This coffee is from Finca San Jose, a 60-hectare farm owned and farmed by Alejandro Martinez in the Mexican state of Veracruz near the Gulf of Mexico. It is a washed process microlot coffee made from Anacafe 14 and various other coffee varieties. The cherries were picked ripe, fermented for 18 hours, depulped, and dried for 32 days in a casa elba (rooftop drying structure). The flavor profile includes orange, cocoa, chamomile, and hazelnut.
Founded in 2014 by Matija Belković and Hannah Powlison Belković, Cogito emerged from their pioneering cafe "Cafe u Dvoristu" when Zagreb had only two establishments serving quality coffee. The addition of Matija Hrkac—three-time Croatian Barista Champion and 2012 World Barista Championship finalist—transformed this courtyard venture into Croatia's leading specialty roastery. Their approach respects Croatia's deeply social coffee culture, where leisurely consumption remains paramount, while introducing international quality standards to a market long dominated by commercial roasting.
