Honey Haze Espresso

Colombian coffee has a blessing and a curse - year round production. Most coffee producing countries have a marked harvest season, which usually lasts 3-4 months. Colombia does have two harvest peaks, known as “cosecha” (harvest) and “mitaca” (small harvest), but in reality, coffee is produced pretty much year round and this is especially true for the small producers of Suaza who make up the Divino Niño group. The year round harvest has a definitive financial advantage: money comes in all year. But spreading the harvest means that it’s hard to benefit from economies of scale and it’s hard to attract workers for smaller, regular pickings, as opposed to the large pickings during the peak of the harvest. The one advantage of the year round harvest, is that it allows the coffee producer to achieve better quality, should they desire. This is because the year round harvests are small, and gives the farmer an opportunity to take their time and do things right at the farm (when the harvest is heavy and all at once, the producer has to cut corners to get through it). This is what I see from the producers from Divino Niño: very consistent quality and attention to detail.

The result is a coffee that I want to drink all the time. Round, balanced, sweet yet unique - this is the type of coffee that pleases most palates and results in a super sweet and versatile espresso.