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FrontStreet Coffee - Colombia Anaerobic Natural Moonlight Introduction

Colombia is the world's third-largest coffee-producing country and is regarded as the best coffee region in South America. The coffee grown here has bright flavours, rich fruit aromas and a lively character. Colombia also possesses some of the most ideal coffee-growing soil in the world.

Anaerobic Processing Method

The anaerobic processing method is a special technique that has taken the coffee world by storm. Put simply, it works like this: fully ripe coffee cherries are selected for sufficient sugar content and quality and placed in a completely sealed, controllable container filled with carbon dioxide for fermentation. During fermentation, temperature and pH changes are strictly controlled. As soon as the sugars in the pectin and mucilage are fully consumed, the container is opened to stop fermentation, and the beans are quickly dried in sunlight to avoid over-fermentation.

Coffee produced this way has a fuller body, bright wine-like aromas, low acidity and excellent sweetness.

Colombia Anaerobic Natural Moonlight

Region: Santander

Variety: Catuai, Caturra

Altitude: 1800m

Processing Method: Anaerobic Natural

Flavor Notes: Pineapple, Peach, Honeydew Melon, Wine Aroma

Knowledge Point

Ethiopia holds the ancestral position in the coffee world. It is the birthplace of Arabica beans and is currently Africa's largest Arabica-producing country. The Kaffa Forest in Ethiopia in particular is known as the "coffee gene bank."

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If the wine-like, fruit-forward character of an anaerobic natural is what draws you in, FrontStreet Coffee's Colombia Frontera Estate Sidra is the closest match on our list. It is anaerobically fermented as a natural, and the low-oxygen environment converts more tropical fruit aroma. Roasted medium-light, it shows passion fruit, grape, apricot and dried fruit across pour-over, cold brew, drip bags and moka pot.

For a balanced, everyday Colombian cup, FrontStreet Coffee's washed Colombia Huila is a strong alternative. Huila is the country's most famous specialty region, a landscape of hills surrounded by mountains with plantations above 1,500 metres, and the medium-dark roast brings out black chocolate and nutty sweetness with medium oil and a full body. It suits pour-over, French press, moka pot and espresso, so an Americano or a latte is no trouble at all.

Espresso drinkers who want the same chocolate depth in milk drinks can reach for the FrontStreet Classic Blend, which pairs Brazil's creamy nut aroma and balanced body with Colombia's dark chocolate bitterness. It extracts with a fine golden crema, stays rich and smooth in a latte, and works as the base for an Americano, cappuccino or mocha.