Colombia Finca Villa Betulia Honey 2023

Villa Betulia Micro-lot Coffee

Coffee is what excites Luis Calderon most, which is why he is so dedicated to preserving his father’s legacy of quality coffee production. This tradition is now being passed to Luis’ son, Yeison, who is taking up the mantle of managing the estate alongside his father. Villa Betulia sits high in the mountains of Huila at 1550 masl. On the idyllic farm over 20 coffee varieties flourish, many of them highly sought-after, temperamental plants, like geisha and pink bourbon.

Quality and variety are strong themes at Villa Betulia, and this double-fermentation honey-processed green coffee is an ode to both. First, ripe cherries were floated to remove any defects and fermented anaerobically for 50 hours. Then the coffee was depulped and fermented for another 50 hours in closed plastic containers with a proprietary blend of spices to help fuel the process. After the double fermentation, the beans were dried in the sun for 10 days with close attention paid to controlling Brix degrees, temperature, and pH.

The Huila region is always a favorite when it comes to Colombian raw coffee beans. In addition to high-quality – often award-winning – coffee, Huila is also celebrated for its distinct cup profiles that feature bright acidity, sweetness, and fragrant aroma. As Colombia's largest specialty coffee-producing department, Huila’s nutrient-rich volcanic soil bears highly anticipated coffee each year for the global market.

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Colombia boasts an extraordinary array of microclimates that all lend themselves to an incredible variety of high-quality coffees. The country traditionally produces washed green coffee, with individual farms conducting their own primary processes of pulping and drying coffee cherries at the farm level. Read more in our Colombia Origin Report.