Colombia

Colombia Finca Las Mercedes la Isla - 500g

plum · lemon · clean cup

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How it sits among coffee from Colombia

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Colombia: 1,039 of 1,556 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Coffee Compass describe this coffee as fruity, citrus. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Colombia; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Colombia, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Colombia coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Colombia

Process

washed, anaerobic

Variety

Caturra

Altitude

900 m

Not stated

region, farm or estate, producer, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

Where each fact came from

Altitude, lowest

“Its 9 hectares are planted under 100% Caturra, a variety well suited to the plot’s high altitude of 1,700 and 1,900 metres above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Rainforest Alliance certification

“The farm’s diligent environmental and social practices have led them to achieve Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Kapeh and 4C certification.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“Its 9 hectares are planted under 100% Caturra, a variety well suited to the plot’s high altitude of 1,700 and 1,900 metres above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“La Mercedes la Isla lot is very sweet and bright, with notes of plum & lemon, very smooth mouthfeel and clean cup.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Top quality Colombia.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“Afterwards, the coffee is fermented aerobically for an additional 25 hours before being fully washed, graded by weight and delivered to dry in African beds, where it is regularly turned until it reaches optimal humidity.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“La Mercedes la Isla lot is very sweet and bright, with notes of plum & lemon, very smooth mouthfeel and clean cup.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.