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El Ajial

El Ajial

A washed Caturra grown at high altitude in Buesaco, Nariño, leading to a juicy and dense profile by Luis Alfredo Lopez

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About

Coffee Expression A bright and complex profile with notes of tropical mango, while holding on to the crisp red berry acidity we’ve tasted from so many high altitude Nariño coffees.

Producer Luis Alfredo Lopez grows coffee perched on a steep mountainside in Buesaco, in Colombia’s mountainous Nariño region. Luis’ family have a long history in coffee; he has been influenced by his father and his cousin.

Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso

Technical Data

Producer Luis Alfredo Lopez

Region Nariño

Altitude 2100 masl

Varietal Caturra

Process Washed

Harvest November 2024

Brewing Advice

Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm. 

Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.  

We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.

Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.

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El Ajial

El Ajial is a tiny 3 hectare plot where Luis Alfredo Lopez grows coffee perched on a steep mountainside in Buesaco, in Colombia’s mountainous Nariño region. We have come to appreciate coffees from Nariño over many years, for their dense sweetness and intense, concentrated flavours in the cup, with a high degree of clarity. Incredibly high altitudes, often over 2000 masl, and excellent sun exposure mean sugar-rich, slow-matured coffee cherries, with ample fuel for fermentation and roasting to create complexity and intensity.

The Lopez Family

Luis’ family have grown coffee outside the village of Medina Orjuela for generations. Luis inherited his small plot from his father 20 years ago. His father was his main mentor in coffee, alongside his older cousin Jesus Angel Lopez. They instilled the importance of quality in Luis, aiming for the high prices of the speciality coffee market. Alongside that, Luis tries to maintain the traditional ‘campesino’ lifestyle; keeping a cow on the farm for milk and fertilisation, and growing food crops among the coffee trees, including corn, avocado and nitrogen-fixing legumes.

A careful process

This lot is of the Caturra varietal, processed using a washed method. The cherries are floated for density, before de-pulping. Parchment coffee is then placed in open tanks for 24 hours, before drying on raised beds for 2-3 weeks. This careful fermentation translates the potential of these intensely sweet Nariño cherries into a bright and complex profile, with notes of tropical mango, while holding on to the crisp red berry acidity we’ve tasted from so many high altitude Nariño coffees.

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