Colombia & Ethiopia — The Naughty Dog Unicorn Blend #15 Ombligon & Heirloom (Natural / Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍒 Cherry Maoam • 🍦 Vanilla Ice Cream • 🍫 Milk Chocolate

DETAILS

• Roaster: The Naughty Dog
• Components: El Diviso, Colombia — Ombligon (Natural) / Taferi Kela, Ethiopia — Heirloom (Washed)
• Process: Natural (Colombia) / Washed (Ethiopia)
• Roast: Filter

INTRO

The fifteenth chapter of The Naughty Dog's beloved Unicorn Blend series — a sweet, higher-acidity filter coffee built on two contrasting origins and two contrasting processes. Ombligon natural from El Diviso in Colombia brings rich fruit sweetness and body; washed Heirloom from Taferi Kela in Ethiopia brings freshness, clarity, and lift. Together they deliver something joyful and layered. In the cup: cherry Maoam, vanilla ice cream, and milk chocolate.

THE COMPONENTS

The blend draws on two distinct origins and two contrasting processing philosophies. From El Diviso in Colombia, a naturally processed Ombligon — a variety closely related to the Ethiopian Landrace group, prized for its syrupy sweetness and vivid candy-like fruit character. From Taferi Kela in Sidamo, Ethiopia, a traditionally washed Heirloom lot — processed to emphasise clarity, freshness, and the natural floral nuances for which Ethiopian coffee is celebrated.

The Ombligon natural grounds the cup with rich cherry and confectionary sweetness while the washed Ethiopian lifts it with brightness and acidity — a deliberate contrast that produces the higher acidity and sweet, creamy complexity that define this blend.

THE PROCESS

🇨🇴 Colombia — El Diviso (Natural) 🍒 Hand-picking — Ombligon cherries harvested at peak ripeness ☀️ Whole-fruit drying — Cherries dried with fruit intact, building intense sweetness and body

🇪🇹 Ethiopia — Taferi Kela, Sidamo (Washed) 🍒 Hand-picking — Heirloom cherries selectively harvested 🔧 Pulping — Outer skin removed before fermentation 💧 Washed fermentation — Fermented in water and thoroughly washed to emphasise clarity and freshness ☀️ Drying — Dried to optimal moisture content on raised beds

The contrast between the two methods is the defining idea — the Ombligon natural builds the cherry candy sweetness and creamy body, while the washed Ethiopian sharpens the acidity and brings the clean, refreshing finish that keeps the blend lively and well-defined.

THE CUP

A sweet, creamy, and vivaciously acidic filter blend from one of the Czech Republic's most characterful roasters — cherry Maoam candy up front, giving way to vanilla ice cream creaminess and a warm milk chocolate finish. Joyful, layered, and unmistakably Naughty Dog.

Flavour Notes

🍒 Cherry Maoam 🍦 Vanilla Ice Cream 🍫 Milk Chocolate