Sweet Habit Espresso

This coffee comes from a group of producers from San Agustin, in the south end of Huila in Colombia. These producers include Jose Joaquin Bolaños, Ilmer Gomez and Fabian Rodriguez. Normally we buy their lots as separate coffees, but since this harvest was very small, our friends at Osito created a field blend of these three producers, plus a few of their neighbours.

San Agustín sits at the southern edge of Huila, where the land feels like it’s constantly folding in on itself, with ridges collapsing into deep, green valleys, cliffs dropping off without warning, and rivers cutting their way through the mountains with a kind of quiet force. It’s a dramatic place, but not in a loud or showy way. The scale of it just reveals itself slowly as you move through it; one turn in the road and suddenly you’re looking out over a sheer valley wall, or a waterfall spilling down through dense vegetation, disappearing into the canopy below. The terrain shapes everything there. Farms cling to steep hillsides, often perched above these long drops, with narrow roads tracing the contours of the mountains. 

San Agustín will always have a special place in my heart. On my first trip to Colombia in 2010, I spent a lot of time there, visiting producers and getting to really know the region. It left a strong impression and not just because of the coffee, but because of the place itself. There’s something special about that combination of steep terrain, water, and altitude.

I have always been super fond of coffees from San Agustin because the profile of these coffees is rich, toffee-like sweetness, and jammy – coffees I tend to love.

This coffee contains three varieties of coffee: Pink Bourbon, Caturra and Variedad Colombia. All three varieties have different flavour profiles but when they are blended together in this case, they harmoniously result in a super sweet and round coffee.