June Mystery Coffee Reveal - Schoen

Just like that second quarter of 2023 is behind us. June was all about our German Roaster of the Month, which once again provided MCL worthy selection for the group.

Here are all the details:

About the coffee:

​Manfred Hiller is a Colombian with German mother. His first experience with coffee was back in 1972 when his dad bought the first coffee farm. Unfortunately, after his father died, he had to sell the farm back in 1992. Ironically his first specialty coffee experience was in Switzerland, at that time he was working for a big company. After trying 5 different varieties from Colombia, he knew he wanted to explore this amazing world.

In 2015 he decides to buy a coffee farm in Genova, Quindío and focused since day one on having specialty coffee. The farm has 34ha, from those 9.2 % of the farm area represent a natural forest with native trees. Seven different varieties are planted. All seeds acquired from trustful farm origins. Today almost 60% of coffee plantation is shaded with native trees. Their main goal is to move to regenerative farming.

About the selection:

This month was coordinated by Matt (erbse).

Last year's Mystery from Schön was a decent Pink Bourbon from Colombia, and we all agreed that it was a prime example of a PB and thoroughly enjoyed it. But of course, it was something widely available, and as such, it was not the hardest coffee to guess.

That's why, for the return of Schön, Daniel and I wanted to showcase something special. We explored several options and came to the conclusion that only coffees from Colombia would turn up in time, and most other origins would only slowly turn up in the following weeks.

Daniel found several viable options, including an absurdly expensive Colombian Gesha, a pricey Sudan Rume from Costa Rica of unknown quality, and several fruit-fermented coffees. We finally narrowed it down to two coffees from a rather small producer in Colombia. One was a Gesha and Daniel actually liked its sample roast a tiny bit more. You voted it COTM. The other one was a Wush Wush and instantly got me excited because it was the chance for many of us to try Wush Wush for the first time, for an easy-going price, and without being biased. I really didn't need much convincing, and I hope you all enjoyed the coffee as much as I did.

The winner of June 2023 round is gorogrx with 23 points. Patrick J takes the second place with 21 points and we have bunch of the people on the third place with 18 points.

TOP3 of June 2023 round:
1. gorogrx - 23 points
2. Patrick J - 21 points
3. mindmonkey, SneakyTurtle, g0t0, ferlinski, CarlosLinSal, Rorouni, Jarg89 - 18 points

Sami is leading the 2023 MCL Season with 115 points. Followed by Jarg89 and EricS with 103 and 101 points respectively.

TOP3 of 2023 Season:
1. Sami - 115 points
2. Jarg89 - 103 points
3. EricS - 101 points

It's the end of another quarter. It means it's time for another round of prizes. Acaia Lunar goes to EricS which won Q2 2023 with 60 points. Andreucs gets a selection of 50€ ACME gift card or Kruve glasses and Sami takes the third place prize. Congrats!

TOP3 of Q2 2023:
1. EricS - 60 points
2. andreucs - 58 points (country tie-breaker)
3. Sami - 58 points

We are starting Q3 2022 with selection from Kawa in Paris. You can still join MCL this month and have a clean sheet for winning Q3 prizes. More details about how to order Kawa beans can be found on our Discord.

Reminder about our monthly giveaway of the Mystery Coffee and Coffee of the Month which is going to start soon on Discord. We also have a new photo competition. Make sure to check Discord for more details.

Roaster's line-up for the next three months:
JULY 23 - Kawa from Paris, France 🇫🇷
AUGUST 23 - Kafar from Gliwice, Poland 🇵🇱
SEPTEMBER 23 - Shokunin from Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Mystery Coffee League is sponsored by Acaia, 1zpresso, ACME, Kruve and Penny&Meriwether.

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