Tropical Typica - Sold Out
Whole beans 200 grams
Tasting notes: Tropical yellow fruit · Peach · Florals
This is Quest Speciality's pride — a Cup of Excellence-selected Typica grown on centennial trees in Guatemala. Clean, complex, and unmistakably alive, it opens with tropical yellow fruit and peach before revealing delicate florals and a whisper of berries. Nothing funky, nothing harsh — just pure, layered sweetness that rewards patience.
The KAKAW KAPE™ difference
Processed with our proprietary zero-water innovation, this coffee upcycles the pulp of the cacao fruit — normally discarded as waste — to develop extraordinary aromatic complexity. Let it rest 4 weeks from roast date for the full experience. And here's the secret: let your cup cool to around 73°C. That's when the sweetness deepens and the fruit complexity truly blooms.
Why it matters
Zero water used. Zero wastewater produced. The most delicious part of the cacao fruit — rescued, not wasted.
- Origin: Guatemala
- Variety: Typica (centennial trees)
- Process: KAKAW KAPE™
- Best after: 4 weeks from roast
- Brew tip: Filter or pour-over to let the complexity shine
Micro lot coffee
This is a nano-lot coffee processed by ourselves at Finca La Senda, this good quality variety has been elevated by our processing innovation rendering it sweeter and more complex. This batch of coffee was harvested and processed in Acatenango at 1850 MASL, showcasing unique, high-quality flavor profiles. This special lot offers a one-of-a-kind tasting experience.
Processing method
A groundbreaking coffee-processing innovation, which patent has been filed in EU. This new processing method integrates elements of fine cacao with wet and thermo-shock processing methods using 0 water, replacying it with upcycled cacao-fruit often dicarded as waste, producing 0 waste water contamination and unlocking new flavour compounds in coffee through two anaerobic co-fermentations with more than 120 hours, one short aerobic and thermo-shock drying in raised drying beds.
Peach, Floral, Tropical, and Honey
Filter: Medium Filter coarse grind - 20 g dose – 300 g water Brew ratio 1:15 94 Celsius. Blooming 1:3 in 30 seconds (60 g) and 4 pours of 60 g water with pause of 10 seconds. Recommended total brew time 2:45 minutes.
Espresso: We tend to overdose with a slightly more coarse grind with a dose of 20,5 to 21 g in and 44 Brew ratio 1:2.2 93 celcius in 26 to 28 seconds. We recommend this ratio for a juicy espresso shot that is bright, fruity, floral and sweet. For espresso milk beverages, you will need a shorter pulled shot 1:1.9 ratio with 21 to 22 g dose and yield around 36 g out for more intense espresso and milk experience.
TDS % recommendation Filter 1.30 to 1,40 & Espresso 10,3% but you can move freely to experience difference nuances in flavor between 10 and 11%.
Extraction % fruity and more acidic in the mark of 19% and for more intense and mature fruit and caramel notes 21%.
Water recommendation: TDS 50 / Clear color & Odor and Chlorine free / Calcium Hardness around 40 but advisable 38 to 68mg/L / Alkalinity total 40 mg/L and PH 7 to 7.5
Using Zero water: Typica is most vibrant and juicy with 3 drops Tonic & 2 Lylac per 300 ml brew V60. Want to have slightly less vibrant and sweeter add one to two drops Jamn.
Keep in a dark, dry and cool place for optimal flavour quality preservation