San Jose Coffee Beans

When it comes to coffee-growing regions, people are quite interested in the Americas as the world's top coffee-producing region, yet they often view specialty coffees from the Americas as somewhat conventional. However, Colombia has made significant contributions in the coffee movement through its innovative processing methods, offering more unique and novel coffee experiences. Today, we’re talking about San Jose Estate coffee beans with a rum flavor profile.

Finca San Jose Estate is a long-established coffee farm located in Caldas Province, Colombia. The area enjoys abundant sunlight, with an average annual temperature between 21°C and 25°C. The estate is relatively small, spanning a total of 18 hectares, of which 16.5 hectares are dedicated to coffee cultivation.

In recent years, amid the specialty coffee boom, Finca San Jose has been actively seeking a breakthrough to carve out its own distinctive path. Monsalve Botero, the owner of the estate, comes from a family specializing in the production of rum oak barrels and rum brewing. One day, while preparing to fill distilled liquid for fermentation, she had a sudden idea: what if she fermented green coffee beans in oak barrels? Could that produce even more unique flavors? After five years of dedicated research starting in 2013, Monsalve finally discovered the ideal method for conducting both short and long low-temperature fermentations using rum barrels.

These San Jose coffee beans are carefully selected Castillo variety beans, sized around 17–18 mesh, and undergo a refined washed process with rum barrel fermentation. They offer tasting notes of rum, liqueur chocolate, tropical fruits, grapes, maple sweetness, and a creamy mouthfeel.