XLIII Coffee - CGLE #00306 Potosi Washed Sidra | Colombia

Colombia — Café Granja La Esperanza Potosi Sidra (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍏 Green Apple • 🍈 Sapodilla • 🌼 White Flowers

DETAILS

• Producer: Café Granja La Esperanza
• Farm: Potosi
• Region: Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
• Varietal: Sidra
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 1,400–1,860 masl

INTRO From Café Granja La Esperanza's original Potosí farm in Caicedonia, Valle del Cauca — a lot that highlights the estate's pioneering spirit in varietal hybridisation, delivering a distinctly tropical profile. Green apple and sapodilla sweetness sit alongside a lifted white floral note, shaped by careful washed processing and the farm's unique microclimate. In the cup: green apple, sapodilla, and white flowers.

THE PRODUCER Café Granja La Esperanza began in 1945 with the Potosí farm in Valle del Cauca, originally cultivating Yellow Bourbon, Red Bourbon, and Caturra. A sustainable development orientation, a spirit of constant innovation, and a love of coffee have shaped the estate's path ever since — expanding into organic specialty coffee across successive farms like Las Margaritas and La Esperanza, while Potosí itself remains home to some of the operation's most exploratory varietal work, including this Sidra.

THE PROCESS This lot is Washed, a method that removes the fruit before fermentation and drying — allowing Sidra's naturally tropical, floral character to come through with clarity, built on the meticulous processing and distinctive microclimate of the Potosí farm.

THE CUP Hot, it opens with jasmine, custard apple, and sapodilla. Warming, melon, mangosteen, and green apple emerge. As it cools, green apple, apricot, and white flowers come through, finishing with a lingering honey and white floral note. The acidity is refreshing and malic, like mangosteen; the sweetness high and dense, like sapodilla; and the mouthfeel medium and juicy, like melon.

Flavour Notes 🍏 Green Apple 🍈 Sapodilla 🌼 White Flowers