{"product_id":"colombia-cauca-excelso-fully-washed-wholesale","title":"Colombia Cauca Excelso - Fully Washed - Wholesale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Taste\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- Spiced caramel, cocoa almond, Valencia orange\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully washed coffees from the Department of Cauca are silky, vibrant, and sweet. Grown by twenty producers at an equatorial medium-high elevation, Cauca's Excelso grade stands out for its clean, balanced flavor and medium body. Bright and citrusy, yet vibrantly complex, this fresh-crop fully-washed lot features a little warming spice in the finish that brews perfectly for the season. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedium roasting highlights the sugar browning character of \u003cem\u003eCastillo, Caturra\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eColombia\u003c\/em\u003e varieties, making for a balanced cup of layered sweetness like caramel, rich cocoa, roasted almond, sweet Valencia orange, and a little warming spice. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGiven a week off-roast, this sweetly bright and balanced Cauca lot extracts with ease across all brewing formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoffee farmers in Cauca harvest a singular crop in the March - June timeline, contrasting with their easterly neighbors in Huila, who often experience a fly crop in the off-season. Equatorial coffee climates (southern Colombia, Kenya, DRC, parts of Indonesia) often have fly crop potential, so it's interesting to note how the difference between neighboring departments highlights regional weather patterns and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethe impact of rainy seasons. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoast\u003c\/strong\u003e: Medium - One\u003cem\u003e week+ off-roast yields sweet, balanced cups.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fully Washed - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe coffee is picked ripe and depulped the same day, then open-air fermented in tanks between 12–36 hours. The fermented coffee is washed clean of its mucilage before being dried on patios, in parabolic dryers, or solar driers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eCastillo, Caturra, Colombia - \u003c\/em\u003ePopular varieties in Colombia. \u003cem\u003eCaturra\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003eArabica, \u003c\/em\u003ewhile Castill\u003cem\u003eo\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Colombia var. \u003c\/em\u003eare\u003cem\u003e Arabica-Robusta \u003c\/em\u003ehybrids\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003edeveloped by CENECAFE, the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNational Federation of Coffee Growers\u003c\/span\u003e's agronomical research center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElevation\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1400-2000 masl - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe medium-high elevation range produces good complexity and a tart acidity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Popayán, Cauca Department, Colombia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducers\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20 smallholder farmers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrades \/ Certifications\u003c\/strong\u003e: Excelso \u003cem\u003e- Size\/export grade (Screen 15-16)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest\u003c\/strong\u003e: April - June 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrew Guides\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEspresso\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 1:2.2 in 25-28 sec, 92-93℃\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 1:16.2 in 3:00, 94-95℃\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Nice at 3-4 days off-roast, quite sweet and well-balanced at day 7 onward. Balance in approach is key here. Brew ratios in the Normale neighborhood and 1:16+ tend to do well in that regard. Density is average for specialty coffee, but you may need to fine up to slow flow to hit target brew times. Underextraction may be too silky, citrusy, and mildly herbaceous - fine up \/ increase brew time. Overextraction may yield a stronger warming spice that veers into rye - coarsen up \/ decrease brew time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vignette Coffee Roasters","offers":[{"title":"Case of 6 x 12 oz","offer_id":49254950273194,"sku":null,"price":59.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 lb","offer_id":49254950305962,"sku":null,"price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 lb","offer_id":49254950338730,"sku":null,"price":62.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 oz Sample","offer_id":49254950371498,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/9219\/0634\/files\/Cafe_Imports_Colombia_Gran_Galopecoffee.jpg?v=1768949496","url":"https:\/\/vignettecoffee.com\/products\/colombia-cauca-excelso-fully-washed-wholesale","provider":"Vignette Coffee Roasters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}