Borderlands Microlot

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Nariño

Tasting notes

Last week’s 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. subscription featured a coffee from the Borderlands project—an initiative that united coffee producers in Nariño, Colombia, to enhance their livelihoods and build enduring relationships with quality-driven buyers. Over time, these groups have invested in 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.-specific plots to better understand how high-quality cultivars perform in their unique soil and climate. This subscriber-exclusive microlotMicrolotA small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — often a single day's picking from one plot — kept apart because it's exceptional. is sourced from plots growing SL-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. and GeshaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction.––two prized African varieties. Grown in the Colombian Andes, they offer a unique tasting experience: the bright citrus and floral quality of these varieties are beautifully complemented by the sweet chocolate and stone fruit characteristics that define Nariño’s typical cup.