WIRED - Colombia

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Cauca

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

Colombia + Cauca Varietal: 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. 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. Altitude: 1700 - 2000masl Plum, Tangerine, Caramel Produced by 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. growers from the indigenous Paeces tribe in the Inzá municipality of Cauca, Colombia, this specialty lot is a Caturra and Castillo blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. grown at altitudes between 1,700 and 2,000m. Cultivated on small family parcels averaging 0.5 to 1.5 hectares, the coffee thrives in nutrient-rich volcanic ash soil and a temperate climate of 16–22°C. Through a direct collaboration with Occicafe and Globalcafe, Cofinet ensures rigorous quality control and sustainable relationships with the local community, fostering a production process that highlights the unique terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. of the Tierradentro region. The resulting coffee achieves an impressive cupping scoreCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. of +86, delivering a sophisticated flavour profile.