Colombia Narino Aponte Honey

Narino is in Southern Colombia and coffee is everywhere; seemingly everyone grows it or is a part of the process. Every time you get in a jeep to drive to a farm there's coffee being dried on the side of the street or being driven to a warehouse. These beans receive special honey-processing by hand. This lot was grown by Campo Guerrero, a farmer from the Aponte microregion. It is rare to get a honey processed coffee out of Colombia. It is nicely sweet and smooth -- a "soft" coffee that you can mindlessly sip at all day. This one has all the nice characteristics of a good Colombian coffee; there's a brown sugar/honey sweetness. But because it was honey-processed there are subtle undertones of cranberry, red apple, winey acidity, tangerine, with some stonefruit like peach in the aftertaste. Overall the coffee is sweet and pleasant and the hints of nuance make this a very drinkable coffee. It also is an interesting espresso. At light roast levels, you get tangy fruits and crema without to