2019 La Plata - Colombia

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Please note that weekly orders are roasted onRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months. Tuesday and shipped on Wednesday. This is a field blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. of 16 ambitious smallholding producers in La Plata, Huila, southern Colombia. This coffee is a lovely overall representation of this region. It has excellent structure and balance, with a chocolate/toffee-like sweetness that subtly gives way to a softer raspberry acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. to give it a touch of brightness and life. Region: Huila Varietal: V. Colombia, 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. Altitude: 1,800 masl Harvest: July 2019 Processing:  Harvested at peak ripeness. Floated. Depulped. Dry fermented for 18-24 hours. Dried on raised beds for 15-20 days. ABOUT LA PLATA: This is a meticulously constructed field blend of multiple producers that don't individually grow enough coffee to be considered a micro lotMicrolotA small, separately processed and traded parcel of coffee — often a single day's picking from one plot — kept apart because it's exceptional.. We therefore blend their coffees together to create a larger volume that remains fully traceable and transparent both physically and financially. While the vast majority of our coffee selections are either single-producer micro lots or what are referred to as 'regional blends', the producers contributing to this blend are all fully organic or in the process of transitioning to fully organic, and we are very excited about our first year supporting this initiative. 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. DETAIL: This is a field blend of the three most commonly grown varieties in Colombia: Castillo, Variety Colombia, and Caturra. Both Castillo and V. Colombia are Catimor hybrids, which give them high resistance to disease. Caturra is 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 BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., which is very susceptible to disease. Contains 250g of delicious coffee.