Colombia
Ever Armando Imbachi
Buena Vista

Washed process Caturra

Flavour: strawberry, raspberry, toffee

Body: Acidity:

San Agustin, a pre-Colombian civilization that flourishes in the mountains where the Magdalena River is born, is the home to the Imbachi family. Before being a coffee producer, Carlos Imbachi, Ever’s father, worked as a treasure hunter!

He used to look for artefacts left by the native indigenous in San Agustin and sold them to collectors. With the money he earned from doing this, he constructed a house in the vereda La Argentina with his family. In his new house, he started to grow coffee and other farm products.

Since then, Finca Buena Vista has been a perfect example of a family business.

Ever Armando was born and raised in this traditional coffee growing family and ever since he can remember, he has been surrounded by coffee. Ever learned everything he knows about coffee from his father. When he was only 10 years old, Carlos gave a piece of land to each son for them to start producing coffee and continue with the family tradition. Recently, Ever decided to expand this land and purchased 1 additional hectare plot of his father’s farm to continue paving his own path.

Today, Carlos is in charge of managing the farm while Ever and his brother Diego are responsible for the whole post-harvest process. They like to share their knowledge and experiences between them to become better every day.

The quality of life of the Imbachi family has improved significantly since they started producing specialty coffee. They have been able to improve their drying structure and buy a small truck to deliver their coffee to the Caravela warehouse in San Agustin.

Ever feels very proud to be working on improving the quality of the family crop. Being acknowledged and well-known for producing specialty coffee makes him feel proud and motivates him to become better every day. In his free time, when his not working on the farm, he likes to play soccer with his friends.

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Ethical, traceable sourcing

This page has all the sourcing information (variety, process, region, story, importer, and more) that our importers share with us, and give us permission to use.

The transparency helps us talk confidently about the quality and background of our product, and it helps you know exactly what you’re buying.

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Our coffee philosophy
Our business approach

Fresh harvest coffee

We only source and roast coffee from each country’s latest harvest season (so the green coffee is never older than 1 year from the time of picking, processing and packing). This ensures the sensory qualities are always at their peak and unaffected by excessive ageing.

Roasted for espresso and filter (best enjoyed black)

Roast style: omni. Omni roasts are designed to brew and taste great both as espresso and filter. Our omni single origins generally sit on Agtron values in the ~70-60 value range. So, technically, they are somewhere in the lighter side of the medium spectrum.

Designed for espresso and filter brewing. Best enjoyed black.

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Our Loring Kestrel S35 roaster
Our roasting style and approach

Best brewed within days 15-49 post-roast

The ‘fresh is best’ saying doesn’t apply to coffee (contrary to popular belief). Waiting before opening and brewing your bag of whole coffee beans helps develop peak flavour and acidity.

But heads up: if you buy pre-ground coffee, brew it as soon as possible.

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Our recommended brewing window

Try our custom brewing recipes

Our recipes and ratios are tailored to our coffee sourcing and roasting styles, bringing the best flavour and feel out of each coffee.

For pour over, immersion, and other filter brewing styles, check our brew guides.
For our espresso single origins, we recommend a coffee:yield ratio of 1:3:

Dose: 20g ground coffee
Yield: 60g espresso
Total brew time: ~24-28 seconds

This is just a starting point! We encourage you to experiment, taste, and adjust to find the recipe that you enjoy the most.

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Our espresso brew guide (single origin)
Brewing ratio calculator

Packaging and sustainability

Bags: ABA-certified home compostable (AS 5810-2010)
Labels: recyclable
Valves (only on +250g bags): general waste
Box and tape (online orders): recyclable

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Our packaging

Producer: Ever Carlos Imbachi
Country: Colombia
Region: Huila
Altitude: 1800m above sea level
Variety: Caturra
Process: washed
Harvested: February 2020
Importer: Caravela
Body: Medium
Acidity: Balanced
Tasting notes: Strawberry, raspberry, toffee
Roast style: Omni (filter + espresso)

Variety

Caturra variety

Caturra is a natural mutation of Bourbon that was originally discovered in Brazil in 1937, considered to be the first naturally occurring mutation ever discovered.

The location

Coffee from Colombia

Colombia is one of the largest coffee producers in the world and benefits greatly from having one of the most unique and complex set of micro-climates of all coffee producing nations.

Farm processes

Washed process

Machines are used to remove the flesh from the coffee cherry before being fermented in water, washed again, and finally sun dried. This process tends to result in more distinct, cleaner flavours.