Restocking August 17th - 10am EST

Kindergarden Candy - 200g

Tasting Like: Blue Kool-Aid, Blue Raspberry Kool-Aids, Melon Airheads, Blue Jolly Rancher, Gas Station Iccee

Farm: Finca La Soledad
Producers: Mario Gomez
Variety: Caturra
Process: Extended Fermentation Washed
Origin: Huila, Colombia
Altitude: 1600masl

As you potentially know, early in the Promethium days, we showcased a China rareity: the Catimor Candy. Savory, nutty but most importantly it showcased a bright blue raspberry slushie impression. Insane-especially for a China lot. Once word got out on the corners of Reddit and Discord, it sold out almost immediately. Months later, I still get stopped in public by folks saying how good that coffee was. It brings joy to my heart to see enthusiasts experiencing our mission of enjoying the coffees of tomorrow-and that blue slushie catimor was truly an example of that mission fufilled. I told myself that if we ever were presented with an opportunity to buy fresh crop like that Catimor again, I wouldnt miss it. When we caught wind of this Colombian lot touching down in the states, let's just say I unloaded the Amex, and boy what a worthy investment it has turned out to be. This coffee decimates any expectations of blue raspberry slushie we had and all I can say is this coffee makes me smile as a near decades-long specialty enjoyer. It's admittedly hard for coffees to do that to me still after all these years but this one does. It reminds me of our childhoods drinking icees from K-Mart's(remember those?) and blue Kool-Aid's with the twist tops at the YMCA pool in the summer. Melon airheads at summer camp - all that wrapped into one insane crop. It's not overly funky, rather focused, direct and multi-dimentional - above all else: incredibly delicious. Stupid fun.

Perhaps what's most signifcant about this lot is it's not a Co-Ferment. Honest. It's just well grown high-scoring cattura crop with a big fat sixty hour anaerobic fermentation - nothing added, just the cherries. Mario Gomez and his team put the crop through a brief wash to remove any funky impressions leaving us with this clear cut sweet fruit bomb candy slushie coffee. Sort of a one-in-a-million bacteria activity that's happened to the crop. What a treat, what a rariety, what a special moment in our industry for farms innovating into tomorrow. That is what Promethium is all about, and we invite you to experience it for yourself here.

A little more about La Soledad: 
Tucked away in Colombia is a region, Huila, best known for bright fruit-forward coffees and experimental fermentation masterminds. Nestled in the middle of it is La Soledad, a renowned Huila coffee player owned by the Gomez family. Finca La Soledad grows multiple varieties, like this fruity caturra to the floral geisha spanning all the way back to the mid-1900s. Their storied farm regularly scores cups from high 80s to mid-90s — something to be expected from the Huila region. In that spirit, any opportunity we get to land crop from this region we typically take - but espically Finca La Soledad, whom have been on the Promethium offer sheet numerous times seasons past.