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La Llanada

La Llanada

A Sidra lot by Oscar Oma, grown near San Agustín, with floral and herbal aromas followed by complex fruit character

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Coffee Expression The double fermentation used here leads to a wildly complex example of the Sidra varietal, with complex floral and herbal aromas followed by ripe peach and strawberry in the cup, with a eucalyptus finish.

Producer Oscar Oma recently returned to his family farm, applying his knowledge to take quality to a new level. The Sidra varietal is thought to have originated on an experimental farm in Ecuador, run by Nestle.

Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso

Technical Data

Producer Oscar Oma

Region Huila

Altitude 2000 masl

Varietal Sidra

Process Washed

Harvest September 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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Oscar Oma

Oscar Oma is a fourth generation coffee producer, but spent many years as a veterinary technician before returning to his family farm La Llanada, near San Agustín in Huila. The farm lies on a steep slope, with plots from 1700 masl all the way to 2200 masl, too high to grow coffee traditionally. At these higher reaches of the farm, the native forest has been allowed to remain, while fruit trees are planted among the coffee, aiding in biodiversity and shade. The Sidra varietal grows well in the high altitude conditions of Huila, often resulting in cups with striking body and sweetness, alongside complex fruit notes. 

This particular lot has a character shaped by Oscar’s approach to processing. Following the wave that has crossed Colombia in recent years, especially in Huila, Oscar began to experiment with fermentation and processing.

He experimented with different yeast strains, but found that the differences were less pronounced than he had hoped. His hypothesis was that native yeast and bacterial cultures were too strong and ingrained to be overcome by specific added cultures. It was here he heard about the use of ozone in coffee processing.

Anaerobic Washed Sidra

A popular method of disinfection, especially of water, Oscar used ozone to disinfect his cherries and fermentation vessels before adding specific yeasts, and immediately noticed greater differences in the cup.

This lot is the result of that experimentation.

First, cherries are fermented in sealed tanks for 72 hours, before being disinfected with ozone and placed in sterile tanks with a cultivated saccharomyces yeast for 90 hours. Finally, the coffee is washed and dried on raised beds under canopies. This double fermentation, one wild and one with cultured yeast, allows for a balance between the terroir-driven and more wild process-driven flavours, while the washing ensures a clean and bright profile in the cup. This is a wildly complex example of the Sidra varietal, with complex floral and herbal aromas followed by ripe peach and strawberry in the cup, with a eucalyptus finish.

Huila

Oscar grows coffee near the town of San Agustín in southern Huila, one of the most renowned growing regions in Colombia. Huila’s volcanic soils, undisturbed by the intensive agriculture seen further north, are full of nutrition, and alongside high altitude, lead to excellent conditions for producing high quality coffees. We also see a great number of driven and agile small farmers here, many of whom have family history in coffee, but haven’t necessarily been working on the same large industrialised farms for generations, like we see in more established coffee regions.

This leads to a willingness to experiment, to innovate, and create lots that fulfil ever changing needs in the speciality coffee market. One example of this is Pink Bourbon, said to be a natural mutation discovered in Huila, an exotic varietal that exhibits crisp and clean aromatic character, often with floral and tropical elements.

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