EL PORVENIR

El Porvenir isn't new to us — it's one of the coffees we look forward to most, and one we bring back seasonally whenever Juan Jimenez's harvest comes in. Grown at 1,800 masl on Farm El Porvenir in Huila, this washed lot is a reliable standout year after year, and this season is no exception. Washed processing here means clarity: none of the funk of a natural, just a clean, precise read on what this farm and this elevation can do. Up front, there's an unmistakable bubblegum sweetness — playful, not cloying — that gives way to bright tangerine acidity through the middle of the cup. The finish is where it settles into something more grounded: panela, that unrefined cane sugar sweetness so common in Colombian coffees done right, rounded out by a crisp apple note that lingers. We roast this one for filter and pourover, where its clarity and brightness get room to breathe. It's the kind of coffee that reminds you why washed Colombian lots from a good farm, in a good year, are worth waiting for.