Arturo Arango - Castillo [washed] espresso

Arturo Arango - Castillo [washed] espresso

This Castillo is super sweet & easy to drink, with flavours of red apple, blood orange & pomegranate.

Roasted 11 FEB 2025
$22.00
$22.00
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About the farmer(s)

Arturo Arango Castillo [washed] — Colombia

Arturo Arango is a young coffee farmer who has been producing coffee since 2015. El Paraiso is his 25-hectare farm, located in Barcelona, Quindío. Most of the coffee trees were more than 25 years old when he purchased the farm, so he started to replace every tree, planting Castillo, Costa Rican and Java varieties. After 3 years, the new trees had produced enough coffee to harvest & the results were excellent, encouraging Arturo to continue regenerating his farm. Besides coffee, Arturo grows other crops such as yucca and lemon. Arturo studied Business Administration and completed his master’s degree in agroindustries in Argentina. He has applied his knowledge to produce the highest quality coffees he can. Arturo takes great care to remove all the weeds around the base of his coffee trees and disease prevention.

After finishing work, Arturo enjoys sauntering around his coffee farm to clear his mind.

  • region Barcelona, Quindio
  • farm/farmer El Paraiso
  • altitude 1300-1450 meters
  • crop 2025
  • cultivar Castillo
  • process Washed

Castillo was developed by CENICAFE [the Colombian coffee research facility] & released in 2005. It was bred from Caturra & Hybrido de Timor. It is highly resistant to disease & is now the most planted cultivar in Colombia.

Brew guide

This is a light espresso roast. Roasted to bring out the fruity flavours of the coffee. This style of roast is best suited for black espresso based drinks. That said, you can still make a tasty flat white out of this roast.

  1. Black

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 40-45g
    • Brew time 25-30 seconds

  2. White

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 27-36g
    • Brew time 30 seconds

For any help on coffee brewing of all methods i.e. espresso, plunger etc fire an email through to espresso@rocketcoffee.co.nz

Arturo Arango on his farm.

Ripe cherries at El Paraiso.

Coffee harvesting at El Paraiso.

El Paraiso.