This coffee comes to us from a single farmer, Ema Ordoñez. Her farm, La Piedra (The Stone) is located in the highlands of Tablón de Gómez. Nestled between the Amazonas and Andes geographical regions of Colombia in the Aponte region of Nariño, the area offers one of our favorite coffee growing microclimates.
Ema cultivates just 5,000 trees, primarily those of the Caturra and Colombia varieties. At a stunning 2,100 meters above sea level, the cherries are able to mature more slowly, concentrating their sugars as the crop ripens. When conditions like this are paired with the skill and attention of a farmer like Ema, you get coffee that is bursting with sweetness and complexity.
This is our third year buying coffee from Ema, and this year’s harvest has us smacking our lips. The extended contact time between the coffee fruit and the seeds in this honey process lot offers up an amazingly sweet and fruited expression of Colombian coffee.
Ema cultivates just 5,000 trees, primarily those of the Caturra and Colombia varieties. At a stunning 2,100 meters above sea level, the cherries are able to mature more slowly, concentrating their sugars as the crop ripens. When conditions like this are paired with the skill and attention of a farmer like Ema, you get coffee that is bursting with sweetness and complexity.
This is our third year buying coffee from Ema, and this year’s harvest has us smacking our lips. The extended contact time between the coffee fruit and the seeds in this honey process lot offers up an amazingly sweet and fruited expression of Colombian coffee.
Tasting Notes: Cranberry, Apple & Blood Orange
