Epoch X: Frosted Toffee

Highlights

“Frosted Toffee is Epoch's seasonal name for a coffee they buy every year: a single-farm natural from Fazenda Lagoinha in Carmo de Cachoeira, in Brazil's Minas Gerais. The farm covers 203 hectares, 120 of them planted in coffee, and partners Carlos Canellas and Matheus Avelar have spent years moving it from commercial production into specialty. This is Epoch's third season buying the lot through Cofinet. The Yellow Catuaí, grown at 1,000-1,100 metres, dries whole on the farm's patios for 72 hours, and drying in the fruit is what builds the deep, candied sweetness the coffee is known for. Epoch describes it as their Epoch 6 profile in its most elevated form: buttery toffee up front, warm honey through the middle and a smooth, silky finish.”