Colombia
Manuel Antonio Agudelo

The extended fermentation on this washed coffee gives it a lot of added depth and sweetness. We’ve found it has a plum and cola acidity, with a juicy orange marmalade body.

Washed with extended fermentation process Caturra

Flavour: orange marmalade, cola, plum

Body: Acidity:

Roast: omni (filter + espresso)

Tucked away in the south of Tolima lies Herrera, a scenic municipality full of amazing producers and coffees. Here, Manuel Antonio lives with his wife Nelida and two children. The farm is named La Esperanza, a name given by the previous owner, but for Manuel Antonio, it signifies hope for moving forward and fulfilling all the objectives he has with the farm. Manuel Antonio has been involved with coffee for almost his entire life.

Since childhood, he remembers helping with coffee-related activities and eventually worked as a cherry picker, progressing to manage farms dedicated to coffee production. Finally, he was able to purchase his own farm to start his coffee production. When Manuel bought the farm, he moved there with his wife and two children to a humble house already built on the land. Initially, they grew crops of beans and corn to subsist while waiting to establish coffee production, which required significant sacrifice and effort. In 2017, he began aiming for high-quality coffees at his farm, and since then, he has been involved in the specialty coffee scene. One of his motivations for producing specialty coffee has been the price, but also the desire to produce coffee with the best physical characteristics and sensory attributes. Manuel is proud of what he has achieved and feels proud of his farm, its optimal climatic conditions for coffee production, its soil, water sources, and the rest. He takes pride in what he has accomplished through effort and hard work.

Manuel starts the process for his coffee with a selective picking of ripe cherries, which ensures a better quality in the cup. The cherries are taken to the wet mill at the farm, where they are pulped the same day and then fermented in traditional tanks for a period of 36 hours without water. Subsequently, the coffee is floated to clean it and washed twice. Then, the coffee is taken to the drying area, which is a rooftop patio with a retractable roof called Casa Elba in Colombia. Here, it will take from 12 to 15 days, but if the climate has been cold and rainy, Manuel dries the coffee in a mechanical dryer, making sure to maintain a temperature between 38°C and 40°C.

Sourcing and ingredients

100% Caturra coffee beans, provided by Caravela and roasted by us on Gadigal land / Sydney.

Country grade: Unknown ?

Packaging

Bag: ABA Certified home compostable
Label: Recyclable
Valve (on bags larger than 250g): General waste
Coffee ordered online is shipped in a recyclable cardboard box

Brewing this coffee

We recommend brewing this coffee 15–49 days post-roast. If pre-ground, brew as soon as possible. Our advice on storing coffee.

1:3
dose:yield
ratio

To brew on espresso, we recommend using 20g of beans (dose) to get 60g of espresso out (yield), during 24-28 seconds.

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1:16.7
beans:water
ratio

To brew in infusion/fed brewers (V60, Chemex) use a ratio of 1:16.7 ratio of beans:water.

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g water

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1:14.3
beans:water
ratio

To brew in immersion brewers (plunger, AeroPress, Kalita, batch brewer) we recommend using a 1:14.3 ratio of beans:water

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g water

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1:12
beans:water
ratio

To brew as cold brew we recommend using a 1:12 ratio of beans:water

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g water

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Producer: Manuel Antonio Agudelo Restrepo
Farm/Coop: La Esperanza
Country: Colombia
Region: Tolima
Altitude: 1650m above sea level
Varietals: Caturra
Process: washed with extended fermentation
Body
Acidity
Tasting notes: Orange marmalade, cola, plum
Roast style: Omni (filter + espresso)

Varietals

Caturra varietal

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 With Extended Fermentation 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.