This season’s lot of Colombia, Huila, El Tiple, Pitalito Supremo coffee was sourced from small, family-owned farms throughout the upper elevations of the Huila department. The Supremo classification signifies that the green coffee has a screen size of 17. Larger-sized beans are often correlated with higher quality, although screen size is not the only indicator of coffee quality. Huila is currently the largest producer of coffee in Colombia.

Of all the coffees we’ve roasted over the last two decades, the coffee from this souring region of Huila has been the most consistent in quality, year after year. The intensity of the tasting notes is one reason we have kept it on the roster since we found it. The chocolatey warmth and sweet roasted nuttiness is what you expect from great Colombian coffees, but the intensity of stonefruit flavors is what is out of the ordinary. While we have the body marked as medium on the relative scale of how thin or thick good coffees can be, Colombia Pitalito’s mouthfeel is syrupy, pairing perfectly with the prominent sweetness of the stonefruit. Think tart black cherries and dried plums cooked down with brown sugar and almonds. Then make that a coffee that just grows like that if you treat it well. That’s why its on the menu whenever it is available.

• FLAVOR: chocolate, brown sugar, stone fruit, roasted almond

  BODY: Medium

  ACIDITY: Medium-bright

  PROCESS: Washed

     Tasting Notes:      chocolate, stone fruit, brown sugar, roasted almond