MAMAM - Colombia Luis Anibal Calderon Natural Filter 250 g

Whole-bean specialty coffee from Colombia, roasted by MAMAM roasting brand. Light roast, perfect for filter coffee machines, drippers, Chemex, AeroPress, French Press, and other pour-over brewing methods. The flavour of the brew resembles blackberry, hibiscus and cardamon.

Origin: Colombia

Region: Huila

Farm: Finca Villa Betulia

Variety: Colombia

Processing: Natural

Altitude: 1450 m a.s.l.

Cupping score: 88 / 100 

ABOUT THE FARM

In the hills of Acevedo in southern Huila, Luis Aníbal Calderón and his family have transformed Finca Villa Betulia into one of the region’s most distinctive specialty-coffee farms. A second-generation producer with more than four decades of experience, Luis began working with coffee at a young age, eventually cultivating a small piece of land given to him by his father.

His path hasn’t always been easy. Around 2011, low commodity coffee prices brought Villa Betulia close to financial crisis. Rather than pursuing higher yields, Luis began moving in the opposite direction: toward quality, careful processing and unusual varieties. In 2012 he planted 5,000 Gesha trees, and their success convinced him to continue transforming the farm. Villa Betulia has since become home to an extraordinary collection of coffee genetics, with more than 30 varieties cultivated and processed separately.

Luis’ work is also very much a family project. Villa Betulia has developed from the small plot he first cultivated into a farm where knowledge is being passed to the next generation; his son Yeison is now involved in managing the estate alongside him.

ABOUT THE VARIETY

This lot, however, comes from one of Colombia’s most important home-grown cultivars: Variedad Colombia. Developed by Cenicafé and released in 1985, Colombia was created to combine good cup quality and productivity with resistance to coffee leaf rust. At Villa Betulia, Luis approaches this familiar Colombian variety with the same attention normally reserved for his more exotic cultivars.

ABOUT THE PROCESSING

For this natural lot, only fully ripe cherries are selected. After harvest, the cherries undergo approximately 25 hours of dry fermentation before being slowly dried for around 25 days in a protected parabolic dryer. This long, controlled drying stage is particularly important in Huila’s humid and frequently rainy climate.

Natural processing in Colombia is demanding. Keeping the whole fruit around the seed during drying creates the potential for greater sweetness, fruit intensity and aromatic complexity, but it also requires careful control. Consistent sorting, airflow and movement of the cherries help the coffee dry evenly and cleanly.

The result is a coffee that connects traditional Colombian genetics with Luis Aníbal Calderón’s progressive approach to fermentation and processing—a beautiful example of why Villa Betulia has earned such a strong reputation among specialty roasters around the world.

RECIPE V60

• 16g of coffee

• 250g of water 96°C

• Medium Grind Size 

1. Put a paper filter in your V60 and rinse it with hot water ( 96C ). It will preheat your drip brewer and gets rid of a paper taste from the filter. For the best results always use filtered water (remember that  98,5 % of your brewed coffee is water)

2. Remove the rinsing water from the server.

3. Grind your beans just before you brew and add the coffee to the drip brewer. Gently distribute your coffee into the center of your V60.

4. Place your V60 on a vessel on a scale and make sure that your water is 96 C.

5. Tare your scale and start the timer.

6. Add 50 grams of water. Your coffee will begin to bloom.

7. At 30 seconds, add more water up to 100 grams. Pour the water slow, gently and in clockwise circles.

8. At 00:50 pour hot water to 200g. 

9. At 01:10 pour hot water to 250g.

10. Swirl your V60 and let the coffee drip. 

11. The water should have drained in around 3:00. You may need to change your grind setting, when the coffee finishes to brew too quickly or too long. But always taste and then judge your coffee.

Store in a cold and dry space.