Vertical Colombia Serranía del Perijá

RECOMMENDED PREPARATIONS: Filter (V60, Melitta, Kalita, Machines), French Press, AeroPress, Cold Brew

We love this filter coffee for its easy drinkability while surprising us again and again with its different layers of sweetness and fruitiness. Think of caramel and red apple first, then punchy prunes and sweet molasses!

While the flavors in the cup are its mainstay, this coffee does more. It is part of the Women’s Power Project by the Asociación de Mujeres Cafeteras Plan Mil which works towards replacing illegal crops like coca and empowers women to gain ownership of their own farms. In addition to growing and selling specialty coffee, the women of the association also produce and market blackberries, plantains, bananas, pumpkins, cassava, beans, corn and yams.

ROASTED FOR: filter preparation

ORIGIN: Colombia

REGION: Manaure Balcón del Cesar

PRODUCER: Members of Asociación de Mujeres Cafeteras Plan Mil

VARIETALS: Caturra, Castillo

ALTITUDE: 1620M

PROCESSING: fully washed

CUPPING NOTES: caramel, red apple, punchy prunes, molasses, medium body

SIZE: 250 g / 1 kg

OUR PREFERRED EXTRACTION (AeroPress): 17g Coffee (medium grind) - 270g Water (at 100°C) - Regular Method. Bloom with 30g of water for 45sec, then add the remaining water in one go, stir gently and ‘close’ the AeroPress with the plunger to prevent water dripping through. Steep until 2min 30sec and press the coffee through in approx. 30sec.

Vertical Coffee Roasters

Country: Switzerland

PROUDLY ROASTING COFFEE WITH ALTITUDE SINCE 2010 *

* We started out as summiteer coffee

but for everyone's better understanding changed our name to Vertical Coffee Roasters in 2017

The focus of our roastery is on working only with Specialty Coffee: That means top cup quality and clear aroma profiles, partnerships at eye level as well as socially, ecologically and economically sustainable practices and transparency along the value chain.

In order to highlight the great work done at origin, we roast these exceptional coffees in our signature clean and light roasting style.

We only process specialty coffee, i.e. green coffee from the top quality segment . This is characterized by clear aroma profiles, partnership-based trade, transparency and traceability as well as socially, ecologically and economically sustainable cultivation and processing.

So that the outstanding work of the producers is reflected in the cup, we roast the coffee with our clean and light roasting style, which extracts the maximum of aromas from the beans.