Single origin from Cariamanga, Loja, Ecuador at 1700-1900 MASL elevation. A washed coffee grown by Alberto Jumbo featuring a blend of Typica, Caturra, and Bourbon varieties. The coffee exhibits vibrant flavor notes of pomegranate juice, pink flowers, and shifted acid presence with tasting notes including citrus, lemongrass, Meyer lemon, tangerine, quince, pink flowers, and honeysuckle. This is the seventh Las Afiladeras lot offered by the roaster, showcasing consistent quality year over year with distinctive color progression from yellow to orange citrus notes to current vibrant pink, dark red, and purple characteristics.
Felicity Jones, Mike Romig, and head roaster Matthew Loiacono founded Touchy Coffee in 2018 as a roasting project, starting in a shared facility in Syracuse, New York before establishing a dedicated roastery in Troy in 2020. Their approach is minimal intervention: using empirical and high tech methods to calibrate and refine each roast without imposing too much on the coffee itself. Touchy does not blend coffees from different origins, farms, or producers. Every offering is single origin. They prioritize year over year relationships with the same producers, working with farmers who practice organic methods even when formal certification is not in place. The roastery is registered on the TYPICA direct trade platform.
