Calarcá & Pijao, Quindío
Expresiones is a family-run specialty coffee company in the Quindío region of Colombia, working across four farms with innovative processing methods rarely seen outside of competition coffees — osmotic dehydration, carbonic maceration, extended fermentations, and thermal action washes.
Eight distinctive lots make up the Expresiones collection, each one a study in variety and process.
A short video from the Expresiones team showing life on the farm and the processing work behind the collection.
Expresiones coffees come from four partner farms in Quindío: Finca La Sirena in Calarcá, Finca La Macarena in Pijao, Finca La Linda in Buenavista, and Finca Buenos Aires in Génova. Each farm sits in Colombia's central coffee-growing highlands, between roughly 1,550 and 1,800 meters above sea level.
What sets the Expresiones collection apart is process. Rather than sticking to the classic washed protocol, the team experiments with techniques more commonly seen in competition lots — osmotic dehydration with fruit co-fermentations on the Bourbon Rojo, a 75% mucilage honey on the Bourbon Naranja, carbonic maceration on the Geisha, and naturals on the Java and Wush Wush. The result is a collection that showcases how dramatically processing shapes cup character.
La Sirena (Calarcá), La Macarena (Pijao), La Linda (Buenavista), Buenos Aires (Génova).
Bourbon Rojo, Bourbon Naranja, Bourbon Rosado, Castillo, Geisha, Java, Wush Wush, Maragogipe.
Osmotic dehydration, honey, natural, washed, thermal action, carbonic maceration.
Eight lots across four farms and six processing methods.
Finca La Sirena, Calarcá, Quindío · Osmotic Dehydration
Tropical fruits, cinnamon, flowers, chocolate, blueberry, hazelnut cream
Finca La Macarena, Pijao, Quindío · Natural Process
Maple honey, tropical fruits, pineapple, passion fruit, black tea, sweet cacao
Finca La Sirena, Calarcá, Quindío · Washed with Thermal Action
Fruit, dark chocolate, caramel, orange, panela, dried fruits
Finca La Sirena, Calarcá, Quindío · Honey 75% Mucilage
Yellow fruits, flowers, spices, peach, caramel, lemongrass
Finca La Macarena, Pijao, Quindío · Washed Carbonic Maceration
Yellow fruits, lemongrass, jasmine, lime, green tea, cacao, vanilla
Finca La Linda, Buenavista, Quindío · Natural Process
Purple fruits, roses, maple honey, wild blackberry, black tea, spices
Finca La Sirena, Calarcá, Quindío · Bourbon Rosado Variety
Roses, lychee, red fruits, white chocolate, cardamom
Finca Buenos Aires, Génova, Quindío · Honey Process · 1,800 msnm
Vanilla flower, nuts, oat, green apple, hazelnut cream, cinnamon, lemongrass