Colombia UVA Morangueira from the Portuguese roaster SOLO Brewers Coffee Roastery Lisboa is a coffee that surprises you with the very first sip. This distinctive lot offers an intense and playful flavor profile built on dominant notes of grapes, complemented by floral nuances, orange blossom, star anise, and sweet spicy accents. In the cup, it has a candy-like quality, with a full, sweet fruitiness reminiscent of grape candy. It is a complex and aromatically distinctive coffee that pushes the boundaries of traditional flavor and will appeal to anyone looking for something truly unusual. It is co-fermented with grapes, which gives the coffee a distinctly funky character and an intense, sweet grape flavor. As the roastery itself describes the flavor profile , it is "literally grapes, grapes, and more grapes, with a slight floral hint in the background, but mainly grapes."
The coffee comes from Colombia, from the Acevedo area in the Huila region, specifically from the Las Palmas farm, which is located at an altitude of 1,400-1,600 meters above sea level. The producer is Brayan Alvear, a native of San Adolfo, who continues the family tradition of coffee cultivation and collaborates with other local growers. Castillo, Caturra, and Colombia cherries are processed in collaboration with Forest and at the Ancla processing facility, where emphasis is placed on innovative fermentation processes and precise quality control.
Processing is carried out using the co-fermentation method with grapes. After 24 hours of pre-fermentation in plastic bags, further fermentation takes place in whole cherries, after which the beans are hulled and subjected to five days of anaerobic fermentation together with dehydrated grape wine. Thanks to this process, the coffee absorbs an intense fruity aroma and sweetness. Subsequent ten days of mechanical drying and stabilization ensure balance and purity of expression. The result is a distinctly aromatic cup with deep grape sweetness, spicy notes, and a long, intense aftertaste.