{"id":42316,"date":"2019-03-21T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:dev.cafeimports.com\/blog\/?p=42316"},"modified":"2019-03-21T14:03:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:03:56","slug":"inza-best-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/north-america\/blog\/2019\/03\/21\/inza-best-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest-Winning Coffees from Inz\u00e1, Cauca"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We taste a lot of coffee every year, and we probably taste the most from Colombia in particular, so when something stops us in our tracks from that growing country we know there\u2019s more to the story. That\u2019s how we came to love coffees from Inz\u00e1, a valley town in the department of Cauca, practically pressed up against the Huila border.<\/div>\n

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While coffees from Cauca have their own distinct profile\u2014we like to think they are a balance between tangy acidity and caramel sweetness\u2014Inz\u00e1 as a microregion seems to offer up a deeper flavor, more structure, almost a red-wine characteristic that reminds us of a fine Malbec.<\/div>\n

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Rather than lump these coffees and their hardworking producers in with the rest of the Cauca lots, we wanted to honor the specificity of the profile and the region by holding a small cup-quality contest for a local community of specialty growers. In collaboration with our export partner Banexport, Cafe Imports held the second annual Inz\u00e1 Cup Contest in 2018, also known as El Concurso de Caf\u00e9s de Alta Calidad (High-Quality Coffee Contest).<\/div>\n

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The 10 top-cupping coffees were pronounced winners, and Cafe Imports purchased them all on behalf of our customers back home. In future years we hope to bring along a contingent of roasters to cup, score, rank, and bid on these lots directly, but for right now you can rest assured that we did the \u201chard\u201d work of sourcing the best and brightest offerings from these very smallholder farmers. (Many lots are smaller than 5 bags.)<\/div>\n

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The top-winning producer is named Blanca Cenide Polanco, who won with a Castillo from her 1-hectare farm Patio Bonito. Her 3-bag lot scored above 90 points in the contest, with notes of sweet, heavy raspberry, red grape, mango, and grape juice. (You can see why we love these coffees.)<\/div>\n

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For more information about the Inz\u00e1 contest-winning coffees and their availability for purchase, click below to see a full list of offerings and coffee profiles from this wonderful microregion.<\/div>\n

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