Colombia Las Cruces Caturra Chiroso

As a teenager, Yolanda María Gómez ventured away from the coffeelands, moving to the city where she settled into her new life, building a career and starting a family. It was only after her daughter, Julieth, graduated from high school and began working as a coffee cupper that Yolanda felt the pull back to her coffee roots. Inspired by her daughter's passion and knowledge of specialty coffee, Yolanda returned to El Arenal in San Pedro de Cartago, Nariño, to farm on Las Cruces, a one-hectare plot of land she inherited from her mother. With the combined knowledge of three generations of women in coffee, Yolanda began renovating Las Cruces, planting coffee varieties known for their high cup quality that would benefit from the farm's high elevation.

This lot is a selection from Caturra Chiroso plants that Yolanda planted on Las Cruces just four years ago, making this one of the first harvests these plants will produce. Though the exact origins and genetic makeup of Caturra Chiroso remain undefined, the variety is named for its resemblance to short, compact Caturra plants — yet its cup profile evokes notes more often found in heirloom Ethiopian varieties.