Flavour: Berry Chocolate, Doris Plum, Cherries

• Farm: Luz Helena Salazar
• Region: Armenia, Quindio
• Process Method: Natural
• Varietal: Caturra
• Altitude: 1400 masl

Roaster's Comment:

This is our first time trying coffees from Luz Helena Salazar. After tasting all three, we really fell in love with the delicate, expressive flavours she brings out. This Caturra Natural is the boldest of the three, with a little more intensity and attitude.

We’re excited for this one to set the tone for our upcoming Luz Helena coffees.

About the Coffee:

The Variety That Once Dominated Colombia

Caturra is one of Colombia's most historically important coffee varieties. A natural dwarf mutation of Red Bourbon first discovered in Brazil, it once accounted for almost half of Colombia's coffee production before rust-resistant varieties like Castillo took its place.

45 Hours to Unlock the Fruit

For this lot, Caturra gets a more modern treatment. Only fully ripe cherries are selected at La Pradera, then hand-sorted, floated and fermented aerobically for 45 hours. After 8-12 days of controlled drying on raised beds, the result is intensely fruity, deeply sweet and complex, with a full, structured body.