Fray David
Fray David
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Ships directly from High Bank Coffee Roasters, roasted fresh on the roaster's weekly schedule, so it may ship in a few days. 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 → - Tropical, Stone Fruit, Other Sweet
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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 → - Colombia
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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
Chiroso’s from Urrao have been garnering a lot of attention lately for their extraordinary cup quality. Stone fruit, citrus, and deep caramelized sweetness are the common traits I’ve found in many of the Chiroso’s I’ve tried from Urrao, putting it alongside Gesha and Pink Bourbon in the lineup of high scoring varietals.
Fray is a new-to-us producer, and this is an incredibly small micro lot from his farm Rosal in Urrao. Fray uses the traditional method of “cochadas” to harvest and process his coffee; collecting small amounts of cherry daily over the course of the week, he pulps each days collection and leaves it in a tank with water, adding freshly pulped cherry daily. After 7-8 days, he fully washes and dries the coffee.
The resulting coffee is special. A juicy acidity with flavors of sumo orange and granadilla (a fruit in the passion fruit family, but sweeter and less tart), are complemented by peach and a maple syrup sweetness. The ideal washed coffee, and one I haven’t been able to put down.
