El Triumfo, Colombia
Espresso: Notes of strawberry and milk chocolate notes with a creamy body.
Filter: Medium, creamy body with notes of plums and strawberries.
"I love the bright acidity in the high grown Hula coffees. Still this is a very creamy cup with loads of mature barytones. I went to visit Hula a few month back, impressed by the knowledgeable standards the producers are working on." /Joanna Alm, Head roaster and CEO
El Triumfo from Tarqui in Central Huila is a mixture of the farms by Nemesio Ramos and Carlos Antonio Tole, plus some nano-lot from a different farmer. The lots are approved based on the requirements on moisture level, cupping scores and flavor profiles as our green coffee scourcer, Nordic Approach, single producer lots.When parchment at the farms are small they are use the name El Triumfo. It’s related to a specific project in the region. Its an ongoing dialogue with the producers to improve the preparation at some committed farms based on a project they have in Colombia to improve the quality of the coffee and livelihoods of the producers.
FACTS
Location: Tarqui in the Hula region
Farm: Nemesio Ramos, Carlos Antonio Tole, plus some nanolots from different farmers Varietal: Caturra and Colombia
Harvest: July-August 2015
Elevation: 1,850 to 2,000 meters above sea level
Processing: The coffee is handpicked, sorted, wetprocessed and dried on the individual farms before it is delivered as dry parchment to the process stations. After fermentation overnight, the coffee is washed and separated from floaters and damage beans. The coffees are rinsed in clean water before drying.
Our current espresso recipe: 18g / 29 sec / 36 g (a TDS about 9.5% which gives an extraction around 19%).
Flavour description: Mature and sweet cup with notes of straw berries and plums. Medium, creamy body with a long bright aftertaste.
