LAST SPLASH

PERU • MARIA ESTELA

FLAVOR PROFILE

Jasmine

Blood Orange

Poached Pear

Body: Elegant

Acidity: Sparkling

Sweetness: Honeyed

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BEANOLOGY

Origin: San Ignacio, Cajamarca — Peru

Producer: Maria Estela

Farm: El Morito

Varietal: Caturra, Amarillo, Marshell & Bourbon

Elevation: 1790–1850 Meters

Process: Fully Washed

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BEANOGRAPHY

Last Splash is a coffee of light and lift — the kind of washed filter that feels almost architectural in the cup. Nothing is heavy. Nothing is blurred. It opens with a floral hush, brightens into citrus, and then softens into a sweetness that lingers like fruit set in syrup.

Maria Estela farms in San Ignacio, Cajamarca, within the El Morito producer community, where shared investment has helped strengthen infrastructure, processing, and consistency across neighbouring farms. But behind the structure is a family story as well. Maria runs her farm while raising and supporting her children, with education and continuity at the heart of the work. Two of her children are pursuing careers in medicine, while her son Antony is preparing to specialize in post-harvest processing so the family can continue refining what they produce at origin.

That sense of continuation lives inside the cup. Last Splash feels composed, like a coffee made by someone working not only for a harvest, but for a future. Jasmine arrives first, then blood-orange brightness, then a softer poached-pear finish that rounds everything into calm. It is a graceful coffee — bright, yes, but never sharp; elegant, but never fragile.

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ORIGIN

San Ignacio, Cajamarca — Peru

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PROCESSING METHOD

Fully Washed

In the fully washed process, the skin and pulp are removed before the coffee is fermented, washed, and dried, creating a more controlled post-harvest environment around the seed. This changes fermentation behaviour, moisture movement, and metabolite development in ways that often favour clarity and structural precision. During roasting, those preserved or modified precursors are transformed through Maillard chemistry and related thermal reactions, helping generate the volatile and non-volatile compounds that shape the cup’s acidity, transparency, and overall balance.

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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT

Maria Estela

El Morito

Maria Estela’s work reflects family stewardship, long-term vision, and the strength of collective producer investment. Her coffee carries both individual care and community resilience.

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WHOLE BEAN

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“Legendary Things Arise from Fire!”™ — Phoenix Coffee Company Inc.

« De la braise naît le légendaire! »™ — Phoenix Coffee Company Inc.

SHIPPING

To preserve freshness and ensure timely delivery, in-stock coffee orders are shipped the same day or by the next business day. Most orders are added to the current week’s roast cycle and dispatched as soon as the freshly roasted beans are ready.

EXPÉDITION

Afin de préserver la fraîcheur et d’assurer une livraison rapide, les commandes de café en stock sont expédiées le jour même ou au plus tard le jour ouvrable suivant. La plupart des commandes sont ajoutées au cycle de torréfaction de la semaine en cours et expédiées dès que les grains fraîchement torréfiés sont prêts.

PICK-UP ORDERS

For pickup orders, please wait until you receive your confirmation email before heading to the pickup location.

COMMANDES À RAMASSER

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