Bruselito #3, Colombia

Bruselas + Pitalito = Bruselito

Last year we sampled excellent community microlots from both the Bruselas and Pitalito regions, and although we bought the Pitalito batch, we felt as though they had a harmonious set of tasting notes.  The Pitalito was bright and fruity, where the Bruselas was round, deep and chocolatey.  Well, imagine our surprise when discussing this with our friends at Nordic Approach who have been working on a project to bring these two together!  The result is a beautifully well-rounded coffee that has all the hallmarks of a brilliant Colombian microlot, scoring a lofty 87/100 points.

Smallholders and cooperatives

Bruselito is a community coffee from the towns of Bruselas and Pitalito, in the Laboyos Valley to the south of Huila, southwest Colombia.  Like much of the coffee that comes from Colombia, many of the coffee farmers will band together to produce and sell their lots of coffee, similar to what you might find in areas of Ethiopia.  The valley is surrounded by coffee trees with incredible fruit born from the volcanic soil.

The Huila region and Pitalito in particular have had successful entries in the Cup of Excellence competition in previous years, probably thanks to its decent elevation of 1600-1900 metres above sea level.

Can you taste it?

There is a delicately slight floral on the nose, it’s juicy with a lemon tang upfront, round, with heaps of chocolate thrown in.

Our recommendation

This is a perfect candidate for multi-use brewing and is at home equally on filter as it is on espresso.  For espresso orders, we’ll push the roast a tad to smooth out the acidity and increase body and sweetness.

Our picks for this either the french press/cafetiere or as the espresso base for your milk drinks.

Remember that this coffee is roasted to order as a fresh product — we recommend that you drink it within 2 weeks, 4 weeks at most from the roasting date, or the coffee will be far from its best!