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Colombian Coffee Overview

Among numerous coffee-producing countries, Colombia ranks as the third largest producer globally (first being Brazil, second Vietnam) with widespread sales. The most significant factor is the active volcanic activity that has created some of the world's most fertile soil, cultivating sweet, rich, and very appealing coffee beans that are easy to brew successfully. With Colombian coffee, you can enjoy a mellow atmosphere at home without going to a café. Whether as simple black coffee or as a base for various coffee recipes using Colombian beans, it's an excellent choice. Most well-known international coffee chains source their coffee primarily from Colombia.

Evolution of Colombian Coffee Quality

In recent years, coffee competitions have increased farmers' income, helping Colombian coffee break away from its old image as merely base coffee. Previously, it was considered a commercial bulk bean or base formula bean, rarely standing alone as specialty coffee. The quality of coffee was judged solely by bean size, but in reality, this grading only represents coffee bean size and has no relation to quality—it's an outdated grading system. Instead, excellent Colombian coffee comes from high-altitude primary rainforests where coffee grows naturally without fertilizers and pesticides on farms or in cooperatives. These farms typically have very low production yields, producing hard, dense coffee beans that are smaller and bluish-green in color.

Triumph Estate Coffee Experience

This Triumph Estate coffee might be new to many of you. I first tasted this Colombian coffee four years ago. At that time, it was medium-dark roasted, giving it a heavier flavor profile, but it left a deep impression on me. This version uses medium roast, appropriately preserving Colombian coffee's fruit acidity while simultaneously increasing the coffee's smoothness and fullness. Moreover, unlike traditional Colombian coffee, it's not bitter. I believe this coffee will definitely attract you!

How to Brew Colombian Triumph Estate Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee Pour-Over Reference:

Weigh 15g of Triumph Estate coffee powder, pour into a grinder for medium grinding. The ground particles should be slightly coarser than table salt. We use BG grinder setting 5R (60% standard sieve pass rate). Water temperature at 89°C, extracted with V60 dripper. Recommended powder-to-water ratio is approximately 1:15.

Pour hot water from the pour-over kettle in clockwise circles centered on the middle of the filter. Start timing when brewing begins. Within 15 seconds, brew the coffee to 30g, then stop pouring. When the time reaches 1 minute, begin the second pour. For the second pour, just like before, pour in clockwise circles centered on the filter middle. The water stream should not hit the area where coffee powder meets the filter paper to avoid channel effects.

When pouring coffee powder to the outermost circle, leave one circle empty, then brew circle by circle toward the middle. At 2 minutes and 20 seconds, the coffee should reach 220g, completing the brewing process.

Japanese Style Iced Pour-Over [Triumph Estate]

FrontStreet Coffee Iced Pour-Over [Triumph Estate] Reference:

Colombian Coffee [Triumph Estate], light-medium roast, BG grinder setting 5M (67% standard sieve pass rate)

20g powder, 150g ice, 150g hot water. Water temperature should be 1°C higher than the normal 90°C recommended for pour-over. Normal grinding uses Fuji 3.5 setting, while iced pour-over uses slightly finer - Fuji 3 setting. Recommended powder-to-(water+ice) ratio is 1:15.

Bloom water amount 40g, bloom time 30 seconds.

Segmented pouring: first segment 60g water, second segment 40g water. Used a relatively fine but high pour column, forcefully stirring and impacting to fully roll the coffee powder. However, be careful not to let the liquid level get too high and avoid hitting the edge filter paper.

The entire extraction time is approximately 2.5 minutes (similar to normal extraction time for 20g powder).

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