Columbia - Inzá Veredas

Molasses sugars marked by hints of dried raisin and apple, hazelnut-laced chocolate, aromatic almond oil, fruited acidity, and piles on chocolatey bass notes.

About the Farm

This blend of coffee from Inzá is made up from the producers of neighboring towns, or "veredas" as they're called in Colombia. Hence the name, "Veredas Vecinas", or "neighboring villages". The province of Inzá is located in Southwestern Colombia within the greater Department of Cauca. As you make the drive from La Plata to Inzá, you follow the Rio Páez, and an eventual crossing over a suspension bridge lands you on the road to the villages where we buy coffee. Like much of Colombia, Cauca is home to very high altitude farms, many above the 2000 meter mark. The coffee from this lot harvested from an altitude range of about 1500 to 2000 meters. The way these regional blends are selected by our importer is by cupping several samples from the individual farms, separating out those that meet a certain cup criteria, and then blending them together. It's rare to see this sort of curation (and not to mention impact on quality of your cup) with Colombian blends. This is a wet-processed coffee, most farmers using old style hand-cranked pulpers, fermenting and washing in the same tank, and then drying out on raised, covered beds. Most farms have a healthy amount of Caturra planted, as well as some Timor hybrids (like Variedad Colombia and Tabi) as a way to protect against coffee leaf rust ("La Roya").

About the Coffee

Region: Inza, various small holders

Altitude: 1500-2000 meters above sea level

Process: Washed (Wet)

Notes: Molasses sugars marked by hints of dried raisin and apple, hazelnut-laced chocolate, aromatic almond oil, fruited acidity, and piles on chocolatey bass notes

Date: Imported October 2021