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Mara des Bois · Honey Castillo

Single Farm · Nariño

SCA Score: 86
10 bags afloat
Expected in Antwerp in the second half of November (subject to change)
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Sensory Experience
strawberry black cherry caramel chocolate fruity vanilla
"A juicy, medium-bodied cup led by strawberry and black cherry, layered over a caramel-chocolate base with a lingering fruity vanilla sweetness."
🔥 Roaster's Insight
  • Roast approach: Honey-processed coffee carries more residual sugar on the parchment, so it browns and scorches faster than a washed lot, use a slightly lower charge temp and a gentler rate of rise through yellowing. A medium roast draws out the honey sweetness without baking out the red-fruit character.
  • Watch for: The extra sugar content means first crack can arrive with more momentum than expected, ease off heat input going into development to avoid tipping or uneven color.

About this Coffee

Mara des Bois comes from Julio Bastidas's Finca San Isidro Labrador in La Unión, Nariño, the same farm behind our washed La Union lot, this time a honey-processed Castillo.

Cherries are pulped and left to dry with their mucilage intact through a 30-hour fermentation, building the body and red-fruit sweetness that sets this lot apart from its washed sibling.

The lot is named after Mara des Bois, a French strawberry variety prized for its intensely aromatic, wild-strawberry flavor: the closest fruit analog to the strawberry note leading the cup.

Mara des Bois is one of the microlots featured in our guide on how to source Colombian microlots in Europe, with notes on harvest windows, reserving and samples.

Julio Bastidas

Identity Sheet

📍Origin Colombia
⭕Process Honey Cherries are pulped and dried with some or all of the sticky mucilage still attached, producing a sweeter, fuller-bodied cup than washed coffee.
🗺️Region Nariño
💧Drying Mechanical dryer Parchment is dried using controlled, heated airflow rather than sun-drying, more consistent moisture control.
⛰️Terroir La Unión
💦Moisture 11.5%
📦Packaging 70kg · GrainPro + Jute
🏷️Container Traviesa
🏡Farm San Isidro Labrador
🏔️Altitude 1720 masl
👤Producer Julio Bastidas
📐Area 5 hectares
🌱Species Arabica
📅Harvest Period May to September
🌿Variety Castillo A Colombian-bred, rust-resistant variety derived from Caturra and Timor Hybrid, reliable and versatile in the cup.
🖐️Type of Harvest Manual Cherries are hand-picked, selecting only ripe cherries, slower but higher quality than mechanical harvesting.
✔Single Estate
⏱24h Response Time
📍Available to reserve now (pre-order)
Impressions from Finca San Isidro Labrador
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