LA ESPAÑA, Colombia

About This Coffee

This coffee is from Finca La España in Planadas, Tolima, Colombia, cultivated by Duberney Cifuentes, winner of Colombia's 2023 Cup of Excellence. The 4-hectare farm sits at 1,600 meters altitude on volcanic soils. The Caturra variety is processed using the washed method with a distinctive slow-drying technique, where beans are dried on raised beds under full shade for up to 40 days after controlled fermentation. The coffee scores 86 points and features tasting notes of citrus, apple, pear, chocolate, and floral characteristics.

Origin

Planadas (Colombia)

Flavor Notes

Chocolate, Citrus Fruit, Pear, Apple, 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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