Ethiopia

Pitalito, Colombia

with a little marmalade · Berry · caramel

Citrus Fruity Caramel and sweetFor espresso

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How it sits among coffee from Ethiopia

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Ethiopia: 539 of 857 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Long & Short Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, citrus. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Ethiopia; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Ethiopia, Colombia

Region

Huila

Variety

Castillo, Caturra

Altitude

1600 to 1900 m

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, process, 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

Acidity

“You’ll find medium acidity, medium body — an all-rounder.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, highest

“The Huila region and Pitalito in particular have had successful entries in the Cup of Excellence competition in previous years, probably thanks to its decent elevation of 1600-1900 metres above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

Body

“You’ll find medium acidity, medium body — an all-rounder.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“Growers from the region have maintained a tradition of planting mainly the Caturra varietal here, making up around 50% of this batch, alongside the more modern and robust Castillo cultivar at 30% and lastly the Colombia varietal at 18%.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Direct trade

“The coffee is purchased from SKN Caribecafe (via IAC), a Colombian coffee distributor based in Bogota that operates on a direct trade basis with the farmers, and work with them on a quality basis to pay solid prices in return for a higher quality yield.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“Berry and caramel are the key contributing notes with a little marmalade in the finish.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Like much of the coffee that comes from Colombia, many of the coffee farmers will band together to produce and sell their lots of coffee, similar to what you might find in areas of Ethiopia.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“Smallholders and cooperatives Pitalito is a community coffee from Pitalito town in the Laboyos Valley to the south of Huila, southwest Colombia.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Cup score

“Although it still fell short by a point, this coffee at 84 points represents great value for money, is flexible across filter and espresso and has traceability, most importantly!” 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.