Finca Jardín, Colombia

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet
• Clean
• Comforting
• Funky

Each year, she brings coffee to a local mill for sale; carefully paying attention to which varieties sell well and replanting when necessary. Her coffee, comprised of 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., Colombia, and TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. varieties is 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., fermented, and patio dried all in her backyard. An incredibly special coffee, Finca Jardín is bright and sweet, with notes of dried and fresh tropical fruit, and milk chocolate. In the back of her home, Bertha Obando’s garden has grown from 500 coffee trees to around 4,000 over the last ten years.