📍New Coffee Release 📍
COLOMBIA EL DIAMANTE
" LA LOCURA "
WASHED / MIXED VARIETIES
Golden Kiwi • Panela • Dragon fruit
This week we bring Colombian coffee back to our new release of the month and of course it has something quite interesting by its cup characteristic.This coffee has a very velvety and smooth mouthfeel .. yet sweet and vibrant with a suprise of its clean cup.
If you look for a sweet and clean Colombian coffee this is the one.
This coffee was grown and processed by Neftalí Castro on his family’s farm, El Diamante (which translates to “the diamond” in Spanish), located near the town and municipality of Cajamarca, in the state of Tolima, Colombia. The 30 hectare property is owned and managed by Neftalí and his sisters, who are the third generation to run the farm.
Neftalí expanded the land dedicated to coffee by planting a further eight hectares of the Caturra variety. He established careful farming practices and built a small beneficio (wet mill) and drying sheds to process his crop. His efforts were rewarded when he placed 29thin 2009’s COE auction, then again in 2011 when he achieved an incredible 3rd place in the competition.
Neftalí is proactive and ingenious, and always has several projects on the go — whether that’s committing to helping neighbours improve their farms’ infrastructures, or investigating and trialing new coffee varieties on a plot he calls ‘La Locura,’ (which translates to “the madness“) where this particular offering comes from. This fascinating corner of the property is haphazardly planted with all the varieties grown at El Diamante, and is heavily overgrown with native shade trees. Due to its position on the side of a very steep hill, the trees at ‘La Locura’ are difficult to reach, adding to the sense that coffee here grows on wild and untamed terrain.