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FrontStreet Coffee Colombia Los Pinos Estate Introduction

Colombia Los Pinos Estate Anaerobic Natural

FrontStreet Coffee · Colombia Antioquia Province Los Pinos Estate Fruit Brew Anaerobic Natural

Coffee's Profile

Fruit Brew is a 2019-harvest FrontStreet Coffee Colombia Los Pinos Estate anaerobic natural—a special micro-batch coffee customized for flavor. The variety is Castillo, and the meticulous anaerobic natural processing gives these FrontStreet Colombia beans a rich flavor, extremely high sweetness, and layered complexity.

"FrontStreet Coffee Los Pinos Estate Anaerobic Natural has an extremely special flavor, just as the name 'Fruit Brew' and the processing method 'Anaerobic Natural' reveal its character. We want to express sweetness as fully as possible while showcasing mature fruit-wine notes. Our roasting approach is a Fully Developed Light Roast, whose greatest strength is an intense, powerful flavor that still keeps excellent smoothness and sweetness. We hope to present overlapping layers of flavor and outstanding sweetness through the fully developed light roast, maintaining clear flavor expression from high to low temperatures."

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Colombia is one of the most versatile origins in coffee: its beans work in espresso blends and as pour-over single origins alike, spanning fruit-acidity profiles, full-bodied profiles, and aroma-forward styles, which makes them suited to a wide range of drinkers. For a classic washed Colombia, FrontStreet's Huila coffee comes from the Huila department in the southern Central Cordillera, the country's most famous specialty region—a bowl of mountains and hills where the most important rivers converge and plantings sit above 1,500 meters. Medium-dark roasted, it emphasizes black chocolate and nutty sweetness, moderate oils, and a full body, and it works for pour-over and French press as well as moka pot and espresso machine, whether you make an Americano or a latte.

If the anaerobic natural character of Los Pinos is what drew you in, FrontStreet's Frontera Estate Sidra (Xizhua) is a natural next step. In the past, Colombian coffee was almost always washed, but recent years have seen a wave of innovative processing. Anaerobic fermentation—sometimes called carbonic maceration—is fermentation in a low- or no-oxygen environment, typically in a pressure-resistant stainless steel tank where temperature, time, and pH can be controlled. The best-known forms are anaerobic natural and anaerobic washed; FrontStreet's Sidra uses anaerobic natural processing, and the oxygen-free fermentation transforms the coffee into richer tropical-fruit aromas. Medium-light roasted, it shows complex passion fruit, grape, apricot, and dried-fruit notes in pour-over, cold brew, drip bags, and moka pot alike.

For those with a home espresso machine or a moka pot, FrontStreet also recommends its Premier Espresso Blend, built for cafés by combining Brazil's creamy nuttiness with Colombia's dark chocolate bittersweetness; it pulls with a fine golden crema and pairs beautifully with milk for a rich, smooth latte, while also serving as a base for Americano, cappuccino, and mocha.