Colombian Premium Cauca Piendamo A

Description

This lot comes from 5 producers with small farms in the municipality of Piendamó within the department of Cauca. Each producer has their own micro-mill where they carefully harvest cherries, depulp, ferment, wash and gently dry the parchment on raised beds. While individual producers have designed farm management and post-harvest solutions to fit their needs, the strong alliance with Banexport provides crucial logistical support for things like warehousing and milling coffee for export to the international market, which provides better income for everyone to reinvest in their farms and strengthen their families’ livelihoods.

Tasting Notes: A super fresh and clean Colombian arrival. Lighter roasts show some lemony acidity and more floral cup characteristics, pretty crisp but not over the top accompanied with hints of a fruit tone. The more acidic fruity tones are balanced with a nice spicy nutty/chocolaty undertone. Pretty decent lighter roast coffee for those who don’t mind a little acidity. Medium roasts are a bit more balanced and classic Colombian tasting, the cup still shows some more exotic crisp tones but just hints, the soft fruit tones pop a little more as the acidity in the cup mutes up. Turns bigger bodied with more pronounced spice tones the darker you roast. Has a nice sweeter edge up until 2nd crack where it turns much dryer and smokier.

Roasting Notes: Easy to roast, a nice screen of washed processed coffee. Lower chaff and even roasting. Most liked it best at a solid medium roast but works well lighter or darker per your personal taste preference. A sharper cup profile in which longer setup time will help smooth it out a bit.