Colombia Loma Verde

About This Coffee

LIGHT ROAST Nectarine | Apricot | Milk Chocolate | Creamy | Juicy. Location: Santa Bárbara, Antioquia. Varietal: Chiroso. Elevation: 1,650-1,950 meters. Milling Process: Natural. Drying Process: Sundried. Chiroso is a rare high altitude Colombian coffee variety know for its intense sweet, floral, and citrus profile, similar to Gesha. Chiroso is a unique and mysterious variety originating from Ethiopia, yet still unknown how it ended up in Antioquia. This lot is quite different from our other current Ruby Reserves. We taste stone fruits like peach, nectarine & apricots and the natural processing is not overwhelming. The coffee has a nice milk chocolate background with a creamy body and juicy sweet finish. Finca Loma Verde is an award-winning farm at the Santa Bárbara Estate high in the Andes Mountains in Fredonia, Antioquia. Santa Bárbara was founded by Pedro Echavarría Sr. over 40 years ago. The Echavarría family has been in coffee for many generations and has become a pioneer in Colombian coffee with a vertically integrated farm, dry mill and export operations. We first traveled to Santa Bárbara in 2018 to secure a long-term relationship for offering their naturally processed microlots. The combination of high altitude, volcanic soil, and growing expertise results in one of Colombia's best natural process coffees. The coffee is shade grown with a 20 year reforestation program to replant native trees in the farm.