OUR COFFEES
ROASTED COFFEE through roasting we seek to, highlighting the individual profiles of each coffee. So we attempt to caramelize the sugars of each batch just enough, to highlight the inner flavors while balancing body and sweetness to ensure equally excellence in every cup.
GREEN COFFEE We grow, produce and roast most of our coffee; this is why we can guarantee quality. We also export single origin lots and special blends of coffee that we grow or source directly with Colombian farmers. We listen to what the growers we work with have to say. We recognize and value their involvement. In exchange for their dedication to growing great Colombian coffee, we pay higher prices, because we are growers too and can recognize quality coffee when we see it. In the process, we create remarkable relationships.
PROCESSING METHODS The quality of coffee is dramatically impacted by the workers care, handling, picking and processing of the fruit and beans. The best coffees are picked by hand when they ripen thus ensuring continuity of overall quality. There are three types of processing and they are noteworthy for they are different as salt and sugar. Most specialty coffee roasters carry only washed beans. We carry them all.
Wet Processing
DRY Processing

Our Roasts

There are many general roast descriptions for the coffees of the world.
The different roasts have many variables determined by timing. The longer a coffee is roasted, the darker more bitter and less acidic it becomes. Depending on the temperature, the size of the batch and the equipment used, roasting time is usually between 12-18 minutes.
At Café Quintaesencia we offer several different roasts that have been adjusted to bring out the best characteristics of each coffee.
We offer whole bean as well as grinded.
Our Coffee
# | Coffee | Roast | Type | Description |
1 | Rosita roast | Light-medium | Washed | While it can be a mix of unbalanced flavors, it has and extreme taste. Too much citrus, overpowering floral and chocolate-like flavoring are some of the notes you can taste. |
2 | Henry roast | Medium | Washed | This is a roast that brings out the sweet-like flavors. It has a balanced body and acidity with carmelly, vanilla-like and fruity combination. |
3 | Full City roast | Medium-full | Washed | It is a full, rich and well-rounded coffee with a medium body and bright memorable finish. The flavor can be carmelly to chocolaty with berry-like hints. Sharp yet sweet. |
4 | Espresso roast | Deep | Washed | A rich coffee that is soft with a slight sharpness. Consistently outstanding whether enjoyed as a latte, on its own or even as an excellent cup of brewed coffee. Syrupy and nut-like. |
5 | French roast | Dark | Washed | The darkest roast we offer. This coffee has a bold and exotic caramelized taste. A great companion to an after dinner treat. |
6 | Luzma roast | Yellow Honey | Semi-Washed | Great sweetness with a balance acidity and fruity undertones. |
7 | Ruca roast | Black Honey | Natural Dried | It’s the most complex and rich in body. Sweet red fruit in the aroma, with hints of berries and melon balanced with a pleasant acidity and creamy body. Laborious and expensive. |