• Once Upon A Time- Rume Sudan Processing Set from Maria Pacas - Torque Coffees -
  • Once Upon A Time- Rume Sudan Processing Set from Maria Pacas - Torque Coffees -
  • Once Upon A Time- Rume Sudan Processing Set from Maria Pacas - Torque Coffees -
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Once Upon A Time- Rume Sudan Processing Set from Maria Pacas

Once Upon A Time- Rume Sudan Processing Set from Maria Pacas

  • Tastes like: Rare Cultivar, Processing Set, Washed & Natural
  • Light
  • Seed Dried (Washed) and Fruit Dried (Natural)
  • Lively, Modern, and Syrupy
$39.00 USD
$39.00 USD
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  • Farmer Equity:

A special and very rare combination of both a processing set and a new varietal!

This coffee is an extremely rare cultivar from their Laboratory Farm that grows new cultivars. The Rume Sudan was selected as part of Maria Pacas Incunables program which is the highest scoring, most remarkable coffees. They are vacuum packed into 15kilo bags and boxed to preserve every bit of the volatile compounds. We decided to bring in the same lot processed two distinct ways to showcase how varied a rare and unique coffee varietal tastes when it is processed as both a washed and natural processing method. Plus they were just both too good to not buy both! We ended up buying almost everything Maria produced this year of this rare laboratory varietal. We bought the coffee directly from Maria and flew it straight to the roastery last week to get this rare coffee into our hands as fast as possible.

This is a rare opportunity to taste the impeccable farming and processing that Maria Pacas and her team does and experience a new and upcoming varietal. Rume Sudan has been making waves all over in Barista competitions and auctions. It tends to have a unique and fascinating combination of super sweet and sweet savory flavor notes.

Think earl grey and pu-ehr tea, with sage and rosemary blending into sweet paprika and even tropical fruits, pineapple, papaya, mango and loads of brown sugar. 

And to make this set doubly fascinating Maria did both a washed and a natural process on the same day lot! So you get to taste this crazy new varietal processed two different ways. 

WHAT YOU GET:

  1. 2x bags total of 250g/8.8oz each (just over a pound of coffee)
  2. 1x bag of the Rume Sudan Washed
  3. 1x bag of the Rume Sudan Natural
  4. in a custom printed coffee box
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Financial Transparency

Producer Price (lb): $5.50 green
* Farmer green coffee price NOT FOB price
* transport, customs, export, insurance and other FOB costs are below
* FOB to EXW costs (lb): $4.05
* Transport Costs (lb): $1.65
* Final Landed Cost: $11.20
* Roasting weight loss ~16%
* Roasted cost per pound $12.99
* Torque costs to roast, pack & ship coffee: $7.25 /lb
* Final cost: $20.24 /lb

Proportional Pricing

Out of the $400 billion coffee industry, a meager 5% stays where it's grown, leaving farmers with crumbs. At Torque, we're rewriting this injustice. Our radical approach ensures equity for coffee producers, shifting power dynamics.

Here's the game-changer: Coffee producers were pre-paid a guaranteed 20% upfront based on the retail price of their coffee. Simple. Transparent. Fair. We call it Proportional Pricing©. Pay more, they earn more. This reshapes the value equation.

No more opaque systems. No more exploitation. We start with the value you see on the shelf, ensuring 20% flows back to the hands that cultivate your cup. It's called Proportional Pricing©, a seismic shift in coffee's worth chain. It's farmer equity, pure and simple.

We're breaking norms, building a fairer future. Torque Coffees reverse-engineered the chain, advocating for a balanced, equitable industry. It's time to empower those who make your coffee. Together, let's dismantle inequality in the coffee world.

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Sustainability Info

Since we are all on the consumption end of things we can never get to carbon neutral without stealing the carbon positive from coffee farmers. So instead of aiming for a negative, we are striving to destroy less and be as carbon beautiful as we can.

The Torque Coffee Bag

  

     

    100% Plastic Free

    100% Compostable & Biodegradable 

    100% Plant Based

    plastic free packaging

     

    We have partnered with Better Packing Co to be even more carbon Beautiful!

    Every order is packed loving in either:

    the brilliant ZeroPack mailer Made mostly from limestone quarry waste and a minimal amount of recycled resin as a binding agent. 

    YES THESE bags are made of freaking limestone!

    zero pack mailer

     The Zero Pack is a truly remarkable process! 

    CARBON NEUTRAL
    We offset any carbon emission from this already low energy production process.

    • Production of these mailers is solar-powered and uses no water, acids or bleaches. It's also 'zero waste' because all off-cuts can be put 'back in to the pot' and recycled.

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     For larger multi bag orders and for wholesale orders we use the equally brilliant

    BAMBOO Box!

    These boxes are made mostly from bamboo (and some recycled wood pulp). They are just the thing to ship precious goods in. Curbside recyclable, reusable (at least a couple of times) and compostable. 

    Unbleached, FSC certified Bamboo (2/3) and recycled wood pulp (1/3).
    • Water-based printing ink.

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