Bolivia Juana Mamani

Bolivia Juana Mamani

• Country: Bolivia
• Region: Uchumachi
• Producers: Juan Carlos, Juana, Mauricio, Nolberto, Lorenza and René
• Washing Station: Shared local wet mill
• Altitude: 1550-1600 MASL
  
• Varietals: Caturra
• Harvest: September 2023
• Processing: Fully Washed
  
• Roast Type: Enjoy as filter or espresso

Tasting Notes: Rose, rice wine, silky

Acidity intensity 2/5
Complexity 3/5
Body level 2/5
Sweetness intensity 4/5
Processing level of influence 1/5

Roast to Order:

• Roast: Every Tuesday
• Dispatch: 1-3 days after roasting
• Whole bean only

Recommended Recipes:

Espresso (1:3 ratio):
In: 20 grams dry dose
Out: 60 grams beverage weight output
Time: Contact time of 26+ seconds

Filter (1:16.5 ratio):
In: 20 grams dry coffee
Out: 335 grams brewing water
Time: 2:-3:15 minutes

Background: 

This region is the epicentre for specialty coffee production in Bolivia, with incredibly high elevations, rich soil, and wide daily temperature ranges providing the perfect conditions to produce exceptional coffee.

Mamani is a very common name throughout Bolivia, but in this case, we refer to the family members Juan Carlos, Juana, Mauricio, Nolberto, Lorenza and René – who are known throughout the region for the coffee that they grow and the impact that they’ve had on coffee production within the region. The Mamani brothers and their wives own neighbouring farms located in the Caranavi Province in Bolivia. Farms here are small and traditional, and almost all the work is carried out by the farm’s owners and their extended families, with just a handful of temporary workers hired to help out during harvest.

The family members are Aymara, an indigenous people that originally lived on the Altiplano (a vast plateau of the central Andes that stretches from southern Peru to Bolivia and into northern Chile and Argentina). The region is known for the world’s highest lake, called Titicaca. When the Aymara first moved to Caranavi, they named this ‘colonia’, or settlement, Uchumachi.

When the Mamani family first got into coffee, they would sell it to the local market as wet parchment – known locally as café en mote. But over the last decade (since the arrival of the Cup of Excellence), the entire family has focused on producing specialty coffee. Now, they selectively pick their coffee cherries and sell their top-grade coffees for substantially higher prices to our longtime partners the Rodríguez family at Agricafe as part of their Sol de la Mañana program. Since joining the program in 2015, the family follows a very structured series of courses focused on improving both quality and, critically, yield quantity at their farms. The curriculum hones in on one aspect of farming at a time and includes information on building and maintaining a coffee nursery, when to prune and use fertiliser, how to avoid and treat leaf rust, and how to selectively pick coffee.

Made of Many:

Based in Stanmore in Sydney Inner West, Made of Many believes that people are the best versions of themselves when they pursue what they love. Their passion is to engage and captivate through the way they source and roast coffee.

All of their coffees are sourced through importers they know and trust. They focus on sourcing coffees that have vivid varietal/origin characteristics. Their offerings reflect the current season of coffees from passionate producers.

Made of Many is dedicated to the craft and is always looking for better ways to display the vivid character within a particular coffee and honour the passionate work that goes into growing it.