Colombia Santa Rosa de Cabal Coffee

Coffee from Colombia - Risaralda, La Estrella

When browsing through offers of hundreds of different coffees available after harvest, we search for original proposals that match the offer of the Sochaccy.co coffee shop; guaranteeing on the one hand high quality and on the other great possibilities of flavor development during roasting in the Sochaccy Coffee Roastery. Why were we interested in Colombia Santa Rosa de Cabal coffee? Several factors contributed to this. The first was the origin of the coffee: the renowned Colombian growing region - the source of the best Colombian coffee, and the second was the coffee processing method, clearly gaining in popularity with each harvest. The Colombia Santa Rosa de Cabal almost immediately fired our coffee imagination with its potential, and it only got better as the first roasts went on. But one step at a time.

This time we would like to invite you to the very heart of coffee in Colombia, the Coffee Triangle (Eje Cafetero). This is a region that lies at the junction of the four Colombian states of Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda and Tolima, at the foot of Los Nevados National Park. The Coffee Triangle of Colombia is responsible for the majority of specialty coffee cultivation in Colombia. The high quality of coffee from this area is the result of, on the one hand, an excellent combination of geographical conditions that create a unique microclimate and, on the other, the hard work of local farmers. It is also worth mentioning that the coffee in this region is grown using artisanal methods, which to a large extent classifies the crops as organic, with the coffee cherries being hand-picked from the bushes. Picking coffee by hand from the bushes allows us to select the coffee berries that are most ripe. The 18 towns in the Coffee Triangle were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011 as a "Coffee Cultural Landscape." In the Coffee Triangle we can find a number of plantations using traditional cultivation methods, as well as towns where coffee festivals are held, with competitions; where farmers compete with each other in the quality of their coffee, thus constantly improving the quality of their harvests. The town of Pereira, in the department of Risaralda, is considered the capital of the region.

The plantation where the Colombia Santa Rosa de Cabal coffee comes from is located in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal, Department of Risaralda. The plantation is called Finca La Rivera and is located in the village of La Estrella. The plantation grows arabica coffee of the Castillo and Caturra varieties. The crops are grown at an altitude of 1,750 meters above sea level. The coffee is grown on the plantation by Julio César Madrid and Andrés Quiceno, the third generation of the family to grow coffee on the plantation.

After harvesting, the coffee is processed using the honey method. In this method, which originated in Costa Rica, only the ripest coffee berries are harvested by hand and, practically speaking, the top part of the skin is removed from the coffee berry. The soft, sweet pulp is then left on the coffee bean and the coffee so prepared is dried in the sun. The method got its name from the yellowish color of the coffee beans and their stickiness after the peel is removed. During the sun-drying process, the sweet pulp penetrates into the coffee bean, so that the coffee is naturally enriched with a large dose of sweetness reminiscent of cane sugar.

In the Colombia Santa Rosa de Cabal coffee roasted on medium, notes of strawberry, chocolate, toffee, and tropical fruit sweetness are noticeable. On the light roast, citrus sweetness comes to the fore. It is ideal for medium roasting in espresso machines and coffee makers, as well as for light roasting in alternative methods.