David Berrio La Casita Curtain Call Washed Chiroso | Colombia

Colombia — David Berrio La Casita "Curtain Call" Chiroso (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍑 Nectarine • 🍈 Passion Fruit • 🌼 Honeysuckle

DETAILS

• Producer: David Berrio
• Farm: La Casita
• Region: Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia
• Varietal: Chiroso
• Process: Washed (cochadas fermentation)
• Altitude: 2,100 masl
• Harvest: August 2026
• Farm Gate: 4.5MM COP/Carga (~$14.38/kg) | FOB: $16.58/kg | DDP: $19.88/kg

INTRO
This is the latest in the year SEY has ever received a harvest delivery from Urrao, and it comes from David Berrio. The quality has matched the occasion. In the cup: nectarine, passion fruit, and honeysuckle.

THE PRODUCER
David Berrio's farm, La Casita, is the most remote site SEY works with in Urrao. At 1.5 hectares (about 3.7 acres), it is more a garden than a farm, perched at extreme elevation and producing some of the most dynamic and expressive examples of Chiroso SEY tastes each year. Urrao remains difficult to access, and SEY has found a way in via an avocado transport plane.

Chiroso is a new variety grown primarily in Antioquia, genetically identified as an Ethiopian landrace, though where and how it came to be cultivated in Urrao remains unknown. SEY has built a buying programme in Urrao around it, with its exporting partner The Coffee Quest.

THE PROCESS
The Washed process for this lot involves:

🍒 Hand-picking — cherries picked at peak ripeness
💧 Floating — floated to further remove defects
🌙 In-cherry hold — held in-cherry for 24 hours
🐴 Transport — by horse to the main road, then by car to the house and mill
🌱 De-pulping — cherries de-pulped
🛢️ Cochadas fermentation — fermented underwater in stainless steel tanks, with coffee added to the tank throughout the week and washed together on Monday
☀️ Drying — until moisture reaches 10.5%

THE CUP
Dynamic and expressive: nectarine and passion fruit lead, with a honeysuckle finish.

Flavour Notes
🍑 Nectarine 🍈 Passion Fruit 🌼 Honeysuckle