This coffee is a Gesha variety from the San Pedro de Cartago region in Nariño, Colombia, grown at an altitude of 2000 meters. Produced by Yuri Ordóñez at El Salado, it undergoes an anaerobic washed process involving a 24-hour fermentation in sealed tanks, de-pulping, a second 24-hour fermentation, and drying on a patio. The flavor profile is bright and expressive, featuring notes of loquat, pomelo, rosemary, and red tea, with a clean and elegant finish.
Founded in 2020 at the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, Moonwake Coffee Roasters emerged from the passion of two former tech engineers, Ming Wood from Tesla and Mabel Yeung from Meta. What began as Ming's personal coffee project within Tesla's internal coffee club evolved into a full roastery operation after both founders chose to leave their tech careers to pursue coffee full time between 2023 and 2024. Moonwake represents a growing movement of technologists who discovered that coffee roasting offers greater fulfillment than their previous careers, channeling engineering precision into specialty coffee.
