COLOMBIA LUCITANIA #589

Curator's Notes

We love the coffee fairytale of Silvio, the Nariño grower who takes pride in maintaining each of his trees by hand. This is an energetic, dynamic light roast, with flavors that swing between dusky tea and juicy citrus, and a finish like a touch of raw sugar dissolving on the tip of your tongue. It’s “Lucy” in the sky... with coffee!

Roaster's Notes

Coffee farms don't get scrappier than Lucitania, or more personal. In the municipality of Florida in Nariño, Servio Chincha grows coffee on 4 hectares of steep hillside land. Of the farmers we visited and purchased from this year, Servio stood out because of how personally he grew his crop. He told us that apart from harvesting, he is the only one that touches his plants. He mulches each coffee shrub every year, trims them back on a schedule, planted the shade trees that hovered over us, fertilized each plant scoop by scoop. His mission is pure: to produce a perfect crop. He is one of the many farmers we met that proved it doesn't take riches or an army to produce an excellent product, it just takes heart.