Colombia Aponte Village Honey

Ships within 1 week of your roast date. 100% specialty arabica. Best enjoyed 2 to 3 weeks after roasting, once the beans have rested.

A silky honey-process single origin from Colombia's Aponte Village

Colombia Aponte Village Honey is a light-roast single origin grown high in Nariño by the indigenous Inga community. Its red-honey processing builds layered, fruited sweetness — think dried cherry, raw honey and papaya over a silky body. Made for home brewers who love a sweet, juicy, complex cup on filter or espresso.

Tasting Notes

Dried Cherry · Raw Honey · Papaya
Intensely sweet and silky in the cup, lifted by a bright, tart citric acidity and a clean, fruited finish.

Coffee Details

About This Coffee

It takes a village to grow a coffee this good. Aponte Village sits at a mountainous 2,100 metres in the lush region of Nariño, in southern Colombia. This is a macro-lot — built bit by bit from individual producer lots, each cupped and chosen for the way it captures the best of the region. Across the season, thirty-eight single-producer lots were tasted, and eighteen were selected, every one cupping above 86 points on the SCA scale. The result is a sweet, balanced macro-lot with genuine complexity.

All of these producers farm within the Juanambú canyon and belong to the indigenous Inga community, whose history reaches back to the Inca Empire. The land here is communal, governed by a cabildo — a council of elders who safeguard ancestral law and tradition.

Most Colombian coffee is washed soon after picking and de-pulping. This lot is different: the cherries are partly dried before washing, so the sugary mucilage ferments on the seed. That intense red-honey fermentation is what gives the cup its ripe red fruit — cherry and strawberry — and its silky weight. It is a delicate process, and Nariño's cold, steady canyon winds are ideal for it, drying the coffee evenly and quickly even with the mucilage still on.

How to Brew Colombia Aponte Village Honey

If the cup tastes sharp or thin, grind a little coarser; if it tastes flat or drying, grind finer to draw out more sweetness.

How Much Coffee Is in a Bag?

The 283g bag makes roughly 19 filter cups (around 15g each) or about 16 double espressos. The 2lb (907g) bag makes around 60 filter cups or about 50 espressos. As a small, hand-selected macro-lot, it is best savoured slowly — brew it on the days you want something special in the cup.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this coffee better as espresso or filter?
Both work beautifully. Filter (1:17, 93°C) shows off the dried cherry and papaya clarity, while espresso (1:2.3, 19g in for 45g out) concentrates the silky sweetness and red-fruit body. Start with the recipe above and adjust grind to taste.

What does it taste like?
Intensely sweet and silky, led by dried cherry, raw honey and papaya, with ripe red-fruit notes of cherry and strawberry. A bright, tart citric acidity keeps it lively, and the finish is clean and fruited.

How fresh will my coffee be?
We roast to order and ship within one week of your roast date. This coffee is at its best two to three weeks after roasting, once the beans have had time to rest and settle.

Why is it called a macro-lot?
It is blended from many single-producer lots within one community and region. Eighteen lots, each cupping above 86 SCA points, were chosen and combined into one harmonious Aponte Village offering — single origin, with extra depth.

Do you offer free shipping?
Yes. Free shipping within Malaysia on orders over RM80. Every bag is roasted fresh in Kuala Lumpur before it ships to you.

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