Experimentation and development within the coffee industry isn’t just happening behind the bar; young farmers in Antioquia are changing the attitude towards Antioquia from being a place where commercial grade coffee is grown and into one where specialty can be found. Juan Saldarriaga manages two farms, La Claudina and El Encanto. This Castillo, Caturra offering comes from La Claudina, which sits at 1400 - 1800 masl. Naturally processed, this lot has retained some of the milk chocolateness Antioquia is known for, as well as a creamy round body; but undercutting all that is a grapefruit acidity which elevates this coffee from the world of the nutty choccy bevvies and into the world of the delightful. The complex. The exquisite. Saldarriaga has helped other local farmers to experiment with drying and natural processing, raising the bar not only for quality but also returns on their cherry.

Experimentation and development within the coffee industry isn’t just happening behind the bar; young farmers in Antioquia are changing the attitude towards Antioquia from being a place where commercial grade coffee is grown and into one where specialty can be found. Juan Saldarriaga manages two farms, La Claudina and El Encanto. This Castillo, Caturra offering comes from La Claudina, which sits at 1400 - 1800 masl. Naturally processed, this lot has retained some of the milk chocolateness Antioquia is known for, as well as a creamy round body; but undercutting all that is a grapefruit acidity which elevates this coffee from the world of the nutty choccy bevvies and into the world of the delightful. The complex. The exquisite. Saldarriaga has helped other local farmers to experiment with drying and natural processing, raising the bar not only for quality but also returns on their cherry.