Sydrip Colombia Efren Echeverri is a small drip bag with a surprisingly generous dose of fruit. This Colombian coffee hits you right away with raspberries and sweet melon, complemented by a fresh lime acidity and a slightly floral note of hibiscus. It’s juicy and sweet, yet still clean enough that the individual flavors don’t blend into a single fruity explosion. And it’s precisely in the form of a Sydrip that it all makes perfect sense. Inside, the ground coffee is already in a disposable paper dripper that unfolds and hangs directly over the mug. Then all you need is hot water and a few gradual pours. No grinder, no dripper, no fiddling with the recipe in the middle of the office or on the go. Simply a pocket-sized filter.
Behind this fruity blend is Efren Echeverri Ortega and his family from Finca Las Palmas in the Palestina region of Huila. The coffee grows here at an elevation of approximately 1,650 meters above sea level, and the lot combines two varieties— Pink Bourbon and Tabi. Las Palmas spans about 7.5 hectares, and the family has lived on the farm for over twenty years. In recent years, they’ve been focusing more and more on fermentation. They handle cultivation, hand-picking, processing, and drying right on the farm, giving them control over the coffee from ripe cherry to finished lot. And you can really taste the difference. It’s not just “a very fruity Colombian,” but a coffee with a bright sweetness and character that doesn’t get lost even in a simple preparation like a single drip.
It’s not a natural process, so this time there’s no rush to remove the pulp. After harvest, the ripe cherries are sorted and then dried whole, with the beans remaining in contact with the pulp and its natural sugars throughout the process. For this lot, the dry method is also complemented by controlled fermentation, which helps take the fruity aromatics of Pink Bourbon and Tabi a step further without letting the resulting profile slip into heavy fermentation notes. This is where the combination of raspberries, sweet melon, and hibiscus comes from. Sydrip then simply transforms it into the simplest possible form—tear open, hang, pour, and it’s ready in a few minutes.