Colombia Huila Las Delicias Papayo Natural

Tasting Note:  Floral | Muscat Grape | Orange | Honey

 Size:  200g/1kg

Brewing Recommendation: Filter Brews / Modern Espresso 

This is a natural-process Colombia from Las Delicias farm in Huila, grown at 1,750 metres from the rare Papayo variety — and it drinks floral and bright, with Muscat grape, orange and a honeyed sweetness running through the cup.

Papayo is one of coffee's genuine oddities. It's named for its cherries, which grow pointy and elongated like little papayas, and its genetics are still up for debate — maybe a spontaneous Caturra or Bourbon mutation, maybe a stray Ethiopian landrace, with nobody able to confirm it without proper genetic testing. It's rare, too, grown mostly on smallholder plots concentrated around Huila.

The natural process is what pulls it all together: the whole cherry dries intact in the sun, so the fruit's sugars and aromatics soak right into the bean — which is exactly where that sweet, fruit-forward character comes from. Huila's high Andean altitude helps as well, with warm days and cool nights that slow the cherries down and concentrate the flavour. That honeyed note lands somewhere near gula melaka — no expertise required to enjoy it.

Brew it as a filter and give it room to bloom — this is coffee with character that rewards a careful pour.