Origin: Pitalito, Huila, Colombia

Process: Washed

Roast Level: Medium

Producers: Various Smallholders

Variety: Typica, Caturra, Castillo

Altitude (MASL): 1670-1950

What We Taste: Milk Chocolate, Apricot, Cherry Pie

The Huila region is always a favorite when it comes to Colombian coffee. In addition to high-quality – and often award-winning – green coffee beans, Huila is celebrated for its distinctly delicate cup profile, which features bright acidity, sweetness, and a fragrant aroma.

Huila’s proximity to the equator and it is rich with volcanic soil. Coffee from Huila has a signature profile: fruit notes, sweet acidity, and intense aromas. Huila’s two harvests occur between September – December (main crop) and April – May/June (mitaca crop).

The Colombia Coffee Federation classifies and evaluates green coffee quality by screen size and the number of defects present in a sample. In Colombia, green coffee beans are considered specialty if it scores above 80 points, has zero primary defects, and has no more than five secondary defects in a 500g sample.

The Excelso classification signifies that the green coffee has a screen size of 14. That means the beans have passed through a sifter with holes that are 14/64 inch wide. Larger-sized beans are often correlated with higher quality, although screen size is not the only indicator of coffee quality.

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We roast every Monday and ship out next day. If you need your coffee sooner send us a message and we can figure something out! 

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