Variety: Chiroso

Region: Urrao, Colombioa

Altitude: 2,200 Meters

Process: Washed

Harvest: February 20256

Notes: Dulce de Leche, Ripe Citrus, Sugar Cane

Señor Alvaro Vargas is a charming character with a well cared for garden-farm of Chiroso coffee plants. His coffee is a distinguished lot among so many wonderful coffees from Urrao this year. This coffee is sweet upfront and the finish is honeyed with a viscid complexion. Notes of plum, black cherry, orangey-citrus and stone fruit come to mind when sipping on this coffee. Brewed as espresso or paired with milk, the compliments of Alvaro's Chiroso cherries are amplified with notes of caramel and spring florals.

Alvaro comes from a family with deep roots in coffee farming and cattle ranching. After many years in coffee, he is now beginning to carve his own path in specialty coffee. Since we started working together in 2025, his discipline, competition experience, and commitment to quality have made us excited for what his future harvests will bring. Although he is still in the early stages of his journey in specialty coffee, his commitment and talent have already stood out, earning him a finalist position in regional coffee competitions. His daughter often accompanies him in the daily work on the farm, making coffee a shared family journey. 

The cherries are harvested, hand selected for ripeness, and floated to remove any unripe beans or defects before being immediately de-pulped. He then ferments the coffee seeds in dry and open tanks for 4 days, thereafter washing them. The coffee in-parchment was dried on sun-bed driers for about 20 days and kept in GrainPro bags for another 20 days before dry milling.

Chiroso is a relatively new variety in the world of specialty coffee. This genus has been identified as a Landrace variety from the motherland - Ethiopia-Yemen. No one is quite sure how this variety came to be in Antioquia, Colombia but it has now changed entire landscapes and perspectives on how many coffee lovers perceive what coffee can taste like. If you have yet to try this variety, Alvaro's lot is a great example of the soft florality and tropical nuance this variety can exhibit in the cup.

Our coffees are best after two weeks+ of the roast date.