Gardelli's most anticipated coffee roaster is here! Their winning coffee has arrived back in stock and the 2023 harvest is perhaps even better than ever. This time the beans have undergone a new fermentation process. The flavour of the World Brewers Cup award winning cup is now much richer and more intense. This selection is truly a wonderful reflection of Ugandan coffee production. The flavour profile boasts notes of elderflower, sweet pineapple, raspberry, red apple and milk chocolate.
The SL28 variety is grown at 1900m above sea level and processed using a patented natural method that is unique in Uganda! This lot of specialty coffee has an amazing and complex flavor profile that you won't soon forget. This coffee was first introduced by Rubens Gardelli during his appearance at the 2017 Italy Brewers Cup. It was subsequently brewed by Michael Manhart during his appearance at the 2017 World Brewers Cup... after all the national champion presentations (open service), Michael and Mzungu were ranked #1 in the world!
The SL28 variety was bred at Scott Laboratories in 1931 from the Tanganyika D.R. It has become very popular throughout Kenya and is recognized as a variety with exceptional cup quality. It has broad leaves with copper tips and broad beans. At the same time, the productivity of SL28 is relatively low. Although there is insufficient evidence, some sources claim that Scott Labs has crossed mutations of French Mission, Mocha and Yemen Typica to produce SL28. Whatever the exact genetic make-up, their original aim was almost certainly to produce a plant with high quality, reasonable productivity and high drought tolerance.
Francis staff are instructed to select only perfectly ripe cherries for this batch. Since coffee cherries do not all ripen at the same time, pickers may pick cherries from the same tree several times to allow less ripe cherries time to ripen. After picking, the cherries are sorted by hand and fermented according to a special 'Gardelli Red' protocol. After fermentation, they are slowly dried on raised beds for more than 25 days.
- Produced by Francis Kipsang
- Altitude: 1900-2000 m above sea level
- Harvest: 2024/2025