Coffee school / In the cup
Castillo
A Colombian variety bred against coffee leaf rust. It used to be looked down on; today that is not justified.
Castillo was bred by Cenicafé, the Colombian coffee research institute, above all to resist coffee leaf rust — the fungal disease that took out a large part of Central America’s crop around 2012.
The old accusation: that flavour had been sacrificed for disease resistance. For the early versions that was partly true.
Today: in blind cuppings a well-grown, well-processed Castillo regularly beats Caturra. The origin and the processing weigh as much as the variety.
In our range: our Colombian Gran Galope lot is Castillo — pear, cooked apple, orange. It is the easiest coffee of ours to fall for.
Taste it
