LA ESPAÑA, Colombia

About This Coffee

This coffee is cultivated by Duberney Cifuentes, winner of Colombia's 2023 Cup of Excellence, at Finca La España in Planadas, Tolima. The farm sits at 1,600 meters altitude on volcanic soils. The Caturra variety beans are washed processed with a signature slow-drying technique lasting up to 40 days under full shade on raised beds. This championship-level coffee scores 86 on the SCA scale and features flavor notes of citrus, apple, pear, chocolate, and floral tones with outstanding clarity and vibrant cup quality.

Origin

Planadas (Colombia)

Flavor Notes

Citrus Fruit, Apple, Pear, Chocolate, Floral

Roast Level

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Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Caturra

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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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