Aponte Community Colombia

Panela | Brown Spice | Citrus | Minerality Region: Narino Elevation: 2150 MASL Varietals: Caturra Process: Washed Roast: Light Medium The Coffee: A single varietal, Caturra, roasted on the light side of medium this coffee carries intense sweetness paired with tons of complexity. This is a very dense and expressive coffee that we note as Panela (brick brown sugar), Brown Spice, Vanilla, Citrus, and a unique viscous Minerality we note in its texture. All of this is paired with a moderate to heavy body. We find this one shines when brewed in pour over/drip or aerpress formats. The Producer: This coffee comes to us as a community lot from the Aponte Village in Nariño, Colombia. Grown at the sky high reaches of over 7000 feet this mountain community is made up of indigenous people of the Inga Tribe. Direct descendants of pre-colonial Incas. Their community rests in a rugged mountainous territory whose geographical location created a natural refuge and isolation, one in which was exploited i