Carlos Alberto Ulchur
Floral, balanced and complex, with medium body, citrus acidity and notes of dark chocolate, berries, red apple, and baking spices.
This coffee was produced and processed by Carlos Alberto Ulchur, a small coffee producer who is a member of the ASORCAFE—Inzá, Cauca producer group. Produced at 1,900 metres above sea level, this very special 25-carton lot was separated out as a micro-lot due to its unique and exceptional cup profile.
Carlos Alberto Ulchur has a small five-hectare farm called Las Brisas located in the municipality of Inzá, which sits corner of the Department of Cauca, looking out to the west over the Pacific Ocean. Situated on the ‘Macizo Colombiano’ (the Colombian Plateau) that surrounds the high peaks of Tolima and Huila, the region is an important source of water and wildlife, in addition to being prime coffee-growing land.
Carlos is a member of ASORCAFE (Asociación de Productores de Café del Oriente Caucano) which represents, in total, around 450 producers. This specific lot, however, was selected specifically from Ulchur’s production and kept seperate. With a pretty floral aroma, dark chocolate and berries up front, accompanied by a juicy mouthfeel and bright citrus acidity, this coffee got us excited and is a great showcase for what this remote and often overlooked region of Colombia has to offer.
ABOUT ASORCAFE
The ASORCAFE association of coffee growers was founded in 2004 by 10 coffee growers with an entrepreneurial spirit who were tired of private parchment buyers paying them below national prices. The region’s violent past, with a heavy presence of FARC guerrillas, had historically prevented the FNC (Colombia’s excellent national coffee board) and specialty-focused buyers from accessing coffee in the region. In recent years, as violence has diminished, growers in the region have been able to seek increased access to markets for quality, not only taking advantage of the region’s wonderful coffee-growing conditions but also the economic resources that nearby tourist destinations bring (for instance, the World Heritage Site Parque Nacional Arqueológico de Tierradentro).
We feel incredibly lucky to represent this coffee for the first time, and are very excited to share it with you!
