Colombia | Luis Alfonso | Yellow Caturra | Natural | Filter | 200g

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Bold
  75
• Funky
  70
• Sweet
  50
• Comforting
  25

Department: Cesar Elevation: 2000 masl 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.: Yellow CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. 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. Notes: Dark chocolate, passionfruit, natural wine, & creamy About: Media Luna, the half-moon. It sparkles over the arid plains of northern Colombia. We stand in silence as the bright yellow flowers of the Guayacan fall all around us; it’s a symphony of colour that heralds the coming of the rains. It’s a song that not many have heard. “Ahhh so this is the north!!” We are excited as we begin our journey into the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. We traverse further into the sacred and mountainous landscape. We took our stubborn yet sturdy mules deep into the rainforest gardens where coffee grows wild. Rare yellow TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. trees towered all around us. We passed men of the Arhuaco tribe, adorned in their full traditional robes. We stared at each other, amazed and curious. What did we just see? The flavour profile of coffees is unique here. It sings an old song. A sound we cannot comprehend yet leaves us enticed to find out more. Welcome to the wonderful world of the north.