THANKFULLYALABAMA, UNITED STATESDANIEL HERNANDEZ - CHIROSO, WASHED NAVEL ORANGESTRAWBERRYPEACH ORIGIN: COLOMBIA REGION: URRAO, ANTIOQUIAALTITUDE: 2000 MVARIETY: CHIROSO PROCESS: WASHED ROAST DATE: JUNE 10, 2026 FROM THE ROASTER OUR FIRST CHIROSO SELECTION OF THE NEW SEASON COMES FROM NONE OTHER THAN OUR FIRST PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRODUCER IN URRAO! DANIEL HERNANDEZ SHOULD BE A FAMILIAR NAME TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE NOW, AS THIS IS THE THIRD SEASON IN A ROW WE HAVE FEATURED HIS COFFEE. IT IS A JOY TO BE A FEW SEASONS IN TO WORKING WITH THE SAME COFFEE FROM A PRODUCER, AND TO HAVE A WINDOW INTO HOW THE COFFEE HAS EXPRESSED ITSELF OVER TIME. WE HAVE LOVED DANIEL'S CHIROSO SINCE THE VERY FIRST TIME WE CUPPED IT BLIND. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD A REVERBERATING ORANGE CITRUS ABOUT IT. THIS SEASON, THE COFFEE IS EASILY THE MOST FRUIT-FORWARD, WHILE THE FRUIT PRESENTATION IS ALSO THE MOST COMPLEX OF ANY LOT YET. THIS SEASON THE COFFEE PRESENTS AN ARRAY OF SUNSET-COLORS IN THE FRUIT REALM - CLASSIC NAVEL ORANGE WE HAVE COME TO ALWAYS EXPECT FROM DANIEL'S COFFEE, BRIGHT STRAWBERRY, SUMMERY PEACH, AS WELL AS A YELLOW TROPICALITY. ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT IS THAT NONE OF THE FRUIT CHARACTER LEANS INTO OVERRIPE OR FERMENTED QUALITIES. THIS, AS I SHOULD CONCLUDE IS THE "FRUITY WASHED COFFEE" LOVER'S DREAM SCENARIO. WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING IN DANIEL'S COFFEE EVERY SEASON, AND THRILLED THAT THE NEW ONE HAS FINALLY COME!