ColombiaNESTOR LASSO | COLOMBIA MOSTO FERMENTATION NATURAL OMBLIGON
Cherry Liquor · marshmallow · chocolate
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What Ripsnorter says about this coffee
Producer: Nestor Lasso Farm: Finca El Diviso Origin: Colombia Region: Bruselas, Pitalito - Huila Varietal: Ombligon Process: Natural Fermentation: Mosto Fermentation Altitude: 1550 to 1800 masl Tasting Notes: Cherry Liquor, marshmallow, chocolate
Ombligon is a rare Ethiopian landrace that has found an incredible expression at Finca El Diviso. Its name comes from ombligo, Spanish for belly button, referring to the distinctive shape of the cherry. Nestor Lasso's Ombligon has become particularly renowned through its appearances on some of the world's biggest coffee competition stages.
At El Diviso, Nestor has built a reputation for combining unusual varieties with highly controlled fermentation. Rather than processing simply for intensity, each stage is designed to develop sweetness, fruit and complexity while keeping enough clarity for the character of the variety to come through.
For this lot, perfectly ripe cherries undergo a complex multi stage fermentation. The coffee spends 24 hours anaerobically fermenting at 16 to 18°C, followed by a second 12 hour anaerobic fermentation in a temperature controlled BioMaster tank.
The final stage sees the cherries submerged for 36 hours at…
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What the roaster says about where it came from
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How it sits among coffee from Colombia
Ripsnorter describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, chocolate. 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.
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Altitude, highest
…altitude: 1550 to 1800 masl… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Altitude, lowest
…altitude: 1550 to 1800 masl… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Tasting notes
…tasting notes: Cherry Liquor, marshmallow, chocolate… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
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