Ruiz Natural, Colombia

Summary 

Big, bold and layered with flavour - Diofanor Ruiz is a coffee which demonstrates how unique Colombian coffees can be. Named after the producer, this coffee was grown in La Divisa and processed using natural processing. This coffee will knock your socks off with its bold chocolate body, sweet citrus acidity, and subtle floral characteristics, and is suitable for adventurous milk, black or filter coffee drinkers.

Producer 

Diofanor Ruiz is named after the farm owner who produced this coffee. Coming from a traditional coffee-farming family, Diofanor is a highly experienced farming professional working from his farm, La Divisa, in Quindio Colombia. Together with his wife and son, who is currently studying agroforestry engineering, the goal at La Divisa is to produce high quality coffees which differ from those produced by traditional farming methods.

Diofanor’s farm is packed with tree diversity. Alongside the coffee trees, he has planted a range of fruit trees and local natives to provide shade and increase agroforestry in the region. The added biodiversity, along with the sun protection, help increase the farm’s resiliency. Coffee trees are climate sensitive, and face risks from many different pests and diseases which severely target the coffee trees and their fruit. The varietal of this microlot, Castillo, has a higher resistance to coffee leaf rust, and is more productive than other varietals grown in the area.