Marshy Park - Espresso

Tastes Like: Grape Jello, Wine Gums, and Pink Marshmallows.

ABOUT THE GOOD PERSON ON THE BAG:

So originally this coffee was called Frankie, after a long time friend of mine. He's someone who's opinion of coffee really matters to me. Frankie and his son, Luca, routinely visit Parkside and for as long as Luca has the ability to, he's called it Marshmallow Park.

Frankie passed on having this coffee be self-titled and instead wanted it to be a collab release with Luca. Parkside is one of their favourite places together which is just the absolute sweetest thing. After consulting with Luca to tell him that "Marshmallow Park" wouldn't fit on the label, we had a great conversation and settled on Marshy Park instead. When asked what colours he would like, he listed "Pink... Orange..." and that was that. Luca then continued listing every colour he could think of, but I think Pink and Orange looks great.

Frankie has always had a penchant for the more weird and exciting coffees that GPNT has released, so this coffee fits that bill. A punchy weird sweet floral natural processed gesha could only be one person, or I guess in this case it can be two.

Viva la Parkside (aka Marshmallow Park)

THE GOOD PEOPLE BEHIND THE COFFEE:

This coffee is from a relatively well-known producer, Luis Anibal. Luis is a Huila Best Cup 2016 top 30 finalist. He was given a very small lot as a gift from his father, and, since then, has been expanding and applying better methods of processing techniques. Coffee has changed the style of his life: He and his family work together as a team to run the farm. He collects only ripe cherries, ferments dry for 25 hours, then moves the coffee to his parabolic dryer for an average of 25 days.

This particular coffee is a variety called 'Gesha' which is known for its complex and floral flavours. This variety has much lower yield compared to other varieties so that generally increases the price. If you would like to know why, talk to any econs professor about what is the largest factor in pricing.

(Hint: It's Supply vs Demand. It's always Supply vs Demand. Always. Even when it's not.)