Coffees from Juan Peña and Hacienda La Papaya deliver stellar expressions of quintessential Ecuadoran varieties. We’re excited to welcome back two such coffees to our menu, including a small amount of this washed Mejorado lot. Juan Peña is one of the most famous producers in Latin America, and his farm, La Papaya, houses an impressive and extensive production operation. La Papaya’s agronomic and quality advancements include an on-site variety nursery, an extensive irrigation network, and its own dry mill and exporting wing. Typica Mejorado is perhaps the most famed Ecuadoran variety, so named not for a genetic relation to Typica — it’s actually a cross between Bourbon and Ethiopian landrace varieties — but likely instead for its physical and sensory resemblance to its namesake. This particular lot offers a refined, lightly tropical cup with notes of black tea, pear, and botanicals.