Lucuma Alfajores by Split Bean Coffee
Split Bean Coffee
introduces one of its New Cookie Flavors for 2006
Lucuma Flavored Alfajores
Lucuma is an aromatic and delicately flavored tropical fruit native to the cool highlands of South America. With no closely related fruit grown in the USA, it is quite difficult to describe its flavor or aroma.
To get a taste of the fresh fruit you have to visit Peru in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer months (January to April). If you visit Peru be sure to ask to ask for Lucuma ice cream made with the fresh fruit, it is just beyond words.
The scientific name for Lucuma is Pouteria Obovata Baehni, and it grows best at altitudes above 9,000 to 10,000 ft in Peru, Ecuador and Chile. It has a round or ovaloid shape 5 to 8 cm long, and when ripe it shows a green yellowish color. Pealing its thin skin reveals a dry and starchy orange-yellow flesh. Peru, Ecuador, and Chile are the main producers and the bulk of the production is used in dehydrated form.
Only a small percentage reaches the local markets to be consumed fresh. Once dehydrated, the Lucuma powder is mainly used to flavor ice creams and other milk products.
Split Bean Coffee's - Alfajores la Misión are made with Lucuma pulp and not the dehydrated powder. We make the Lucuma preserve in small controlled batches, using only natural ingredients.
What is and alfajor you may ask? Alfajores are South American Shortbread cookies. These delicious treats are normally filled with Dulce de Leche (milk caramel) and lightly dusted with confectionary sugar. Split Bean Coffee offers a variety of standard unique flavors including Quince, Guava, Raspberry, Strawberry, and a chocolate covered variety. Recently featured in Los Angeles Magazine’s Food Lovers Guide, The Miami Herald, The Oregonian, and The Oklahoman, these cookies are just to die for!
ABOUT SPLIT BEAN COFFEE: Split Bean Coffee® is a Southern California based Micro-Roaster of single origin Nicaraguan Coffees, and confectioner of Artesian Quality Gourmet Sweets, featuring their world famous Alfajores La Misión®.
Founded in 2003 by Roger Navas-Balladares & Paul A. Stone, Split Bean Coffee is a family owned business dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of Old Fashioned Coffees and Treats. Using family treasured recipes from their families in South America and The American South, they have combined the time honored traditions of people’s love for good quality coffee and the old-fashioned sweets traditions their grand-parents learned to love.
Split Bean offers a fine selection of Micro-roasted coffees, of which Nicaraguan Coffees is their flag-ship coffee. Grown in the highlands of the Matagalpa region in a family member’s fair trade co-op farm. Split Bean Coffee’s commitment to its customers is to provide freshest roasted coffee every time. Each bag of coffee is roast-to-order to assure the customer always receives the freshest roast possible.
Split Bean Coffee also carries a selection of hand-made Artesian Sweets, of which Alfajores La Misión® are their best seller. They are quickly becoming America’s favorite Alfajores.
Split Bean Coffee's products have been featured in several national publications including The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, The San Jose Mercury News, Tu Ciudad Magazine, Specialty Food Magazine, The Dallas Post-Telegram, The Miami Herald, The Portland Oregonian, The San Fernando Valley Social, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel Savvy Magazine, The Oklahoman, and Indulge Magazine. Split Bean Coffee was recently voted one of the Top Five Gourmet Marshmallow Makers by Travel Savvy Magazine.
In addition to Alfajores, Split Bean Coffee also makes Artesian Marshmallows, Toffee, Southern Peanut Brittle, & Chocolate Truffles. These products are available under the Dulces del Rocío® label.
To get a taste of the fresh fruit you have to visit Peru in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer months (January to April). If you visit Peru be sure to ask to ask for Lucuma ice cream made with the fresh fruit, it is just beyond words.
The scientific name for Lucuma is Pouteria Obovata Baehni, and it grows best at altitudes above 9,000 to 10,000 ft in Peru, Ecuador and Chile. It has a round or ovaloid shape 5 to 8 cm long, and when ripe it shows a green yellowish color. Pealing its thin skin reveals a dry and starchy orange-yellow flesh. Peru, Ecuador, and Chile are the main producers and the bulk of the production is used in dehydrated form.
Only a small percentage reaches the local markets to be consumed fresh. Once dehydrated, the Lucuma powder is mainly used to flavor ice creams and other milk products.
Split Bean Coffee's - Alfajores la Misión are made with Lucuma pulp and not the dehydrated powder. We make the Lucuma preserve in small controlled batches, using only natural ingredients.
What is and alfajor you may ask? Alfajores are South American Shortbread cookies. These delicious treats are normally filled with Dulce de Leche (milk caramel) and lightly dusted with confectionary sugar. Split Bean Coffee offers a variety of standard unique flavors including Quince, Guava, Raspberry, Strawberry, and a chocolate covered variety. Recently featured in Los Angeles Magazine’s Food Lovers Guide, The Miami Herald, The Oregonian, and The Oklahoman, these cookies are just to die for!
ABOUT SPLIT BEAN COFFEE: Split Bean Coffee® is a Southern California based Micro-Roaster of single origin Nicaraguan Coffees, and confectioner of Artesian Quality Gourmet Sweets, featuring their world famous Alfajores La Misión®.
Founded in 2003 by Roger Navas-Balladares & Paul A. Stone, Split Bean Coffee is a family owned business dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of Old Fashioned Coffees and Treats. Using family treasured recipes from their families in South America and The American South, they have combined the time honored traditions of people’s love for good quality coffee and the old-fashioned sweets traditions their grand-parents learned to love.
Split Bean offers a fine selection of Micro-roasted coffees, of which Nicaraguan Coffees is their flag-ship coffee. Grown in the highlands of the Matagalpa region in a family member’s fair trade co-op farm. Split Bean Coffee’s commitment to its customers is to provide freshest roasted coffee every time. Each bag of coffee is roast-to-order to assure the customer always receives the freshest roast possible.
Split Bean Coffee also carries a selection of hand-made Artesian Sweets, of which Alfajores La Misión® are their best seller. They are quickly becoming America’s favorite Alfajores.
Split Bean Coffee's products have been featured in several national publications including The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, The San Jose Mercury News, Tu Ciudad Magazine, Specialty Food Magazine, The Dallas Post-Telegram, The Miami Herald, The Portland Oregonian, The San Fernando Valley Social, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel Savvy Magazine, The Oklahoman, and Indulge Magazine. Split Bean Coffee was recently voted one of the Top Five Gourmet Marshmallow Makers by Travel Savvy Magazine.
In addition to Alfajores, Split Bean Coffee also makes Artesian Marshmallows, Toffee, Southern Peanut Brittle, & Chocolate Truffles. These products are available under the Dulces del Rocío® label.
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