Colombia – Jorge Rojas, Honey Process Typica Espresso

Peach, jasmine flower and strawberry jam. Sweet and complex - a stunning coffee.

• Certified
  Organic
• Grown Under
  Shade
• Selective
  Hand Picking
• Glyphosate
  Free

• Intro
• Technical Details
• Recipe
• Producer Profile

• Fresh crop Colombians are here, and what a start to the season, with this incredible Honey-processed Typica microlot from Jorge Elias Rojas, roasted for espresso.

  Jorge is a true leader in the specialty coffee community in Tolima. A 4th Generation coffee farmer, despite being 31 years young, Jorge has become a leader among the coffee growing community in Planadas. He is renowned for his expert skills in coffee processing and fermentation methods, and for leading the growth of interest in sustainable, exceptional coffee production among millennials in Colombia.

  The Honey process that Jorge uses for this lot is  unconventional, with a 48 hour anaerobic ferment as full-fruit followed by de-pulping and a 12 hour honey fermentation. This leads to an incredibly aromatic, sweet and vibrant profile that is one of our favourites from Jorge so far – which is saying a lot from such an iconic producer!

• • Producer Jorge Elias Rojas Vasquez
  • Farm El Jardin
  • Farm Altitude 1,840 masl
  • Processing Modified Honey Process
  • Variety 100% Typica
  • Harvest 8th June 2024
  • Farm Size 100 hectares
  • Farm Certifications Organic, Fairtrade
  • Region Vereda La Armenia, Planadas, Tolima
• • 19.0g

    ground coffee dose

  • 28

    seconds

  • 41g

    espresso shot yield

  • 91.5º

    brew temperature

  This recipe was developed on a La Marzoco Linea PB, using a Mazzer Major VP grinder. We encourage you to play around to meet your personal tastes and equipment setup.

• Finca El Jardin is the aptly named coffee farm owned and run by Jorge Rojas Vasquez, a true leader in the specialty coffee community in Tolima. This particular lot is a washed Caturra variety from Jorge Rojas’ impressive collection of coffee varieties – the farm is not named “El Jardin” (The Garden) for no reason! Grown at 1,840 meters, El Jardin showcases Southern Tolima coffees at their very best. 

  100% of the coffee at El Jardin is shade grown under Camambulos and Dormilon trees among others, and is grown among productive Corn, Banana and Citrus crops. With El Jardin producing only ~75 sacks of coffee per year across two harvests, Jorge and his two employees hand pick all of the coffee from the production of his Caturra, var. Colombia, Pink Bourbon and Geisha trees for processing at the farm.

  Jorge is a 4th Generation coffee farmer, being introduced to the trade by his parents as a youngster. In 2016, at only 26 years old, he inherited the plot of land that is now El Jardin and since then has been pushing to experiment and advance his skill in every aspect of coffee production. At first, he was producing standard, but high quality, grades of coffee at El Jardin, but in 2018 he began to experiment with new processing and growing methods, and the quality as well as renown of the coffee from El Jardin began to increase.