Colombia Finca Juan Martin

Farm || Finca Juan Martin
Region || Sotara, Cauca
Variety || Striped Bourbon
Elevation || 2050 masl
Process || Natural
 
Selection:
For background, this coffee was used as a component in our holiday blend -- Jolly Juice. At the cupping table, we were interested in pairing coffees that were well-balanced and possessed some type of ‘wow’ factor. Admittedly, we are naturally drawn to super fruity naturals with a high perceived sweetness. This coffee definitely stood out among the bunch as we were selecting fun components for the Jolly Juice.
 
We realized that this coffee was special. So special, in fact, that we decided to release this as a single origin after the holiday craze was over.
 
Flavor Notes:
Up front, this coffee has very distinct cooked fruit aspects. This, in tandem with its slight florality, provides notes of strawberry, raspberry, dark cherry, and orange blossom. As a naturally processed coffee, you would expect lower acidity; however, this coffee possesses a slight boozy and fermented aspects, especially right off the brew -- reminiscent of drinking red wine.
 
We roasted this perhaps a touch darker than the common nordic-style within the specialty coffee realm. Still, we found that this actually works in this coffee’s favor, as this roast temperature fully rounded out the coffee, while maintaining a high perceived sweetness level.
 
Barista notes:
Since this coffee was just released, we are still playing around with the first batch.