SL34 - Natural - Finca Potosi, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Cauca
• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Tastes Like: Black Currant, Umeshu, Granny Smith Origin: Finca Potosi, Valle del Cauca, 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.: SL34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup. Producer: Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera Elevation: 1570-1850 masl Process: 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. About the Cup This SL34 natural from Finca Potosí presents a bright, fruit-driven profile centered on black currant, umeshu-like sweetness, and crisp Granny Smith 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.. The cup is structured and vivid, with a berry-forward aromatic profile, malic lift, and a clean fruit-wine finish shaped by high-elevation cultivation and a controlled natural process. About Finca Potosi, Cafe Granja La Esperanza Finca Potosí is one of the foundational farms of Café Granja La Esperanza, the Colombian specialty coffee group led by Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera. The Herrera family’s work at Potosí dates back to the mid-20th century, when the farm expanded beyond TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. into varieties such as Yellow BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., Red Bourbon, and CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., establishing a long-running focus on variety selection and quality-focused production. Today, Café Granja La Esperanza manages multiple farms across distinct Colombian microclimates, with Potosí located in Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca. The farm is known for precise agronomy, careful post-harvest work, and a portfolio of high-end varieties and processing styles; this lot highlights their ability to take a Kenyan-selected variety like SL34 and produce it with clarity, acidity, and fruit depth in a Colombian highland context. About SL34 SL34 is one of the classic “SL” selections from Scott Agricultural Laboratories in Kenya, developed from individual tree selections during the 1930s. While it has often been associated historically with French Mission Bourbon, genetic research places SL34 closer to the Typica-related side of the Bourbon-Typica group. In specialty coffee, SL34 is valued for its high cup-quality potential at altitude, often showing defined acidity, berry-toned fruit, and a structured sweetness when grown and processed well. In this Colombian ex