Colombia Jardani Ducuara: Sample Coffee Roasters

Colombia
Jardani Ducuara

We find flavours of fanta, raspberry, dried fig

Body Acidity

This coffee comes from nano lot #0100 from Jardani Ducuara’s farm La Reforma, a member of the small Coagrivida cooperative in the town of Planadas, Tolima.

The delicious flavours in this coffee are the result of careful husbandry and unbeatable terroir.

At 2,050 metres above sea level in the small rural neighbourhood of Vista Hermosa, Jardani harvested this 100% Caturra lot in October last year, fermenting it for approximately 24 hours before slowly drying it on raised beds for a further 20 days.

Nano-what?

This is a nanolot of coffee: only 72kg of this coffee was harvested this year, so this is the only chance to try this coffee this year (drink up!).

Almost all our Brew Crew coffees are similar to the concept of single-estate wines: they’re usually beans from a single farmer’s crop. Microlots are smaller still: usually the harvest of a single area of the farm or a particular varietal that the farmer knows is particularly delicious.

Nanolots are even smaller: it’s the smallest amount of coffee that can be sold with full traceability back the farm. Small lots of lower quality are typically mixed at the wetmill to produce a blend.

Planadas, Colombia

Due to recent civil unrest in the environs of Planadas, we have not been able to personally visit Jardani's farm. That said, our export partners visited Planadas early last year in order to begin working with Coagrivida; one harvest and a fly crop later, we are happy to enjoy a fruitful relationship that has resulted in coffees such as Jardani Ducuara's.

Planadas is the southernmost municipality of Tolima. It sits in the eastern slopes of Colombia's central cordillera, above the Magdalena River Valley, and boasts average temperatures of 20º celsius. Much of the coffee farming in this region takes place in partial shade, provided by güamo (ice cream bean trees), nogal cafetero (Spanish Elms) and cacao.

Not far from El Cañón de Las Hermosas, the FARC's famed stronghold, Planadas has unfortunately often founds itself caught in the middle of Colombia's long civil war.

Sourcing and ingredients

100% Caturra coffee beans, provided by Azahar/Silo and roasted by us on Gadigal land / Sydney.

Country grade: Unknown ?

Packaging

Bag: ABA Certified home compostable
Label: Recyclable
Valve (on bags larger than 250g): General waste
Coffee ordered online is shipped in a recyclable cardboard box

Brewing this coffee

We recommend brewing this coffee 15–49 days post-roast. If pre-ground, brew as soon as possible. Our advice on storing coffee.

1:3
dose:yield
ratio

To brew on espresso, we recommend using 20g of beans (dose) to get 60g of espresso out (yield), during 24-28 seconds.

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View the how to brew espresso (single origin) guide.

1:16.7
beans:water
ratio

To brew in infusion/fed brewers (V60, Chemex) use a ratio of 1:16.7 ratio of beans:water.

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View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:14.3
beans:water
ratio

To brew in immersion brewers (plunger, AeroPress, Kalita, batch brewer) we recommend using a 1:14.3 ratio of beans:water

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View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:12
beans:water
ratio

To brew as cold brew we recommend using a 1:12 ratio of beans:water

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Producer: Jardani Ducuara
Country: Colombia
Region: Planadas, Tolima
Altitude: 2050m above sea level
Varietals: Caturra
Process: Washed
Harvested: October 2015
Body: Medium
Acidity: Balanced
Tasting notes: Fanta, raspberry, dried fig
Roast style: Omni

Varietals

Caturra varietal

Caturra is a natural mutation of Bourbon that was originally discovered in Brazil in 1937, considered to be the first naturally occurring mutation ever discovered.

The location

Coffee from Colombia

Colombia is one of the largest coffee producers in the world and benefits greatly from having one of the most unique and complex set of micro-climates of all coffee producing nations.

The Tolima region of Colombia

The word ‘Tolima’ comes from the local indigenous language and means a “river of snow or cloud”.

Farm processes

Washed process

Machines are used to remove the flesh from the coffee cherry before being fermented in water, washed again, and finally sun dried. This process tends to result in more distinct, cleaner flavours.