For the third year running Block Party is 100% chiroso, produced by Echavarría Family of Finca Lomaverde and Pergamino.

This magical variety originated near the town of Urrao, some 50 miles northwest of the city of Medellín. As the story goes, a farmer visiting from another town nearby noticed some unusually productive coffee plants with elongated fruits and seeds - curiously different from the caturra and bourbon commonly grown in the area. He brought seeds back to Urrao where the variety gradually became popular among farmers for its tolerance to the cold weather of the Penderisco Valley. Initially thought to be a mutation of caturra, it was nicknamed caturra chiroso (after Colombian slang implying something that is elongated or stretched out). Its flavor profile is outstandingly floral and fruity, especially when processed with a longer, cooler fermentation as is typical in Urrao...