Description
Coffee Flavour : Lemon boiled sweets, Dark chocolate, Tiramisu
El Yalcon is a Colombian speciality coffee produced by 36 small-scale growers in the municipalities of La Plata and Pitalito. These farms range from 1 to 5 hectares and are mostly located at higher altitudes - above 1,500 metres above sea level.
They are also mainly cultivated with traditional varieties such as Caturra.
This year we finally got to visit our partners in Colombia. We spent time in La Plata and Pitalito in the Huila region of Colombia. Here we visited a few producers who contribute to the collective lot that we know as El Yalcon.
One of the farmers we visited was Gloria Isabel Fiesco Garcia at her farm Finca La Reforma. Her farm currently spans 6 hectares, and she is planting a further 3 hectares at the moment. Gloria had had a long history in coffee, having produced coffee for 20 years and learning the ropes from her grandmother when she was a child on the farm. When the coffee leaf rust hit Colombia hard in the 80s, she moved to La Plata and worked as a cook. From there, she met her husband and inherited the farm around a similar time. She’s been there ever since and now has two children.
This coffee has an immediate zippy & sweet acidity of lemon boiled sweets. In the finish, a long dark chocolate note lingers, which in combined with the creamy body reminds us of rich tiramisu.
Farm Information
- Country: Colombia
- Department: Huila
- Municipalities: La Plata and Pitalito
- Producers: 36 small-scale growers
- Altitude: 1,500–1,900 m.a.s.l.
- Variety: Caturra and Colombia
- Processing method: Washed
- Drying method: Sun-dried in greenhouses and on raised beds
Delivery Times : To ensure all coffee is as fresh as you possible can get we do not stock ourselves, Ozone is based on the same estate as ourselves, if you order we will order and pick up, this will delay shipping your order by a day depending on when you order, place an order Thursday 3pm to Monday 3pm will be dispatched Tuesday, Monday 3pm to Tuesday 3pm will be dispatched Wednesday and so on
We offer coffee roasted in different forms that suits your favourite way of making coffee :
Beans - Roasted and ready to be freshly ground by you, for those that like to take their time
Cafetiere / French Press - Fill and sit down ready when you are
Filter / Coarse - For the coffee machine enthusiasts who just need coffee always ready to go
Espresso - Roasted and ground for those that want or need a good punch of coffee
Jug / Coarse - The classic coffee drinker who like to brew up on the stove
