STORY TIME - CECILIA HOYAS | COLOMBIA
A versatile coffee that shines as a comforting daily brew, equally at home as espresso or paired with milk.
Expect a sweet, balanced, and approachable profile:
- Notes of caramel and chocolate honeycomb
- Gentle fruit sweetness
- Soft, rounded acidity
A versatile coffee that shines as a comforting daily brew, equally at home as espresso or paired with milk.
El Carmen Community, Pitalito, Huila, Colombia
Cecilia Hoyos is a smallholder coffee producer from the El Carmen community in Pitalito, Huila, one of Colombia’s most celebrated coffee-growing regions. Like many farmers in the area, Cecilia typically contributes her harvest to community lots. However, exceptional coffees are carefully identified and separated, this lot being one of them, selected for its outstanding quality.
Her work represents a broader movement within Colombian coffee: a shift from anonymous, bulk production toward traceable, higher-value coffees. As a woman producer, Cecilia is also part of a growing number of female farmers gaining recognition in an industry where they have historically been underrepresented.
Community & Craft
In El Carmen, producers work collaboratively to improve both quality and sustainability. Shared infrastructure, such as raised drying beds and quality control facilities allows farmers to refine their processing techniques and achieve consistent, high standards.
Ripe cherries are hand-picked, washed, and slowly dried on raised beds. This careful approach preserves clarity and enhances the bright, high-altitude character that Huila coffees are known for.
Expect a sweet, balanced, and approachable profile:
- Notes of caramel and chocolate honeycomb
- Gentle fruit sweetness
- Soft, rounded acidity
A versatile coffee that shines as a comforting daily brew, equally at home as espresso or paired with milk.
El Carmen Community, Pitalito, Huila, Colombia
Cecilia Hoyos is a smallholder coffee producer from the El Carmen community in Pitalito, Huila, one of Colombia’s most celebrated coffee-growing regions. Like many farmers in the area, Cecilia typically contributes her harvest to community lots. However, exceptional coffees are carefully identified and separated, this lot being one of them, selected for its outstanding quality.
Her work represents a broader movement within Colombian coffee: a shift from anonymous, bulk production toward traceable, higher-value coffees. As a woman producer, Cecilia is also part of a growing number of female farmers gaining recognition in an industry where they have historically been underrepresented.
Community & Craft
In El Carmen, producers work collaboratively to improve both quality and sustainability. Shared infrastructure, such as raised drying beds and quality control facilities allows farmers to refine their processing techniques and achieve consistent, high standards.
Ripe cherries are hand-picked, washed, and slowly dried on raised beds. This careful approach preserves clarity and enhances the bright, high-altitude character that Huila coffees are known for.
Details
Colombia
Pitalito
El Carmen
Washed
Castillo
1400 - 2100 MASL
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A versatile, manual coffee maker designed for rapid brewing using a combination of immersion and air pressure.
A manual, pour-over style coffee maker made from a single, hourglass-shaped piece of glass. It uses specialised, thick paper filters that remove most oils and sediment.
A simple, manual coffee maker that uses an immersion brewing method, where coarse coffee grounds steep directly in hot water before being separated by a metal mesh plunger.
For home espresso machines that include a portafilter for espresso extraction and a steam wand for frothing milk.
