Linarco Rodriguez — Freezer Reserve

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40

It's back! Our first coffee from COECup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. winner Linarco Rodriguez was a delicious, red-fruit bomb. Don't miss this limited rerelease from our freezer reserve. From 2025: This is Prodigal's first offering from famed Cup of Excellence winning producer Linarco Rodriguez. We love the resonant red fruit flavors in this coffee - the cherry and jammy strawberry stand out, along with a bit of honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. backing them up. And the 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. is balanced, helping to define the fruit flavors while remaining absolutely chuggable. Linarco has five farms, with this lot coming from his Finca Betania. After 48-hours of anaerobic fermentationAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion., and a subsequent 48-hours of aerobic oxidation (not fermentation!), this coffee was fully 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.. It dried on raised beds for 12 days and then was expertly milled by our friends at Desarrolladores de Cafe. Both Linarco's mother and sisters are involved in the operation, which all started with his grandparents. Finca Betania is 42 hectares, and five of them are conserved as native forest. Process: washed Region: Huila, 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.: Red GeishaGesha (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. Make sure to check that the roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months. you've selected is what you're looking for — If there is an UPCOMING ROAST, its date will be listed under the tasting notesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. at the top of this product page. When available, enjoy our selection of rested dates while they last! Please read our shipping info page!