Colombia La Union

Medium Roast Level 

Notes: Honey, red apple, cherry, caramel

Origins: Nariño, Colombia

Processing Method: Washed

We're so excited to get our hands on this Colombia offering again, and it doesn't disappoint. Sweet notes of honey, cherry, and apple are prominent in this very clean cup. On the finish, we found a refreshing lemon drop acidity.

La Union is a small town deep in Southern Colombia that sits at an extremely high altitude. Coffee producers in the area generally work on fairly small farms (most around 1 hectare in size) and deliver their coffee to centralized warehouses for sale. This Excelso is a regional blend from local coffee-producing families in La Union, many of whom provide smaller micro lots as well. Coffee in this lot undergoes a 14- to 16-hour fermentation process at the wet mill before being set out on parabolic beds for drying. The resulting cup profile is clean, sweet, and complex.