This is a washed Caturra and Castillo (c.v) variety, a regional coffee lot produced by smallholders from Tablón de Gomez, Nariño, carefully sourced by Cofinet. This small municipality is 2 hours drive from Buesaco, Nariño, where some of the most unique micro-lots from Nariño are produced. The region is characterized by its mountainous topography. Its cold climate is perfect for a slow ripening of the cherry that leads to a sweet coffee.
 
Caturra is a natural mutation of the Bourbon variety, which has a single-gene mutation that causes the plant to grow smaller (called Dwarf/Compactism), allowing the plants to be placed closer together, and its closely spaced secondary branches, which enable it to produce more fruit in the same space.
 
Caturra was thought to represent nearly half of Colombia’s production until a government-sponsored program in 2008 incentivised the renovation of over three billion coffee trees with the leaf-rust resistant Castillo variety.
 
One of the biggest threats to a farmer’s crops is Coffee leaf rust, or la roya in Spanish, the challenge has always been creating a rust-resistant variety with a good cup profile  
 
To combat coffee diseases such as Coffee Leaf rust, the Cafe de Colombia's research centre, Cenicafé, created the Colombia cultivar through the hybridization of Caturra and Timor Hybrid in 1982.
 
As rust-resistant varieties lose their resistance over time, Cenicafé wanted to improve the variety even further - greater productivity, greater resistance, bigger beans, and greater quality. After many trials and 23 years of research & development, Castillo was released for production in 2005. A cultivar that has greater coffee disease resistance against leaf rust & coffee berry disease, and better cup quality.
 
How does all the above translate to the cup you might ask? You can expect refreshing Melon-like acidity, with poached apple mouthfeel and sweetness. Clean light green tea finish to end off.
 
If you are brewing a milk espresso-based coffee, you'll enjoy that subtle brown-sugar sweet, with pleasant caramel finish on a 6oz cup.
 
Region: Narinõ
Producer: Smallholder of Tablon de Gomez
Importer: Cofinet
Origin: Colombia
Varietal: Caturra & Castillo
Processing method: Fully Washed