Black Grape, Lime, Hibiscus
$23
La Mina may look just like many of the other small farms scattered across the rolling hills of the celebrated Colombian coffee community of Buesaco, but it is hardly common. The López family's selective cherry harvesting, obsessive selection, and meticulous processing have made La Mina one of the country's most decorated coffee farms, with five winning lots (and counting) at the prestigious Cup of Excellence competition. La Mina is the small farm with the big reputation.
We are excited to feature an exceptional fruit-forward and jammy anaerobic coffee from La Mina this year, a farm we have been sourcing quality coffee from for many years.
We recommend starting with a 1:18 coffee-to-water ratio, which provides an excellent total extraction level and maximizes flavor pulled out of the ground coffee. For our single origin coffees we recommend a pour over method either on a Chemex, V60 or Kalita Wave on a 5 or 6 grind setting if you are ordering from intelligentsia.com.
Recommended Method Pour Over
Intelligentsia coffee buyers travel year-round working with a network of farmers. From the farm, coffee arrives at the roasting works in Chicago, where coffee professionals cup, grade, and release over 50 single-origins and blends annually.
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