Coffees in the Foundation genre are balanced, clean and complex — with low bitterness and pleasing acidity. Flavours like these can only be achieved by growing the right coffee in the right place, with meticulous attention to detail during the harvesting process.

This month we are thrilled to return to the Cajamarca region of Peru, welcoming back Chirinos to our Foundation genre. This Regional Select washed lot shines on the cupping table, with a juicier sweetness from the Caturra, Bourbon and Typica varieties compared to last year's crop.

A wonderful example of the now-blooming specialty coffee community within Peru, we are getting notes of sweet pear, with sticky date and chocolate rounding out the cup.

Foundation

At Colonna we believe coffee can be exceptional. We embrace creativity and innovation.Join us as we challenge the paradigm of how to achieve amazing coffee.

Colonna is driven by how exciting and incredible coffee can be: its character, its flavour, and the experience it can generate. We look at how to achieve and realise this quality. Overturning norms and stigma to find the true quality is what drives us. We seek to innovate and positively disrupt to explore and maximise quality. 

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Variety, growing conditions and processing methods all have dramatic effects on a coffee’s flavour characteristics. The Discovery genre celebrates the diverse and expressive flavours made possible by these distinctions.

Antioquia in Northwestern Colombia plays host to a diversity of flora and fauna, the beautiful backdrop to Finca Las Mercedes. Over 60 years the Guerra family have completely transformed the once-dairy farm, with a conscientious approach focusing on specialty lot separation and processing, consistently marrying productivity and environmental stewardship.

The cherries undergo an extended fermentation process, after which they are eco-pulped and washed. This Caturra variety offering has notes of orange and papaya with a complex herbaceous finish.

Discovery

The world of coffee is like a pyramid. All of the coffee that Colonna selects and curates sits right up the top of that pyramid. The coffees in this genre are the glint at the very tip of the apex. These coffees are sought after and by their very nature are in short supply.

The farm of Girma Tekebo sits within the famous Kochere woreda of South Western Ethiopia, and at 2050 MASL enjoys the ideal climate conditions for the curation of two ancient varietals. Native to the region, the Dega and Gurume plants flourish at the staggeringly high altitude, and provide an incredibly aromatic and creamy cup profile.

Through the Ethiopia Cup, a micro-lot auction that rewards excellence, varieties that in the past would have been lost are given the space to shine, allowing us to pay homage to the diversity of the birthplace of coffee, and the country's many talented producers.

A 100% natural lot, in the cup we are enjoying the deep sweet floral notes of lemon verbena, cherry and hibiscus.

Rare

Delicious coffee without the caffeine. Complex and characterful speciality coffees — specifically curated for decaffeination.

El Carmen in the Huila region of Colombia has undergone a huge transformation in recent years. New drying bed facilities, investment in quality assessment and stabilised prices through a community hub have created higher incomes for farmers in the region. This fully washed lot has undergone “sugar cane” decaffeination — utilising a by-product of cane fermentation with water from the Navado el Ruis. Beans are submerged and steamed to remove 97% of the caffeine.

The result is a tangy, sweet coffee with notes of cranberry, orange and cola.

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Decaffeinated

Discovery

Foundation

Rare