A balanced framework of raw sugar and cocoa bittering, marked by accents of roasted tree nuts and baking chocolate aftertaste.
The province of Inzá is located in Southwestern Colombia within the greater Department of Cauca. As you make the drive from La Plata to Inzá, you follow the Rio Páez, and an eventual crossing over a suspension bridge lands you on the road to the villages where we buy coffee. Like much of Colombia, Cauca is home to very high altitude farms, many above the 2000 meter mark.
This “Veredas Vecinas” lot is from a producer in Vereda San Rafael, of Inzá. This is a wet-processed coffee, and while we have not visited this particular farm yet, most farmers in the region are using small depulpers to process the coffee cherry at home, fermenting and washing in the same tank and then drying out on covered drying patios or beds. Most farms have a healthy amount of Caturra planted, as well as hybrids like Variedad Colombia and small sprinklings of Typica.
The dry fragrance has a brown sugar sweetness, along with a chocolate underlay and almond accent. The wet crust has more of a caramel note when breaking through it, very sweet. Medium roasts show persistent sweetness in the brewed coffee. The flavors in the cooling cup construct a balanced framework of raw sugar and cocoa bittering, marked by accents of roasted tree nuts, baking chocolate flavors, and a cedar wood aromatic note in the aftertaste.
- Origin: Vereda San Rafael, Inzá, Colombia
- Region: Vereda San Rafael, Inzá, Cauca
- Producer: Veredas Vecinas
- Altitude: 1700-2100m
- Cultivar: Caturra, Variedad Colombia, Typica
- Processing: Wet Process (Washed)
- Drying: Covered Sun-Dried
- Sourcing: Sweet Maria’s