Colombia, El Jardin, Chiroso

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
• Clean
• Funky

White Peach • Floral • Grape We have partnered with Jorge Rojas and his family’s farm, El Jardín, for seven years , but this harvest marks our first time purchasing his CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. Chiroso. Genetically traced back to Ethiopian landraceHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. varieties rather than traditional Colombian lineages, this unique cultivarVariety (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. produces dense seeds with a distinctly floral, tea-like profile. Jorge highlights these delicate genetics through a meticulous fermentation process, carefully monitoring the environment in sealed barrels so temperatures never exceed 23°C . This slow, cool method, followed by a stabilized week-long drying phase , naturally develops a crisp 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. while locking in the coffee's aromatic clarity.