Humberto Cortez / La Cabaña
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Volume 01: Labor and Luck
Humberto Cortez / La Fortuna
Available nowLike a strawberry and guava tart, with buttery crust and bright fruit that ends on a gentle bittersweet note.
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Details
- Producer
- Humberto Cortez / La Cabaña
- Origin
- La Plata, Alto Cañada, Colombia
- Variety
- Caturra Chiroso
- Process
- Fully Washed
- Elevation
- 1850 MASL
- Harvest
- April-June 2025
- Size
- 10 oz, whole bean
Both coffees shine as pour-over and hold up well in a drip machine or French press.
Good for
- Pour-over
- Drip machine
- French press
One 10 oz box of whole bean coffee, roasted in small batches and shipped within 2 business days.
At a glance
- La Plata, Alto Cañada, Colombia
- Fully Washed process
- Caturra Chiroso
- 1850 MASL
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Roasted in small batches
We roast in small batches and ship within days, so the coffee arrives at its best.
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Step 1
Grind just before you brew, medium-fine for pour-over.
Step 2
Use about 1 gram of coffee to 16 grams of water. 22 g to 350 g is a good cup.
Step 3
Water just off the boil. Pour slowly and evenly, about three minutes total.
Step 4
Let it cool a little. The fruit notes open up as it does.
How to Brew
Step 1
Grind just before you brew, medium-fine for pour-over.
Step 2
Use about 1 gram of coffee to 16 grams of water. 22 g to 350 g is a good cup.
Step 3
Water just off the boil. Pour slowly and evenly, about three minutes total.
Step 4
Let it cool a little. The fruit notes open up as it does.
How to Brew
The Farm
Humberto Cortez has spent decades tending the slopes of La Plata, a quiet region tucked high in the mountains of western Huila. His farm, La Fortuna, sits at 1,850 meters: remote, hard to reach, and as its name suggests, blessed with a kind of quiet luck.
Each harvest, Humberto pulps and ferments his cherries for 36 hours before letting them dry for nearly three weeks. The result is a coffee with poise and warmth, where layers of orange, apple, honey, and caramel weave together to create something both classic and alive.
His chosen variety, Caturra Chiroso, carries its own story of chance. Once thought to be a mutation of Caturra, it was later discovered to be a genetic relative of Ethiopia’s heirloom coffees, a link between Colombia’s traditions and coffee’s oldest roots.
Humberto’s work reminds us that the best outcomes are never entirely our own. Sometimes, the world hands you something rare, and the real art is in caring for it well.
The story doesn't end here. Explore more in our Learning Hub:
-
Colombia: Where coffee learned to balance
- What is washed coffee? The clarity-focused processing method that defines specialty coffee
At the farm:
- Humberto Cortez / La Cabaña
- La Plata, Alto Cañada, Colombia
- 1850 MASL
- Caturra Chiroso, Fully Washed
La Plata, Alto Cañada, Colombia
- Fully Washed
- Caturra Chiroso
Grown at 1850 MASL, harvested April-June 2025.
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