Aponte Community Colombia

Candied Apple | Brown Spice | Orange Peel

Region: Narino

Elevation: 2150 MASL

Varietals: Caturra

Process: Honey

Roast: Light Medium

The Coffee: A single varietal, honey processed Caturra, roasted on the light side of medium this coffee carries intense sweetness paired with medium acidity. This is a very dense and expressive coffee that we note as Candied Apple, Brown Spice, Orange Peel, Nutty and Milk Chocolate. The carries with medium weight to the body and finishes smooth. We find this cup appropriate for all brew 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 in the 80s by criminal groups who used this farming community to produce illicit crops. As recent as 15 years ago the Colombian government pushed out the traffickers and eradicated their crops, bringing forth to these people a very specific strain of coffee for them to farm. With nutrient rich ash from the nearby Galeras Volcano the Ingas have since thrived growing beautiful and expressive coffees from a very specific origin.