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Plum

Peach

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Plum, Peach, Nectarine

10oz of Colombia El Progreso
Colombia El Progreso

Roast Level: Bright

  • 3

    Bright

  • 0

    Comforting

  • 0

    Traditional

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Roast Level: Bright

  • 3

    Bright

  • 0

    Comforting

  • 0

    Traditional

This lot showcases the Palomino family’s take on Castillo, shaped by the cloud-covered terrain of Totoró, Cauca and careful washed processing. In the cup, it is clean and sweet, layered with notes of ripe stone fruit.

Plum

Peach

Nectarine

The details

Origin story

  • Country Colombia
  • Producer Julian Gerardo Palomino Sandoval
  • Region Vista, Totoró, Cauca
  • Elevation Range 2000 m
  • Processing Method Washed
  • Drying Method Raised Bed
  • Harvest June 2025 - August 2025
  • Direct Trade Partner Since 2010
Direct Trade
Raised in a family of coffee farmers, Julian Palomino learned how to cultivate coffee alongside his grandparents before heading to university to study agronomy. Using his degree, he spent years working with coffee producing families across Cauca. Eventually, he and his wife, María Teresa, purchased land to establish a farm of their own: El Progreso. Over the past decade, they have transformed former pasture land into a thriving four-hectare coffee farm planted primarily with Castillo, a Colombian variety with resistance to coffee leaf rust. This lot showcases the Palomino family’s take on Castillo, shaped by the cloud-covered terrain of Totoró and careful double-washed processing. The resulting cup is clean and sweet, layered with notes of ripe stone fruit.
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How To Brew

We recommend starting with a 1:18 coffee-to-water ratio, which provides an excellent total extraction level and maximizes flavor pulled out of the ground coffee. For our single origin coffees we recommend a pour over method either on a Chemex, V60 or Kalita Wave on a 5 or 6 grind setting if you are ordering from Intelligentsiacoffee.com.

Recommended Method Pour Over

  1. 01.
    Boil Water 205 - 216 F
  2. 02.
    Weigh Coffee 1g of coffee per 18g of water
  3. 03.
    Drop In Filter Add filter to equipment
  4. 04.
    Grind Coffee Grind coffee and add to filter
  5. 05.
    Add Water Add water in stages
  6. 06.
    Remove Filter Enjoy your coffee!
Details on how to brew
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Why We're Different

Intelligentsia coffee buyers travel year-round working with a network of farmers. From the farm, coffee arrives at the roasting works in Chicago, where coffee professionals cup, grade, and release over 50 single-origins and blends annually.

10oz of Colombia El Progreso
Colombia El Progreso