POPAYAN
coffee details
Coffee Type: Whole Bean Coffee
Taste Notes: Banoffee, Vanilla, Pecan
Process: Washed
Variety: Castillo, Caturra
Farm: Popayan Reserve
Roast Profile: Medium - Dark
Origin: Meseta de Popayan, Cauca
Altitude: 1700 MaSL
Roast days & orders
Next Roast Dates: All coffee sent will be within five days of roast date.
Orders: All orders placed will be shipped the next day (excluding Sunday) if there is inventory; otherwise, your order will go out on our next roast day each Saturday.
Roast & Flavour profiles
Roast Profile
Medium- Dark Roast
A balanced roast designed to preserve Popayán’s natural brightness while developing its rich sweetness and full body. A measured development brings forward creamy caramelised flavours without overpowering the coffee’s clean washed character.
A smooth, comforting cup with flavours of banoffee, vanilla and pecan. Expect ripe banana and caramel-like sweetness, softened by creamy vanilla and rounded off with a delicate roasted-nut character.
Cup Profile
- Body: Full, smooth and creamy
- Acidity: Bright, balanced and gently lively
- Sweetness: High, with caramel and vanilla richness
- Finish: Clean, lingering and softly nutty
Best Brewing Methods
- Espresso: Produces a full-bodied, sweet shot with excellent brightness and a creamy finish.
- AeroPress: Highlights the banoffee sweetness while maintaining balance and body.
- Pour-over: Brings greater clarity to the vanilla, fruit and delicate pecan notes.
- French press: Enhances the coffee’s full body, rich sweetness and rounded nutty character.
Description
The Meseta de Popayan is sheltered by the Andes mountain range which helps generate homogeneous climatic and altitudinal characteristics - the topography is perfect to grow exceptional coffee! The result is a balanced cup profile with a full body.
The farmers in this region focus on quality when harvesting, resulting in an excellently bright espresso.