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Finca Tamana Caturron
kr 181.44
Caturron from Finca Tamana has intense herbal and fruity flavours and is one of many new cultivars planted on the farm.
Additional information
| Weight | .311 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 15 × 7.5 cm |
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| Flavour Notes | |
| Producer | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | El Pital, Huila |
| Process | Washed |
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| Roast Profile | |
| Contents | Whole Coffee Beans |
| Bag Size | 250g |
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This is the second harvest of the Caturron cultivar from Finca Tamana. Caturron is a local cultivar discovered in Huila but we don’t really know the genetic background of it. Most likely it comes from either a Variedad Colombia or Castillo selection or it might be a mutation of Caturra. The cultivar seems to be uniform with distinct oblong beans and it is showing good resistance against leaf rust.
Elias and Bellanid planted this cultivar a few years back to see if it could offer a better cup quality. The first time we were able to taste the coffee I was surprised by the flavours which were very intense and distinct yet also a bit hard to describe. The coffee tasted really herbal but at the same time fruity like tropical fruits. Some of the local coffee tasters we showcased the coffee to thought the coffee was over-fermented or that there was something wrong with the cups, as they had never tasted a flavour profile like that in Colombia before. After tasting several different pickings and batches we quickly understood that this was a consistent flavour profile for the coffee.
I personally really enjoy the flavours and think it is kind of wild and fruity and have therefore encouraged Elias and Bellanid to plant more of it. The Caturron is for sure a very distinct coffee and I really hope you will enjoy it.
Caturron is a local cultivar discovered in Huila but we don’t really know the genetic background of it. Most likely it comes from either a Variedad Colombia or Castillo selection or it might be a mutation of Caturra. The cultivar seems to be uniform with distinct oblong beans and it is showing good resistance against leaf rust. It can have a very intense and distinct herbal and fruity flavour in the cup.
FINCA TAMANA PRODUCTION PROCESS
Picking and sorting
The coffee is selectively hand picked by hired pickers under supervision of Elias. Cherries are hand-sorted before they are processed to make sure only ripe cherries are processed together.
Depupling, fermenting & washing
The coffee cherries are stored in the cherry hopper in open air over night before the coffee is de-pulped in the morning. After de-pulping, the parchment coffee with the mucilage on is fermented for 24 hours in clean stainless steel tanks. The fermentation is stopped when the mucilage is easy to clean off and before the coffee flavour is influenced by negative fermentation flavours. The coffee is then washed in clean water by using an eco-mill which is a mechanical mucilage remover. The eco-mill reduces water waste from the average 50-100 litres of water per kilo of coffee with traditional washing methods to only 0,5 – 1 litre per kilo. After washing the coffees are soaked for 24 hours in clean water in tiled cement tanks. All floaters (beans with low density) are removed during the washing and soaking process.
Drying
After the soaking stage the clean parchment coffee is dried in parabolic dryers and drying beds covered with shade nets to prevent the beans from over heating. The coffees are raked throughout the day to ensure even drying. Drying normally takes from 20 to 30 days and once the moisture content is below 11% it gets packed and stored in air tight grain pro bags. All our coffees from Finca Tamana are vacuum packed before it is shipped to Norway.
FILTER
We strongly recommend using the correct measurements and brewing techniques when you brew our coffees. Use a digital scale both to measure water and coffee in order to get consistent results, and we recommend using between 60 to 70 grams of coffee per litre (1000g) of water, depending on the brewing method, water quality and coffee used.
ESPRESSO
We strongly recommend using VST filter baskets. Both the 18g, 20g and the 22g basket is great for our coffee. The VST filters makes it a lot easier to extract the espresso properly which gives a lot more sweetness in the cup. They are also more or less identical to each other which makes it easy to be more consistent when brewing on several groups at the same time. You can buy the filters on our webshop, just make sure they fit your machine (ours fits all La Marzocco machines and machines with 58mm filter baskets). With the VST 18g filter basket, we recommend the following brewing parameters: 18-19g freshly-ground coffee, 25-35s brewing time, 35-38g of final brew liquid in the cup, 93°C-94°C brew water temperature.
Meet Elias
I first met Elias back in 2007 when I was traveling around Colombia with my friend and coffee exporter mr. Alejandro Renjifo. The aim of the trip was to find delicious coffees and potential farmers that I could work with to make sure we got a steady supply of tasty coffees from Colombia. While passing through the state of Huila I visited a small group of farmers in Acevedo that was lead by Elias. I remember we drank hot chocolate (!) and ate bread and cheese at his house and Elias gave me an impression of being a passionate and hard working farmer. Later that year I received a few samples from him but unfortunately his coffee was not meeting my quality requirements so nothing really came out of it.
We did meet a few times more on my later visits to Colombia but it was not until 2011 that we started discussing working together. There were a couple of reasons that triggered my interest in cooperating with Elias. He had show interest in meeting me every time I went to Colombia and he had also bought Finca Tamana which happened to be situated next to a farm that I had been purchasing small quantities of coffee from in the past. It meant that I knew there was potential for growing good coffee in the area and since Finca Tamana was much bigger than the average 2 hectare coffee farm in Colombia I knew that there was potential for producing enough quality coffee for our demand.
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Transparency
We buy coffee directly from Elias Roa, the farmer. Fairfield Trading, the exporter, provides milling and logistical service and the coffee is imported by ourselves directly to Norway.
We have been buying coffee from Elias every year since 2012 and we will continue to do so in future years.
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