COLOMBIA | La Cuevita | Caturra & Colombia | Washed by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne | Espresso of Interest | Espresso of Interest

COLOMBIA | La Cuevita | Caturra & Colombia | Washed by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne | Espresso of Interest | Espresso of Interest

About This Bean

<meta charset="utf-8"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Libardo</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> Martinez and his wife Nora are first-generation coffee producers. Based in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Tablón</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> de Gómez, Nariño</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">hey have a modest eight hectares where they grow Castillo, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Caturra</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">, and Colombia varieties. This coffee is grown at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">a very high</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> altitude of 2050 </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">masl</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">, which usually would be too cold, but the unique microclimate of this area due to it being close to the equator makes it possible. This lot was processed using the traditional </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">washed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> method, where coffee cherries are pulped and fermented underwater before being cleaned and dried on raised beds. This creates </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">a coffee</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> with a brighter and cleaner profile.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW162661262 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}' data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>