Due to its climate, Colombian farms like Finca Potosí typically harvest two times in one year. This second harvest coffee from Finca Potosí is a bright & complex washed-process lot that has turned out to be one of our team’s absolute favorite Colombian coffees of the year.
Flavor Profile
Origin
Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Tasting Notes
Bright and complex with notes of rhubarb, cardamom, and custard.
Roast Level
LightMed LtMedMed DarkDark
Origin Story
Café Granja La Esperanza
We are excited to present this delicious coffee from Café Granja La Esperanza, a testament to the long-time partnership with owner Don Rigoberto Herrera. Café Granja La Esperanza operates a small collection of award-winning farms in Colombia, including Finca Potosí, where this lot comes from. Granja La Esperanza was founded in 1945 when Don Rigo’s parents, Juan Antonio Herrera and Blanca Ligia Correa, introduced several new varieties to the existing Typica trees on Finca Potosí. Since then, many other varieties have been planted and several farms have been added to the Café Granja La Esperanza family of farms.
Finca Potosí is located in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca department, in the mountains above the town of Caicedonia. This lot is made up of coffee from Pink Bourbon variety trees and was processed using the traditional washed method which contributes to the coffee’s crisp and clean flavor profile. We are also offering a natural processed lot of this coffee, presenting a unique opportunity to experience the impact processing has on flavor.
Altitude
4,600-6,550 feet
Variety
Pink Bourbon (Ethiopia Landrace)
Processing
Washed
Why We Love This Coffee
The Pink Bourbon variety was named for the slight pink hue that the fruit develops when ripe and was thought to be a natural mutation of the Bourbon variety, but recent research indicates that is not the case. DNA testing has shown that Pink Bourbon is a Ethiopa Landrace variety that was transported to Colombia.
The heritage of the Arabica coffee that populates farms throughout the world can be traced back to a small number of trees from Ethiopia, where Arabica is native to and where many Landrace varieties exist. Consequently, the trees cultivated outside of Ethiopia have little genetic diversity relative to Ethiopia coffees. This is one of the reasons why coffees from Ethiopia are considered to be some of the best and most complex in the world.
Good Coffee, Better Planet
We treasure our relationships in the global coffee community and invest in projects at origin to support our partners in their commitment to environmental sustainability and social welfare. We also invest in reducing our day-to-day impact, through initiatives like energy-efficient Loring Smart Roasters to reduce carbon emissions per batch by 80%.
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