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La Divisa . Café de Colombia

La Divisa . Café de Colombia

Kima Coffee

About This Coffee

This Colombian coffee from La Divisa farm is produced by Diofanor Ruiz in Buenavista, Quindío region. The farm sits at 1,950 meters altitude with plantings between 1,600-2,000 meters. It features the rare Papayo variety, a mutation from Acevedo, Huila, with orange-colored ripe cherries shaped like papayas. The coffee is washed processed, harvested with strict maturity criteria, hand-sorted, and undergoes 30 hours of underwater fermentation before depulping. The pergamino is gently washed and dried under controlled temperature. The cup profile offers notes of white chocolate, lime, floral, and sugarcane with complex jasmine and sweet chocolate characteristics.

Origin

Quindío (Colombia)

Flavor Notes

Lime, Floral, Jasmine, Sugarcane, White Chocolate, Sweet Chocolate

Roast Level

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica
Papayo
KC

Kima Coffee

Rabi Aouam trained as a barista starting in 2010, won the Andalusian Barista Championship in 2014, and began roasting commercially in 2018 without a fixed space. By 2021 he had a roastery and tasting room in the center of Malaga, and the operation quickly gained momentum. Kima was named Best Specialty Coffee of Spain in 2024 and ranked in the top 100 coffee destinations worldwide by Neodrinks in 2025. Rabi works exclusively with 100% Arabica specialty coffee, hand roasting each batch and selecting from a wide range of origins that includes rare varietals like Geisha from Colombia and Wild Orchid Liberica from Vietnam. An in house academy trains professionals from the hospitality sector, with baristas traveling to Malaga specifically for the courses. The philosophy is direct: flavor, traceability, zero artifice.

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