COLOMBIA | La Cuevita | Caturra & Colombia | Washed

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Nariño

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean

Libardo Martinez and his wife Nora are first-generation coffee producers. Based in Tablón de Gómez, Nariño . T hey have a modest eight hectares where they grow 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., CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. , and Colombia varieties. This coffee is grown at a very high altitude of 2050 masl , which usually would be too cold, but the unique microclimate of this area due to it being close to the equator makes it possible. This lot was processed using the traditional 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. method, where coffee cherries are pulped and fermented underwater before being cleaned and dried on raised beds. This creates a coffee with a brighter and cleaner profile.