This coffee is from Jhon Didier Trujillo's farm Villa Flor in Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia, located at 1950 meters altitude. The farm spans 3.5 hectares. This is a small 150lb lot of Chiroso variety harvested in November 2025. The processing method involves picking cherries at peak ripeness, fermenting in closed tanks for 24 hours, depulping, then dry fermenting in closed tanks for 86 hours, followed by rinsing and drying on raised beds for 2-3 weeks. The flavor profile features citrus, yellow fruits, light brown sugar, orange creamsicle, elderflower, and juicy mango.
Origin
Urrao (Colombia)
Flavor Notes
Citrus Fruit, Brown Sugar, Yellow Fruit, Elderflower, Orange Creamsicle
Rebecca Grossman and Lucas Smith founded Ilse in 2019, starting with a thousand dollars and a rented roaster in Stamford before building out their own facility in a converted mechanic's garage in North Canaan. The approach is quality-driven: light roasts, single-producer microlots, and a commitment to buying entire harvests from the same farms year after year, some relationships now stretch back to the beginning. Pricing is transparent; each bag lists what the producer was paid, the FOB price, and Ilse's cost. Sourcing focuses on Central and South America and East Africa, with Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ethiopia appearing regularly.
