Colombia | Granja La Esperanza
Tres Dragones Natural
Strawberry, Rum, Dried Blueberry
Colombia | Granja La Esperanza
Tres Dragones Natural
Strawberry, Rum, Dried Blueberry
A cult favorite returns! This vibrant coffee opens with aromas of blueberry, chocolate, and red grape. We found notes of strawberry, dried blueberry, and rum in the cup, with grapefruit acidity balancing strawberry sweetness. The layered finish features cocoa nib and sage.
Producer: Rigoberto Herrera
Farm: Potosí, Café Granja La Esperanza
Region: Valle del Cauca
Altitude: 4,593-6,562 feet | 1,400-2,000 masl
Varietal: Colombia
Process: Natural
Roast: Medium
Notes: Strawberry, Rum, Dried Blueberry
This uniquely flavorful lot has become one of our most anticipated arrivals each year. We pushed the roast development into medium-roast territory to bring out herbal complexity and boozy flavors alongside the inherent bright fruit notes.
From the Herrera brothers at Café Granja La Esperanza:
"This rich and expressive profile resurged from the ashes of our Potosí farm, devastated by a voracious fire, leaving just dust under our shoes. As always in Café Granja La Esperanza, we looked at the bright side of things and that is how we found ourselves in front of an empty space to redesign our entire production facility. We adopted three dragons to help us bring to life, with their fire, one of our most recognized and demanded profiles. The versatility of the dragons showed us new ways of enhancing natural notes in this already beautiful profile, making it richer in taste and intensity."
The coffee cherries are picked manually and rigorously sorted before fermenting for 36 hours under controlled temperature. After fermentation the coffee begins drying in a silo for 48 hours, and is then moved to a solar drying facility for 15 days, until it reaches a moisture content of 11%.