No.04 Colombia

Medium Roast · Single Origin · Colombia · Washed

Tasting notes  Citrus · Red apple · Caramel

Coffee with a proper backstory.

This one comes from 1,325 small farmers spread across the foothills of the Colombian Andes in Planadas, South Tolima. Grown at up to 2,050m, organically, by people who've been doing this for generations. The region has had a complicated history, but the coffee it produces is anything but complicated.

The place

Planadas sits at the southern tip of Tolima, where volcanic soils, cool temperatures, and serious altitude conspire to produce something worth paying attention to. Castillo, Caturra, and Colombia varieties, grown by farming families organised into 25 groups. Community-scale production that punches well above its weight.

The process

Fully washed and dried slowly in parabolic greenhouses for up to 18 days, depending on conditions. The result is a clean, structured cup with the kind of clarity that makes washed Colombians so reliable. No surprises, no off notes, just good coffee doing its thing.

In the cup

Bright, clean, and well-balanced. The kind of coffee that works whether you're pulling a morning espresso or running it through a filter. Easy to dial in, hard to mess up.

Fun fact: commercial coffee cultivation in Colombia was allegedly kickstarted by a priest who assigned planting coffee as penance. Genuinely one of the better origin stories in the industry.