Castillo - Niu Cultured Washed - Finca La Riviera

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Tastes Like: Pineapple Milkshake, Coconut, Mint Origin: Finca La Riviera, Colombia 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.: 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. Producer: Julio Madrid Elevation: 1700 masl Process: Niu Cultured 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. Finca La Riviera and Finca Milan lay about 45 minutes outside the city of Pereira in Risaralda, Colombia. There are over nineteen varieties of coffee on Finca La Riviera today and the oldest coffee trees were planted in Finca Milan years ago in what used to be farmland shared by coffee farmers and cattle ranchers. The first farmland cultivated with coffee trees was owned by Julio Cesar Madrid’s ancestors and has been operating for over 40 years. Julio is committed to producing incredible coffees and exercising his creativity in his processing methods together with his business partner and processor, Andres Julio Quiceno. Along with the many varieties which have been introduced to the region through Finca La Riviera, Don Julio and Andres Quiceno were instrumental in bringing the first Catiopia trees to production through their partnership with the Colombian coffee federation. The Catiopia hybrid is truly unique, bringing you the floral botanicals of an Ethiopian HeirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. and the bright clean 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. of a Castillo. Most of Finca Milan is now planted with Catiopia, Castillo, and CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. and lies about 1500-1700 meters above sea level. Finca La Riviera lies at 1600-1900 meters and contains smaller lots of exotic varieties (19 in total!) and is also home to several indigenous species of birds.