Ruby Esperanza Urbano - V. Colombia [washed] espresso

Ruby Esperanza Urbano - V. Colombia [washed] espresso

Ruby’s V. Colombia is a solid-washed coffee, with flavours of orange juice, blackberry & a hint of cardamom.

Roasted 07 MAY 2025
$22.00
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About the farmer(s)

Luis Anibal Calderon [Castillo] washed — Colombia

Luis Aníbal comes from a long line of coffee producers. His family has been growing coffee for over 60 years. Luis himself has been growing coffee for over 30 years. Luis was only 12 when his father gave him a small plot of land to produce coffee.
During harvest, coffee is hand-picked, selecting only perfectly ripe cherries. The coffee is then processed using the washed method. Coffee cherries were wet fermented for 30 hours, de-pulped, washed, & then spread out to dry on raised beds in a parabolic dryer until the moisture content reached 10.5%.

  • region Huila
  • farm/farmer Villa Betulia
  • altitude 1500-1600 meters
  • crop 2025
  • cultivar Castillo
  • process Washed

At Villa Betulia, Luis grows a staggering 26 different varieties of coffee, this is his Castillo lot - 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

Luis Anibal in his parabolic dryer.

Luis Anibal on the farm.