The Dark Floral Colombian

Cattleya Excelso comes from the Eastern Colombian Andes, within the Cundiboyacense plateau, not far from Colombia's capital city of Bogotá. The mountainsides are rich with emeralds and fossils — go back far enough, and it was an immense prehistoric lake. Between 600 and 1600 CE, the precolombian Muisca civilization flourished here, and incoming Spanish explorers pinned their hopes of finding El Dorado in one of its deep, fertile valleys. The unique páramo ecosystem (tropical alpine moorland) creates a hotbed of biodiversity, making it an agricultural paradise. This lot was grown between 1200 and 2000 meters, from hundreds of small farmers who pool their coffee for processing. One of the special things about this coffee is that it's a "single origin blend", meaning coffee sourced from microclimates all over the region. This balances out the profile, creating a consistently clean, fruity, and complex cup that varies little from year to year.

Colombia Cattleya Excelso was hand-selected by Fundamental Coffee Co., a prominent Seattle roaster and importer dedicated to the art of dark roasted coffee. It’s a rare treat to enjoy a single origin coffee with a more developed roast profile, especially one as complex and juicy as Cattleya. One sip, and you'll fall in love with its bold, aromatic profile of rich chocolate, syrupy tropical fruit, springtime florals, and sweet toasted sugars. Reserve your bag of Fundamental's new Colombia Cattleya Excelso, and enjoy your trip to the "dark side" of single origin, specialty coffee.