Colombia Narino Consaca Washed

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Nariño

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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• Bright
  40

Ships within 1 week after roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months.. 100% specialty arabica. A clean, 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. Colombia Nariño single originSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. built by one family Colombia Nariño Consaca Washed is a bright, light-roastLight roastRoasted just past first crack to preserve origin character: higher acidity, florals, and fruit, lighter body. The signature of Nordic-style roasting. single origin from the Melo family in the Nariño highlands of southern Colombia. Washed and dried with care, it pours clean and crystalline with peanut butter, green apple and dried apricot. For pour-over drinkers who love clarity, sweetness and a juicyAcidityThe 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. finish. Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. Peanut Butter · Green Apple · Dried Apricot · Caramel Medium-light 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. with crisp green-apple acidity, a nutty sweetness and a clean, lingering apricot-and-caramel finish. Coffee Details Origin Colombia, Nariño Region Las Islas & El Cairo Farm Finca Las Islas & Finca El Cairo Producer Eiver Melo & Lucas Melo 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. Variedad Colombia, CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. Processing Washed Altitude 2000–2200 masl Roast Level Light Tasting Notes Peanut Butter, Green Apple, Dried Apricot, Caramel About This Coffee This is a designed cup from the Melo family of Nariño, southern Colombia. From Finca El Cairo , run by Lucas Melo, come Caturra and Typica ; from Finca Las Islas , run by his nephew Eiver Melo, comes Variedad Colombia . Each variety plays a role: Variedad Colombia gives a stable, balanced backbone, Caturra layers in dense sweetness and body, and Typica — grown at the highest elevations — adds a delicate aromatic complexity and a clean, lingering finish. The pedigree is real. Built on the same varietal composition and washing protocol, this lot's predecessor placed 5th in the 2018 Colombia Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. — proof of the precision behind the family's processing. The processing is meticulous. On harvest day, cherries are hand-sorted and floated to remove low-density beans. Primary fermentation runs 24–35 hours before depulping, then a dry secondary fermentation continues for a further 24 hours in the mucilage without water, concentrating sugars while keeping the cup clear. The coffee is then washed and dried slowly on raised bed