Coffee Flower Tea
Jasmine, honeysuckle and elderflower notes.
This tea is made from coffee flowers that have been painstakingly picked by hand and dried slowly using stationary drying boxes. It was produced by the Rodríguez family, who own exporting business Agricafe, and produce coffee from their own farms and also sources quality micro-lots from small producers in the Yungas region.
The Rodríguez family first started making flower tea as an experiment around five years ago, and were blown away by the fragrant, perfumed cup it produced. The process of picking it is very labour intensive and involved, and the pickers are trained to ensure they pick the flowers just at the right time to ensure they do not hinder the production of fruit the following year. Each lot of flower tea is made to order, and as a result, this tea is extremely rare and hard to come across.
This particular flower tea comes from Las Alasitas, which is the latest coffee farm that the Rodríguez family planted. Las Alasitas is located in the colony of Bolinda, which lies in a lush, steep mountain valley around 10 kilometres outside of the town of Caranavi.
How to brew
To brew we recommend using a french press or a teapot at a ratio of 2-3g of flowers to 220ml 80-degree water. Brew for 2 minutes. Coffee Flower Tea also tastes great iced on a hot day!
