El Cauca - Colombia | Medium Roast
Roast Level- Medium Roast
Roaster Tasting Notes: Sweet and savory with caramel and citrus fruit
Variety: Castillo, Colombia, Caturra
Score: 87 points
Crop Year: 2024
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1200–2000 masl
El Cauca Colombia
This classic Colombian coffee delivers the perfect balance of sweetness, fruity effervescence, and rich cocoa/toffee foundation that makes Colombian coffee world-renowned across multiple growing regions. Sourced as a blend from 10-30 smallholder farms with comparable quality scores, these lots are carefully cupped and purchased directly in regional centers like Popayán for Cauca, Pitalito for Huila, and Pasto/La Unión for Nariño. Using Colombia's traditional washed processing method, ripe cherries are de-pulped the same day of harvest, fermented 12-36 hours in open-air tanks, then washed clean and dried on patios or in specialized dryers to create the clean, bright profile Colombian coffee is famous for.
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