COLOMBIA | Rio Bamisa | Caturrón | Natural

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Rio Bamisa takes its name from the Bamisa river that runs adjacent to a small collection of farms on the rural lands outside of A cevedo, a town in the south-west department of Huila, Colombia. One of Colombia’s most well-known growing regions, Huila is as close to perfection as it gets (for growing coffee); glaciers, volcanoes, grasslands, desserts, lakes, and forests – Huila has it all. The combination of sure diverse terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. leads to a unique cup profile, one that we can’t get enough of. Catturón is a rare and recently discovered coffee 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.. Currently, not really see n outside of Colombia, there is a lot we simply don’t know about it. There are, however, a few important things that are known – it’s genetically similar to CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. , and offers high yields and strong resistance to leaf rust disease. I t is thought to be a 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. mutation of Caturra and a Timor hybrid (itself a mutation of arabica and robusta). The cup profile of Caturrón is a kaleidoscope of fruits like pineapple, raspberry, strawberry, and watermelon. This lot was processed as a natural, cherries were floated and separated by density, prior to drying on raised beds.