Cloud Factory - Colombia - Natural Castillo, Colombia Filter & Espresso

Flavor: Funky, banana, grapes

Cupping score: 87

Origin: Colombia

Region: Tolima

Producer: NASA WE'SX 

Varietal: Castillo, Colombia

Process: Natural 

Altitude: 1700-2000 MASL

Roasted for: Filter & Espresso - Light roast 

ABOUT

Originating in the Planadas and Gaitania terroirs in the south of the Tolima region, this coffee is grown in a high-altitude area often covered by clouds. Its name derives from this particularity since "Fábrica" comes from "Cloud Factory." The coffee is produced from varieties such as bourbon, typica, caturra, castillo and colombia variety - which is very rare today. 

After being picked, sorted by floatation and then by hand, the coffee is fermented (in an anaerobic environment) for 36 hours into cherries. It then dries for 1 to 2 days on raised beds. Finally, it is dried in mechanical dryers for 48 to 72 hours.

This coffee is produced in two cooperatives of indigenous coffee growers by more than 240 families in the community of NASA WE'SX in the Planadas and Gaitania areas. Each family owns around 2 to 4 hectares. These areas are protected lands for these native peoples, with over 6,000 trees per hectare. Today, they are the guardians of one of Colombia's largest nature reserves.