El Placer Castillo
El Placer Castillo
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Roast Date: 28 April 2026
- Colombia, Tolima, Colombia
Castillo
2100masl
Classic Washed
Light
Grape, Blackcurrant, & White Strawberry
El Placer
Jesus Antonio Saavedra
Castillo - Classic washed
Colombia
Castillo is a hybrid cultivar as a result of crossbreeding the Arabica and Catimor cultivars, and was originally produced as a disease resistant varietal.
Whilst Castillo is mainly known for its amount of production and coffee pickers friendly low height trees, it's also recognized that Castillo sometimes outperforms Arabica coffees in some regions when it's treated exclusively: many Castillo varietal lots have marked top 10 in many green beans competitions including Cup of Excellence.
El Placer Castillo, produced by Jesus Saavedra, has also been acknowledged for its another level quality driven by the super high grown terroir in Tolima, Colombia. We are honored to bring this top notch Castillo home as our 2nd purchase from Jesus Alberto.
In the cup, this coffee is a plethora of sweet fruit tones. We found a juicy grape acidity, followed by ripe blackcurrant notes, with underlying sweetness of white strawberries through out.
Recommended ratio: 1:17-18.5
Degassing: 30-50days post roast
Let customers speak for us
The aroma opened with very prominent honey notes, which were quite inviting. As an espresso, the chocolate tones and sweetness came through pretty strongly, leaning more toward the sweet side than bitter, which is exactly what i wanted.
