LOS NARANJOS – JOSÉ PEÑA – CHIROSO, WASHED – COLOMBIA

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SEY BROOKLYN, NEW YORK LOS NARANJOS – JOSÉ PEÑA – CHIROSO, WASHED TROPICAL FRUIT CANDIED STRAWBERRY HOPS ORIGIN: COLOMBIA REGION: URRAO, ANTIOQUIA PRODUCER: JOSÉ PEÑA ALTITUDE: 2,000 MASL VARIETAL: CHIROSO PROCESS: WASHED HARVEST: FEBRUARY 2026 ROAST DATE: MAY 20, 2026 FROM THE ROASTER OUR FIRST COFFEE FROM JOSÉ PEÑA CONTINUES OUR EXPLORATION OF URRAO AND THE CHIROSO VARIETY. THIS REGION AND VARIETY CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE CONVERSATION AROUND QUALITY AND THE DIVERSITY OF FLAVOR PROFILES WITHIN COLOMBIAN COFFEE, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS EXPLORATION. IN THE CUP WE FIND YELLOW TROPICAL FRUIT, CANDIED STRAWBERRY, AND HOPS. ABOUT JOSÉ PEÑA WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT IN URRAO FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. EACH YEAR, THE CUPPING TABLE BRINGS COFFEES FROM PRODUCERS NEW TO THE PROJECT—AN ONGOING REMINDER OF HOW MUCH POTENTIAL THIS REGION HOLDS AND HOW DEEPLY THIS PROGRAM MOTIVATES THE PRODUCERS WHO ARE A PART OF IT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE TASTED COFFEE FROM JOSÉ PEÑA'S FARM, AND THE QUALITY IS EXCEPTIONAL. THE FUTURE OF THIS PROJECT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE. ABOUT CHIROSO CHIROSO IS A NEW VARIETY BEING GROWN PRIMARILY IN THE REGION OF ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA. WE ONLY STARTED HEARING ABOUT ITS CULTIVATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS CUP QUALITY POTENTIAL, IT IS BEGINNING TO SPREAD. THE VARIETY HAS BEEN GENETICALLY IDENTIFIED AS AN ETHIOPIAN LANDRACE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT GET ANY MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD BUILDING A BUYING PROGRAM IN THE REGION OF URRAO SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE VARIETY OF CHIROSO. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE OR HOW THIS VARIETY CAME TO BE CULTIVATED IN THIS PARTICULAR REGION, BUT ITS CUP QUALITY IS EXTRAORDINARY. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR EXPORTING PARTNER, THE COFFEE QUEST, TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT, AND HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING YOU MORE OF THIS SPECIAL COFFEE FROM THIS SPECIAL REGION YEAR AFTER YEAR.