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Aponte Washed

Aponte Washed

A classic Nariño Caturra with floral aromatics, red berries, apple and panela sweetness, and bright malic acidity.

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Coffee Expression Floral aromatics of molasses and vanilla give way to red fruit, crisp apple, and caramel sweetness, supported by bright malic acidity and a round, structured body.

Producer Produced by smallholder farmers in Aponte who cultivate traditional varieties such as Caturra on steep mountain slopes, where cool temperatures and volcanic soils contribute to the coffee’s vibrant acidity and layered sweetness.

Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso

Technical Data

Producer Aponte Community

Region Nariño

Altitude 2150 masl

Varietal Caturra

Process Washed

Harvest April-May 2026

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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Aponte

This coffee is grown by many smallholders who live in the Resguardo Inga Aponte, and area long home to the Inga indigenous community. A combination of very high altitudes, over 2000masl and ash from the Galeras Volcano makes an extremely complex and sweet coffee.

Nariño

Aponte is the name of an Inga community high in the mountains of Nariño. This community pre-dates the Spanish conquest and goes back to the days of the Inca. During the conquest they were able to remain largely isolated in their mountain refuge and it wasnt until the later half of the 19th century that they started to integrate into Colombian life. However in the 90’s the community was ravaged by criminal enterprise. Drug traffickers and guerrilla paramilitaries flocked to the remote area, and the Inga people were brutalized and forced into the cultivation of poppies and coca for drug production.

Caturra

It is only in the last 10 years that the scourge of illegal drug production has been eradicated from the region and cultivation of coffee has come to replace the drug trade. Caturra in particular was planted here. At the time Caturra was the dominant varietal in Colombia, however in the last decade production of Caturra has significantly decreased as farmers replaced Caturra with rust resistant varietals like Castillo and Colombia.

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