Villa Pastora
Cafe-PihaAbout This Coffee
Villa Pastora is a 100% Arabica coffee from the finca Villa Pastora in Palestina, Huila, Colombia, grown at 1,730 meters altitude. This microlot combines Castillo and Caturro varieties. It undergoes an anaerobic natural fermentation for 120 hours, followed by controlled drying. Flavor notes include chocolate, vanilla, blackberry, and panela. The farm was founded in the 1980s and continues to be run by the founder's descendants using modern specialty coffee techniques.
Origin
Palestina (Colombia)
Flavor Notes
Blackberry, Chocolate, Vanilla, Panela
Roast Level
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Processing
Anaerobic Natural
Typology
ArabicaCaturra, Castillo
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Cafe-Piha
Piha runs a proper in house roastery tucked behind its main cafe and aims to roast daily so beans leave as fresh as possible. Founder and head roaster Pierre Guérin selects seasonal lots from Colombia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya and Indonesia and focuses on letting each origin express itself in either espresso or filter. The roastery won recognition at the Global Coffee Awards and has worked closely with producers such as the Frinsa Estate in West Java on natural process lots. They ship retail bags, run educational workshops and treat coffee selection with the same curiosity you might give a good bottle of wine.