Colombia Huila Pitalito - 12 ounces

This coffee comes from the highlands of Pitalito in Huila, Colombia — a region celebrated for producing some of the country's most vibrant and expressive coffees. Sourced from small, family-owned farms at high elevations, it captures the range of Colombia's microclimates in every cup.

Named after the tiple, the traditional Colombian string instrument known for its warmth and harmony, this coffee is built for balance rather than drama.

Tasting notes

Smooth and medium-bodied, with a comforting milk chocolate sweetness, toasted almond, and ripe stone fruit. A crisp green apple acidity brings brightness and clarity, and the finish stays clean long after the last sip.

Why Huila

Huila sits in southern Colombia and is the country's most productive coffee department. Its combination of altitude, volcanic soil, and a long dry season lets cherries ripen slowly and evenly — which is why Huila coffees so often land on the sweeter, more structured end of what Colombia produces. Most of the coffee here comes from smallholders working a few hectares each, not estates.

How to brew it

Start at 1 gram of coffee to 16 grams of water, then adjust to taste.

• Pour over — 22 g coffee, 350 g water at about 200°F, three minutes. Best method for finding the green apple acidity.
• Coffee maker (drip) — 60 g per litre.
• French press — coarse, four minutes, plunge and decant right away.
• Aeropress — 15 g coffee, 220 g water, 90 seconds.
• Espresso — 18 g in, 36 g out, 25–30 seconds. The chocolate and almond carry well under pressure.
• Cold brew — coarse, 1:8, 14 hours in the fridge.

Choosing your roast

Light pushes the stone fruit and green apple forward. Medium balances the chocolate sweetness against the acidity and is the safest pick if you're buying this one for the first time. Dark leans into cocoa and toasted nut and softens the brightness considerably.

The details

12 oz bag. Single origin, never blended. Roasted in small batches in Davis, California, and ground to your brew method right before the bag is sealed — or left whole, if you grind your own. Ships anywhere in the US.