Colombia — Alvaro Noguera Brisa Eterna Caturra (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍋 Pink Lemonade • 🫐 Mixed Berries • 🍊 Grapefruit

DETAILS

• Producer: Alvaro Noguera

• Farm: Brisa Eterna

• Region: La Cocha, Funes, Nariño, Colombia

• Varietal: Caturra

• Process: Washed

• Altitude: 2000m

• Size: 4oz (114g) / 8oz (227g) / 2lbs (907g) / 5lbs (2270g)

INTRO

This washed Caturra from Brisa Eterna is driven by pink-lemonade acidity, mixed-berry sweetness, and a grapefruit finish. The cup is clean and juicy, with clear flavour separation and a crisp citrus structure that remains present through the finish.

THE PRODUCER

Alvaro Noguera owns Brisa Eterna in the village of La Cocha, within the municipality of Funes, Nariño. An agricultural manager and native of San Juan de Pasto, Alvaro is part of a family coffee project that began in 1998, when his parents purchased the property, moved to the farm, and began growing coffee.

Brisa Eterna has five hectares planted with coffee at 2000 masl. The farm's volcanic soils are rich in organic matter, whilst narrow canyons channel warm winds through the surrounding landscape—the feature that gave Brisa Eterna its name. This high-elevation setting provides the context for a precise, fruit-forward expression of Caturra.

THE PROCESS

The Washed process at Brisa Eterna involves:

• 🍒 Hand-Picking — Picked at optimal ripeness

• 👁️ Manual Sorting — Sorted by colour and separated by density through flotation on day of harvest

• 🧪 First Fermentation — 24 hours whole cherry in 200-litre plastic tanks, dark and oxygen-restricted

• 🔧 De-Pulping — Mechanically depulped without water

• 🧪 Second Fermentation — 18–24 hours with dry mucilage attached, again dark and oxygen-restricted

• 🚿 Washing — Washed with potable water

• ☀️ Sun Drying — Approximately 18 days on panels

These added whole-cherry and mucilage fermentation stages help the coffee develop vivid fruit expression whilst retaining the clarity associated with a washed process.

THE CUP

Pink-lemonade acidity leads the cup, layered with mixed-berry sweetness and a crisp grapefruit finish. The cup is clean and juicy, with clear flavour separation and a citrus structure that remains present through to the finish—a precise, fruit-forward expression of Caturra shaped by the volcanic soils and warm canyon winds of Brisa Eterna.

Flavour Notes

• 🍋 Pink Lemonade

• 🫐 Mixed Berries

• 🍊 Grapefruit