Red Brick

Origin

• 🇧🇷 Brazil· Sul de Minas
• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  55
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Strawberry. Caramel. Nougat. Chocolate . 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 coffee beans only Square Miles' coffee beans are at their peak 1 to 2 weeks after roasting Origin Sul de Minas Peñas Blancas 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. BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., CatuaíCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America., Catucaí, Mundo Novo CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., Colombia, 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 NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. 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. Producer Fazenda Barreiro, Sitio Barra, Fazenda Recanto, Fazenda Rosa Branca 29 SmallholdersSmallholderA 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. Country Brazil Colombia Roast Level Medium Medium About this coffee: 46% Brazil Sul de Minas / 54% Colombia Peñas Blancas As the crops change, so do the components of our Red Brick, highlighting harvest cycles and celebrating the seasonality of coffee. We've combined the great fruit qualities from each component, and allowed the sweetness to shine. The Story: Red Brick’s current combination of Brazil and Colombia gets a minor refresh, maintaining our custom four-farm Sul de Minas blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. and adding Peñas Blancas from Pitalito, Huila. Expect lush, creamy texture backing Pitalito’s signature notes of apple and black cherry. Since 2021, we have collaborated closely with our partners and expert blend-builders, Bourbon, along with three small to medium-sized farms, Rosa Branca, Fazenda Recanto, and Sitio Barra, to build the exclusive Red Brick component and micro-regional lot, Sul de Minas Cluster. In 2025, we introduce a fourth farm to the cluster: Fazenda Barreiro from the Lotufo family. A crucial ingredient in assembling Square Mile’s Huila blends is Duver Rojas, Caravela’s Quality Coordinator for Huila province. Rojas has spent over a decade giving feedback to farmers throughout Southern Huila. He and his team were instrumental in cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. each of the 63 lots from thirty-nine producers that comprised this year’s Peñas Blancas blend. His charisma is a draw, encouraging farmers to drive from far afoot so that Duver specifically will evaluate their coffee. This “client management” makes it more likely that thoughtful farmers will sell their lots at Caravela’s Pital