Risaralda

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
• Bright

Welcoming aroma of chocolate and perfume with great acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it., formidable bodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. and a broad range of flavors including lemon tart, pomegranate, delicate tropical fruit, herb, nut, spice and cocoa powder. Juicy and quaffable. The Risaralda hails from deep in the heart of the Andes, due south of Medellin. The smallholderSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. producers responsible this supremely enjoyable coffee are driving a quality driven trend to bring traditional Colombian varieties from Risaralda to the forefront through impeccable picking and processing. Their focus on picking perfectly mature coffee cherry, floating cherry to sort out low density seeds, rapid pulping, thorough fermentation and careful washing all preclude careful shade drying on raised beds. Each individual producers’ commitment to these protocol brings exceptional quality and uniformity to the final cup. Wake up to it hot brewed, sip it iced in the afternoon all summer long. After repose, this coffee is sealed in Grain-Pro barrier packaging at origin and then sent on its way to our Roastery where we preserve the green coffeeGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft. under hermetic seal until it is roasted as part of our Barrington Green Seal Program© . Origin- Colombia Region- Risaralda Locality- Marsella Producer- Smallholder Producers from Marsella Altitude- 5085 – 5742’ VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.- CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., CastilloCastilloColombia's leaf-rust-resistant variety, bred by Cenicafé from Caturra and Timor hybrid. Long dismissed by purists, it now wins competitions when grown and processed well., Colombia Process- WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. and Shade Dried on Raised Beds Roast- Light