FREIMEISTERKOLLEKTIV Coffee Volcan Azul 340

Together with the German “Third Wave of Coffee” pioneer Ralf Rüller, we decided on a coffee from the Central Valley in Costa Rica: VOLCAN AZUL. The beans he roasts are “greener” than typical espresso blends in order to preserve the intense and floral notes.

Josef Farthofer in the Austrian Mostviertel creates a very different spirit from this coffee with flavors of dried figs, black cardamom and apricot. After KOCHERE NATURAL, KANGUNU AA and MAHEMBE, he, again, distilled a coffee spirit for Freimeisterkollektiv. Contrary to the previous ones, he turned the Voclan Azul coffee into a cold brew coffee spirit. This spirit highlights very different aspects of the flavor complexity of this outstanding coffee.

VOLCAN AZUL 340 is the fifth collaboration between Ralf Rüller, specialty coffee pioneer from Berlin, and Josef Farthofer, organic farmer and distiller from Austria for the Freimeisterkollektiv. Volcan Azul is a microlot coffee from the West Valley in Costa Rica. The Caturra variety grows here between 1400-1500 m above sea level and is processed in ‘natural processing’. Ralf chooses a roast profile that is ideal for cold brew. Volcan Azul is extracted cold by Josef as well as distilled as a spirit. We are not allowed to call VOLCAN AZUL 340 a liqueur, because according to the legislature it has far too little sugar.

Ingredients:
VOLCAN AZUL, Natural Cold Brew Coffee, Grain Spirit, VOLCAN AZUL Coffee Spirit, Sugar, Water