To celebrate the store’s fourth birthday, One Drop Specialty Coffee has acquired a limited amount of a rare Colombian coffee from Proud Mary Coffee Roasters in Melbourne. Blind tested at the El Robles organic farm in Bucaramanga, Colombia, by Proud Mary’s owner Nolan Hirte, the blend is called HR61 – as it was the 61st out of 70 experimental beans from the farm’s varietal garden. This mystical varietal garden allows the farm’s owner Oswaldo Acevedo to observe both old and new varietals on his property to see which ones work, and which may be of interest to the specialty coffee market abroad.

Likened to a Geisha varietal, the HR61 bean has not been seen before and has the appearance and quality of an heirloom coffee from Ethiopia. Notes of strawberry, peach, lily, rose and apricot form a floral aroma, which is met by a creamy body. The most expensive coffee to come out of Colombia, HR61 is being served as a pour over for $20 for 200 ml at One Drop Specialty Coffee this week.

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