Rare & Unique Series: Dulce Mistero | Rare Varieties Triple Pack | Colombia

About Dulce Misterio and its founder and producer Marucio Duque:

Dulce Misterio is a newly established farm and project run by Mauricio Duque just outside the town of Neira in the Caldas region, Colombia. Mauricio had been working in Colombian coffee export for many years before deciding to change his coffee direction to pursue his lifelong dream - to produce some of the best Colombian specialty coffee in the most sustainable and natural way.

After researching which land in his area had the best potential, in 2019 Mauricio invested in purchasing a coffee farm in Neira. The area continues to astonish him by the amount of sweetness found in all the produce grown there, hence he decided to call it - Dulce Misterio - Sweet Mystery.

The farm is run with the help of an experienced farm manager who lives there with his family and oversees the farm work as well as processing. The coffee is grown with a strong focus on organic farming and the view to convert to biodynamic practices in time.

When it comes to processing, Mauricio believes in a simple but well-conducted and controlled method that enhances the intrinsic characteristics of the very fine varieties grown at the farm.

His enthusiasm and excitement for coffee and nature knows no bounds and can be surpassed possibly only by the love he has for his family & dogs!

About the Rare Varieties Pack from Dulce Misterio

Our tasting pack contains 3 x 100g bags of 3 different varieties grown in the same locality - Dulce Misterio - processed according to the same protocol.

Pink Bourbon

A rare hybrid of the more common Yellow and Red Bourbon variety, named for its pinkish fruit colour and planted by progressive growers in Colombia for its complex flavour qualities often likened to stone fruit and tropical fruit, with vibrant acidity.

Bourbon Ají

Translated as “Chilli Bourbon”, despite its colloquial name, recent research suggest this variety isn’t actually related to Bourbon but rather genetically distinct from this and closer to Ethiopian varieties. Its origins are not yet entirely understood but it certainly produces very distinctive cup profiles with notes of berries, stones fruits and florals.

Gesha

A highly prized variety with Ethiopian landrace genetics and origins believed to be in the Gesha village in Ethiopia. Though the variety is generally low yielding and not easy to cultivate, its cup profile is truly exceptional and known for its very aromatic, floral and fruity qualities.

About the processing method:

The cherries of individual varieties are electively picked at optimum ripeness for each variety.

After sorting, the coffee if pre-fermented in cherry for 48hrs in closed tanks.

After this it is de-pulped using a very small amount of water to preserve mucilage.

This is followed by another fermention in closed tank again for 48hrs.

Finally the coffee is washed once with clean water before being dried on raised beds in a parabolic dryer, separated by lots from each fermentation tank.