

Medina Espejo
Medina Espejo is a tiny 2 hectare plot where Mauro Tulcan 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 Tulcan Family
Mauro is a member of the Tulcan family, who have grown coffee outside the village of Medina Espejo for generations. Mauro’s plot was originally part of one of the largest coffee plantations in Buesaco, before being slowly split among siblings over the past half century. Mauro decided to name his small slice of this legacy after the village itself, a tribute to his family’s long history here.

A careful process
This lot is of the Caturra varietal, processed using a honey method. The cherries are first placed in sealed containers for 48 hours, before de-pulping and a second shorter fermentation of 18 hours. The coffee is then dried directly on covered raised beds for 18 days. 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.
