This Colombian coffee from Square Mile Coffee Roasters is a filter brew that feels cozy, sweet, and very approachable. Its flavor profile features a "forest fruit crumble"— a combination of forest fruits and a dessert-like, crumbly sweetness that feels warm and pleasantly familiar. Square Mile describes this coffee as a fresh lot with a classic La Plata profile, offering a relaxed, sip-by-sip experience perfect for everyday drinking. It is a coffee built on drinkability, comfort, and subtle sweetness, not on showiness.
The coffee comes from Colombia and showcases the work of producers Braulio Luna Bolanos and Octavio Amezquita Cedeña. Square Mile associates it with the name La Estrella del Ostro, which Caravela uses for small producer blends from La Plata. Although this lot comes from the same group of producers, Square Mile explicitly states that this is a different coffee than their usual component for Red Brick. In terms of variety, it is a combination of Caturra and Colombia F6, which, together with its origin in the Colombian landscape, results in a coffee with a very approachable, sweet, and reliable profile.
The coffee is processed using the washed method, which enhances the cup’s clarity, flavor profile, and smoothness. It is precisely this washed processing that helps keep the profile clean and comfortable, allowing the combination of fruitiness and dessert-like sweetness to shine through without any unnecessary heaviness. The result is a filter coffee that is warm, reliable, and exceptionally drinkable, with a character you’ll want to return to regularly, not just on special occasions.