FINCA ZARZA, Colombia (SCA Score 90.8)

About This Coffee

This Pacamara Natural from Jhonatan Gasca is part of our Competition Coffees collection, an elite tier reserved for coffees that perform at the highest level. From the same producer whose lots have graced the World Barista Championship stage, most notably used by Jack Simpson on his path to becoming the 2025 World Barista Champion. This coffee represents that same standard of excellence in every cup. Grown at 1,550–1,800 MASL in Bruselas, Huila, it delivers an exuberant tropical fruit profile: kiwi, pineapple, and ripe strawberry layered over brilliant acidity, a juicy body, and an impressively long, clean finish.

Origin

Huila, Bruselas (Colombia)

Flavor Notes

Pineapple, Sour Aromatics, Juicy, Ripe Strawberry

Roast Level

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Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica

Pacamara

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Coffee Gems

Ricardo Peña founded Coffee Gems in Chippenham, Wiltshire, drawing on a childhood spent on his grandparents' coffee estate in the Huila region of Colombia. He remembers the plantations blooming with white flowers and his grandmother roasting beans in a copper pot. After more than 15 years in the UK specialty coffee industry, Ricardo built a roastery focused exclusively on coffees scoring 86 or higher on the SCA scale, placing the entire range well above the specialty threshold. Sourcing is hands on, with visits to farmers in Peru and El Salvador, including Cup of Excellence winner Ever Diaz in the Chalatenango region. The roasting approach aims to enhance what the producer has already achieved rather than imposing a house style, and full pricing transparency traces each coffee from farmer to warehouse.

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