wine-like.
Read more in the glossary → - Fruity, Sweet
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Origin Type
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Coffee Type
Whether a coffee is a single origin (from one farm, region, or country) or a blend (multiple origins combined).
Read more in the glossary → - Single Origin
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Flavor Notes
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Flavor Notes (SCA)
More specific flavor families inside the broader profile, using the SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel — e.g. 'Citrus' and 'Berry' inside 'Fruity'.
Read more in the glossary → - Citrus, Vanilla, Cereal
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Caffeine
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Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
Read more in the glossary → - Caffeinated
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Country of Origin
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Country of Origin
Where in the world this coffee was grown, or 'Multiple' for a blend with beans from more than one country.
Read more in the glossary → - Ecuador
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Process Type
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Processing
How the coffee cherry was prepared after picking — dried with or without its fruit, fermented under specific conditions, etc. Big effect on the final cup.
Read more in the glossary → - Washed
Cost per 250mL serving - $2.00
We have been very eagerly awaiting the arrival of this delightful washed mejorada lot from Mery Garcito of Finca La Benedicion of Loja, Ecuador, and are so pleased that it has finally arrived, so that we can finally release it publicly. This lot presents a classically beautiful profile for a washed Ecuadorean mejorada variety in the cup—with tons of sweet, balanced sumo mandarin, white, delicate vanilla orchid, and a yummy, textured, light brown graham cracker feel to the finish. If you’re a fan of mejorada from Ecuador, Mery’s lot surely isn’t one to miss out on this season.
Mery operates her farm, Finca La Benecicion, alongside her husband, Luis, and their two children. La Benedicion is very small, measuring only .75 hetares in size, and is located at 1.900 masl in the Loja Province, in southern Ecuador, along the border with Peru. On the farm, she has around 2,000 coffee trees planted, all of the mejorada variety.
The origins of mejorada, also known as typica mejorada/o, aren’t certain, but at present it is believed to be the product of a Nestle coffee research lab in Pinchincha, Ecuador. A technician at this facility named Don Olger Rogel was the first to identify two unique F1 hybrid varieties which presented unusually high potential for quality in the cup, namely, sidra and mejorada. Mejorada seeds from this project were then shared with Pepe Jijon, who in 2010 became the first producer to plant the variety, which he planted on his farm, Finca Soledad, in Imbabura, Ecuador. Despite often being referred to as ‘typica mejorada/o’, mejorada is in fact not a descendent of typica at all, instead being a bourbon descendent; this name is believed to be a reference to its similarity with typica in flavor profile, rather than its genetic composition. For this reason, we simply refer to it as ‘mejorada’. Today, mejorada cultivation remains largely exclusive to Ecuador, although every year we discover new origins, such as Colombia and Costa Rica, which are beginning to grow it.
All coffee is sold whole-bean to reduce oxidation, and increase the longevity of volatile organic compounds.
