Finca Tamana, Colombia

The majority of Finca Tamana is planted with Variedad Colombia so you might say it is the benchmark coffee from this farm. Expect a caramel like (or panela if you are Colombian) sweetness with a clean and smooth mouthfeel and subtle fruity flavours.

When Elias Roa bought Finca Tamana in 2011 most of the farm was planted with the two cultivars Caturra and Variedad Colombia. Since then the Caturra trees have been attacked by leaf rust almost every year and the quality and production has therefore been a bit up and down. The Variedad Colombia is resistant to leaf rust and has consistently been tasting better compared to the Caturra over the years. That is why we have recommended Elias to replant most of his Caturra trees with either resistant hybrid cultivars or better tasting traditional cultivars like Bourbon and SL28.

There are still some Caturra left on the farm and probably always will be, but since the production is very small and the flavour is very similar to the Variedad Colombia we are normally blending the two based on harvest date and quality. Last harvest however was in general a very good season at Finca Tamana and we found that there were several productions of  Caturra lots that tasted really good and unique. It made up enough volume so that it made sense to separate them from the Variedad Colombia.

Although the flavour profiles of these two different cultivars are very similar (after all the Caturra cultivar was used in the development of the Variedad Colombia hybrid, ) there are still subtle differences in these two coffees. I personally find the Variedad Colombia to be slightly more herbal with fruity and caramel notes and the Caturra to be slighlty more fruity and chocolaty. Both coffees are really sweet and clean which is the result of the thorough processing and drying techniques we have developed together with Elias and Bellanid over the years.  

In my opinion the 2022 harvest is the best we have ever tasted from Tamana as the coffees have a more pronounced fruity character than in previous years. Since the process and work on the farm is very consistent and have been for many years,  it leads me to believe that the weather conditions was most likely the main contributing factor to the increase in quality in 2022.