PREMIUM COLLECTION
Vietnamese Arabica • Medium Roast
Dried Fig, Toffee, Dark Chocolate, Roasted Almond
WHY THIS ONE
Reads more premium than chocolate-caramel, still easy to get: fig for dried-fruit sweetness, toffee and dark chocolate in the middle, almond to finish.
IN THE CUP
Dried Fig, Toffee, Dark Chocolate, Roasted Almond
SWIPE THROUGH THE CUP
THE THINKING
Fig & Toffee is Da Sar Highlands Farm's refusal to equate clean with plain.
In Da Sar, Lac Duong, Lam Dong, at 1,450 to 1,600 meters, Catimor and Typica selections ripen slowly in cold air.
The farm stays with fully washed processing, the style with the least room to hide, and looks for complexity in fermentation time rather than in ferment character.
BY THE NUMBERS
The intent is precise: dried fig as mellow sweetness, toffee filling the centre, dark chocolate deepening the finish, roasted almond for a clean nutty edge.
Cherries are depulped and taken through an extended 24-hour washed fermentation, longer than the regional norm, then rinsed thoroughly and dried under control so the sugars develop without tipping into funk.
For this farm, premium means a polished cup can still have a personality worth describing.
THE LAST STEP IS YOURS
Pick your method. The numbers below are where we start.