Calima Alegria Colombian Coffee Beans | Single Origin Arabica
Rich and smooth
Taken from the pack.
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Description
Calima Alegria: single origin Colombian arabica with a rich, clean taste.
Calima is 100% single origin arabica from the Calima region of Colombia, endorsed by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. Alegria is its everyday coffee: balanced and clean, roasted medium to medium-dark.
It is one of the four coffees we suggest in our sampler. Works for espresso, milk coffee, filter and plunger, in 250g or 1kg, whole bean or ground to order.
Colombia is the easiest single origin to like: sweet, clean and balanced rather than sharp or wild. That makes Alegria a good first step away from supermarket blends, and a reliable daily coffee once you have made it. It is equally happy as a long black or a flat white.
How to brew it
- Espresso machine: fine. Start with 18 to 20g in a double basket and aim for about 25 to 30 seconds; go finer if it runs fast, coarser if it chokes.
- Stovetop / moka pot: fine to medium-fine, a little coarser than espresso. Fill the basket level and do not tamp.
- Plunger (French press): coarse. Roughly 60g per litre, steep four minutes, then press slowly.
- Filter and pour over: medium. Around 60g per litre of water is a good starting ratio.
- AeroPress: medium-fine, with one to two minutes of contact time.
Not sure which grind to pick? See our coffee grind size chart.
Specifications
| Brewing Method | Aeropress, Espresso Commercial, Espresso Home, Filter, Plunger, Stovetop |
|---|---|
| Drinking Choice | Cappuccino, Espresso, Flat White, Latte, Long Black |
| Roast | Medium, Medium/Dark |
| Style | 100% Arabica, 100% Colombian, Single Origin |
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Meet Calima Coffee Beans
Blend or single origin?
A blend mixes beans from more than one farm or country, balanced by the roaster so the cup tastes the same bag after bag. A single origin comes from one place, so it tastes distinctly of where it grew and shifts a little with each harvest.
This one is a single origin.
Which grind should I pick?
- Whole Beans
- Unground, exactly as roasted. Pick this if you have a grinder at home. It keeps its flavour far longer than ground coffee and will always give you the better cup.Shop grinders →
- Ground: Espresso – Commercial
- Fine, set for a cafe machine with a 9 bar pump and a 58mm portafilter. Too fine for most home machines, which will choke on it.Shop commercial machines →
- Ground: Espresso – Home
- Fine, but a touch coarser than the commercial setting, so a domestic espresso machine can push water through it without stalling.Shop home espresso machines →
- Ground: Aeropress
- Medium-fine, between espresso and filter. Suits the short steep an Aeropress uses.Shop brewing gear →
- Ground: Stovetop
- Medium-fine for a moka pot or percolator. Finer than filter, coarser than espresso, so it does not clog the basket.Shop moka pots →
- Ground: Filter
- Medium, for drip machines and pour over. The most forgiving grind if you are not sure which to choose.Shop pour over →
- Ground: Plunger
- Coarse, for a French press. Fine grounds slip past the mesh and end up as silt in the bottom of your cup.Shop plungers →
- Ground: Cold Drip
- Coarse, for cold drip and cold brew. A long steep in cold water needs a coarse grind or it turns bitter and muddy.Shop cold brew →
Ground fresh on the day we dispatch, not pulled off a shelf. If you are between two, whole bean keeps best.
At a glance
- Roaster
- Calima Coffee
- Roast
- Dark
- Origin
- Single origin
- Size
- 250g, 1KG
- Grind
- 8 to choose from
- Category
- Coffee
- SKU
- COF.CA.COL.B.250
- Availability
- In stock
Ground to your chosen brew method on the day we dispatch.
Common questions
Pick the brew method you actually use and we grind to match it: espresso, filter, plunger, stovetop or Turkish. Choose whole bean if you have a grinder at home, which will always give you the better cup.
We grind and dispatch on the same day rather than pulling a pre-ground bag off a shelf, so the coffee is as close to roast-fresh as mail order gets.
Keep the bag sealed and out of the light and it will hold up for roughly two to four weeks after opening. Whole beans hold longer than ground. Do not refrigerate it.
Yes. We run a prepaid twelve month coffee subscription: pay once, choose four coffees and how often you want them, and a kilo arrives on schedule for a year.
Description
- SKU:
- Category: Calima Coffee
- Type: Coffee
- Availability: In Stock
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Calima Alegria Colombian Coffee Beans | Single Origin Arabica
- 250g / Whole Beans
- 250g / Ground: Espresso – Commercial
- 250g / Ground: Espresso – Home
- 250g / Ground: Aeropress
- 250g / Ground: Stovetop
- 250g / Ground: Filter
- 250g / Ground: Plunger
- 250g / Ground: Cold Drip
- 1KG / Whole Beans
- 1KG / Ground: Espresso – Commercial
- 1KG / Ground: Espresso – Home
- 1KG / Ground: Aeropress
- 1KG / Ground: Stovetop
- 1KG / Ground: Filter
- 1KG / Ground: Plunger
- 1KG / Ground: Cold Drip