Gaitania Espresso Blend — Chocolate & Caramel — Whole Bean — 227g / 454g
Gaitania Espresso Blend — Colombian specialty coffee from Tolima, roasted in Squamish BC. Tasting notes of chocolate, caramel, red fruits and spices. SCA 85. Small batch, direct trade.
Key Features:
- Acidity: Bright citric
- Aromas: Dark chocolate and spices
- Body: Medium
- Flavors: Chocolate, caramel, red fruits
- Roast Level: Medium-High
- SCA Score: 85
Available in 227g and 454g sizes.
A bold, balanced espresso built for the machine — and for the people who mean it.
Sourced from smallholder farmers in Gaitania, Tolima — one of Colombia's most celebrated
coffee regions — this blend is grown at 1,700–1,900 metres above sea level by the indigenous
Nasa Wesx community. Processed using traditional washed fermentation for a clean, structured
cup that performs under pressure.
Roasted to a medium-high profile by Counterpart Coffee in Squamish, BC.
Origin: Gaitania, Planadas, Tolima, Colombia
Altitude: 1,700–1,900 masl
Process: Washed — Traditional Fermentation
Grower: Nasa Wesx Smallholder Farmers
Roasted by: Counterpart Coffee, Squamish BC
Best for: Espresso · Americano · Moka Pot
Gaitania Espresso Blend — Colombian specialty coffee from Tolima, roasted in Squamish BC. Tasting notes of chocolate, caramel, red fruits and spices. SCA 85. Small batch, direct trade.
Key Features:
- Acidity: Bright citric
- Aromas: Dark chocolate and spices
- Body: Medium
- Flavors: Chocolate, caramel, red fruits
- Roast Level: Medium-High
- SCA Score: 85
Available in 227g and 454g sizes.
A bold, balanced espresso built for the machine — and for the people who mean it.
Sourced from smallholder farmers in Gaitania, Tolima — one of Colombia's most celebrated
coffee regions — this blend is grown at 1,700–1,900 metres above sea level by the indigenous
Nasa Wesx community. Processed using traditional washed fermentation for a clean, structured
cup that performs under pressure.
Roasted to a medium-high profile by Counterpart Coffee in Squamish, BC.
Origin: Gaitania, Planadas, Tolima, Colombia
Altitude: 1,700–1,900 masl
Process: Washed — Traditional Fermentation
Grower: Nasa Wesx Smallholder Farmers
Roasted by: Counterpart Coffee, Squamish BC
Best for: Espresso · Americano · Moka Pot
| Acidity | Bright citric |
|---|---|
| Aromas | Dark chocolate and spices |
| Balance | Structured and sweet, with clean citric brightness |
| Benefit | Hand-sorting ripe cherries, depulped and dry-fermented 60 hours |
| Body | Medium. |
| Department | Tolima. |
| Drying Process | Raised beds, 15 days |
| Farmer's Name | Nasa Wesx Smallholder Farmers |
| Fermentation | Traditional dry fermentation, 60 hours |
| Flavors | Chocolate, caramel, red fruits |
| Municipality | Planadas |
| Pluviosity (mm) | 1400 |
| Process | Washed |
| Roast Level | Medium Roast |
| SCA Score | 85 |
| The Best Moment to Enjoy | First thing in the morning, pulled as an espresso or brewed strong. The Gaitania is built for focus — clean, sweet, no noise. The kind of cup that gets you moving without getting in your way. |
| Varietal | Pink Bourbon |