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Nariño: The Beloved Colombian Coffee Region

Nariño is my favorite Colombian coffee region—gentle and sweet, like a young maiden. Colombia/Nariño coffee beans.

Nariño sits in the southwestern corner of Colombia, the country's highest region and the area bordering Ecuador. Coffee grows on steep mountain slopes that face the western sea. The valley's microclimate gives the region the best conditions for coffee growing. Although it has the smallest planted area, it produces the best quality, and it has carried a reputation as the "holy grail" since ancient times.

Cupping Notes

Cupping score: 90.3

Both the aroma and the first sip show a rich cheese-like fragrance, with nutty and peanut notes.

During brewing it releases a lime-like acidity, with a clear berry fruit fragrance in the aftertaste and a noticeable honey-like sweetness lingering behind.

Nariño Coffee Region Characteristics

The Nariño coffee region lies in the Andes of southwestern Colombia, bordering Ecuador. Near latitude 0° at the equator, the area receives almost identical daylight hours throughout the year. Stable daily temperature swings and consistent annual rainfall have built up rich soil organic matter, allowing coffee trees in Nariño to thrive at high altitude and develop deeply flavorful aromas.

La Cuvita Farm sits at roughly 1600m–1900m. This honey-processed bean is an exceptional specialty coffee in the eyes of enthusiasts. The finish on the throat is like eating grapes, rich in brown-sugar honey fragrance, with high oil content and excellent body.

As summer approaches, it is also very well suited to cold drip coffee.

Coffee Information

Country: Colombia

Region: Nariño

Varieties: Catuai & Colombia F6

Altitude: 1600 meters to 1900 meters

Reserva del Patron

Reserva del Patron is produced on the best Colombian estates. It comes from the country's southernmost province, Nariño, and features two distinctive varieties—Bourbon and Caturra—planted at different altitudes on the estate.

Nariño province, in southwestern Colombia, faces the Pacific Ocean to the west and borders Ecuador to the south. The Andes run through the province. Its high-mountain coffee areas lie in the cloud belt at 1600–2300 meters, on fertile volcanic terrain. The beans are small and round with a bright green color. Most coffee produced in Nariño is bought by American coffee chains, and only a small amount from smallholder farmers reaches the market—with excellent quality.

Each year this area produces fewer than 6,000 bags, and these are the essence of the essence.

(Nariño province's total annual coffee production is approximately 150,000 bags.) This coffee is monitored throughout the entire process under strict "Costa Rican Europrep standards," which sets it apart from the production processes of other Colombian coffees.

Compared with other Colombian coffees, Reserva del Patron has more acidity, sweetness, body, and flavor.

Nariño Coffee Bean Taste Description

A subtle fruit fragrance, with a faint vanilla scent.

Clear acidity glides gently across the tongue's surface and dissolves quickly.

The bitterness touches lightly, yet leaves a thick, mellow sweetness—the sweetness of chocolate.

The aftertaste is long and smooth, with a rounded and elegant throat feel as gentle as a young maiden.

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If you want to taste the gentle, high-altitude character of Colombian coffee that Nariño represents, FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Huila washed beans are a fitting starting point. Huila, in the southern part of Colombia's Central Cordillera, is one of the country's most celebrated specialty regions, with growing altitudes above 1,500 meters and the rivers that converge there supplying abundant water and humidity. FrontStreet Coffee roasts it medium-dark, which brings out dark chocolate and nutty sweetness, moderate oils, and a full body; it works for pour-over and French press, and it can also be pulled through a moka pot or espresso machine for Americanos and lattes.

For a more modern, fruit-forward expression of Colombia, FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Finca La Divisoria Sidra is fermented anaerobically and naturally dried, developing tropical fruit aromas; roasted medium-light, it shows passion fruit, grape, apricot, and dried fruit in pour-over, cold brew, drip bags, and moka pot alike. And for a nutty, chocolatey espresso that echoes the balance Nariño is known for, FrontStreet Coffee's specialty blend combines the creamy nuttiness of Brazil with the dark chocolate bittersweetness of Colombia—ideal for lattes and as a base for Americanos, cappuccinos, and mochas.