Aponte ( Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Colombia

REGION: Nariño

MUNICIPALITY: Tablón de Gomez

TOWN: Aponte

ELEVATION: 2,100m above sea level

VARIETY: Caturra, Colombia

PROCESSING: Honey

AVERAGE FARM SIZE: One hectare

PJhon Ordoñez, Eiver Jojoa, Jorge Jamivioy, Eivar Janamejoy, Fabiola Gómez, Orfelina Chasoy, Arturo Adarme, Luis Yela

This lot was grown and processed by eight independent farmers who own small farms located around the town of Aponte, in north-western Nariño, Colombia. The town is extremely remote and hard to reach. Aponte’s unique micro-climate, with warm winds and year-round cool temperatures, have influenced the processing techniques employed by coffee producers here. Aponte’s producers have found great success with honey processing because the seeds dry relatively quickly and more evenly than in lower elevations or less windy conditions.

Aponte is home to the Inga people, a group who are historically related to the Inca and indigenous to parts of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. The town was once called Janguana and was the northernmost point of the Incan empire.

Producers in Aponte have become experts at ‘honey’ processing. For this lot, coffee cherries were carefully hand-picked, with several passes needed to ensure only the ripest ones were chosen. These were then pulped at each farm’s wet mill. After pulping, coffee was placed on drying beds without being washed, leaving coffee with a layer of mucilage that resembles a glazing of sticky honey (hence the name ‘honey’ processing). This step ensures fermentation occurs as the coffee dries.

Thanks to Aponte’s cool, windy climate and high elevations, coffee generally dries more quickly and evenly than in lower parts of Colombia. This leads to more consistency in the coffees produced, and encourages the development of cleaner, more complex flavours in the cup. To ensure the drying stage occurred uniformly, coffee for this lot was regularly turned by hand until it reached ideal moisture content. Once dry, the coffee was delivered to Pergamino’s warehouse, where it was cupped and graded, and then rested in parchment until ready for export.

RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and French press.

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