Arturo Legarda, Colombia

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  55
• Bright
  35
• Funky
  25
• Sweet
  25

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. and Colombia varieties. After harvesting, the coffee typically undergoes fermentation for about 12-15 hours before being 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. in tanks. They have a small drying set-up of raised beds in a parabolic dryer, where they dry the coffee for around 20 days. The result is a rich cup, with complex notes of tropical fruit and citrus, with a sweet chocolate flavor. On a steep hill in the village of Granadillo in the municipality of La Florida, Arturo Legarda and his son Jesús have a small two-hectare farm.