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About El Jardín
In the beautiful southern Tolima region, Jorge Elías Rojas farms a modest amount of land where he grows a handful of varieties, which are all meticulously labeled and kept track of. A 4th generation coffee grower, his mother gave him the opportunity to be involved in the coffee operation at the young age of 13 teaching him pretty much everything he needed to know about running a coffee farm. When he was older, he inherited part of his parent’s farm and also purchased part of his neighbor’s land, all creating what he now calls Finca El Jardín (meaning ‘garden’ in Spanish).
Not only is Jorge a lifelong coffee farmer, he’s also created his own version of the fermentation and drying process. First cherries are hand-selected with a very strict process so only the best move onto processing. Then, the cherries are placed in sealed tanks to ferment for 3 days before they are depulped. After removing most of the cherry, they are put back in the same tanks to ferment for 38 more hours. Some mucilage is left on for drying, aka honey processing!
The drying process is a combo of using a mechanical dryer, natural fiber bags, and a greenhouse at very specific temperatures to achieve an exceptional final product.
The fermentation process brings deep, lovely wine and jammy notes while the honey processing lends itself to the sweet and creamy taste of mango. It’s a really lovely cup of coffee and we think you’ll absolutely fall in love with it!
REGION: Tolima, Colombia
FARM/MILL: El Jardín
VARIETAL: Bourbon
ALTITUDE: 1,857 meters
PRODUCER: Jorge Elías Rojas
PROCESS: Honey
Sourced through our partners at Coffee Quest.
Tastes like
Wine, Raspberry Jam, Mango
Brewing Recommendation
While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try this coffee on Kalita or Drip.
Kalita Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
Chemex Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
We ship almost all orders same or next day, Monday-Friday. We ship via USPS and typically orders take 2-5 days arrive. (But, as you may know, once we drop your package off, shipping times are out of our control.)
The coffee is usually roasted within one business day (Monday-Friday) of shipment. We recommend waiting at least 3-4 days after the roasting date before brewing. (And we think the sweet spot is around 2 weeks!)
All our coffees will be somewhere in the vicinity of a light to medium roast.
The way we approach roasting coffees is called 'profile roasting' meaning that we create a unique roasting profile for each coffee based on the characteristics of each bean (density, size, moisture level within the bean, etc) and how it reacts while roasting so that we can get what we believe to be the best expression possible for each of our coffees!
Lucky for you, any of our coffees can be brewed as espresso!
We aim to roast our coffee so that it tastes great in a variety of brew methods. (Fun fact: espresso is a brew method, not a type of coffee bean!)
If one of our offerings sounds good to you, we bet you’ll like it on espresso too! But, we always like to suggest Tres Banderas as a starting point for espresso.
No, most of our coffees aren’t ‘certified’ organic. But!! That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not grown using organic processes. For many of the farms/mills that we purchase coffee from, the cost of the certification could put them out of business — new and separate equipment, cost of application process, the time spent going through certification (multiple years), etc. You can read more on the topic in our blog post here.
We are not officially fair trade certified and typically do not purchase Fair Trade certified coffees. We believe the system is a good one, and has helped many farmers and families earn a better living, however, one thing it does not address well is quality of product, and we typically pay much higher prices for higher quality.
Fair trade usually offers farmers a small premium (about $.40) on top of whatever the current market price for coffee is. We either work directly with producers or importers that already pay well above Fair Trade prices for high quality coffees. We pay top prices for great coffees regardless of any certification. Please feel free toreach out to us if you have any other questions regarding our buying practices.
Your enthusiastic satisfaction with your order is our top priority! If you are dissatisfied with your purchase, please contact us to discuss available options.
You have 30 calendar days to return an item from the date the order was placed. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it in and must be in the original packaging.
Please note that we cannot accept returns on coffee because it is a perishable item. If we made an error in fulfilling your coffee order, we will, of course, make it right! Just contact us and we’ll get everything sorted.
Visit our full FAQ page or send us a note at hello@crema-coffee.com.