Great coffee showing off the best of Colombia.  Sweet washed coffee, with great cherry and chocolate notes coming through.  Medium roasted to balance the fruit and sweetness.
 
Location:
Ortega, Tolima
Producer
Café Agrario
Varietal:
Castillo, Colombia, Caturra
Process:
Washed
Altitude:
1860
 
 
Cup Score:
 86
Cup profile:
Morello cherry, dark chocolate, demerara, panela, bergamot
Leoncio Maceto, a coffee grower from Ortega, Tolima, is 41 years old and owns the Las Brisas farm located in the Alto Guayabos vereda. The farm spans 6 hectares, with 3.6 hectares dedicated to coffee cultivation at an altitude of 1,860 meters. He cultivates several varieties including Colombia with 5,200 trees (3 years old), Castillo Tambo with 2,000 trees (4 years old), Pink Bourbon 1 with 1,200 trees (5 years old), and Catimore with 4,500 trees (7 years old). The coffee process is fully washed, with cherries meticulously sorted to ensure only perfectly ripe ones are used. Leoncio is very selective about his pickers, compensating them well to ensure only fully ripe cherries are harvested. The picking cycle occurs every 8 days.